We walked in Jesus’ footsteps

Guylain Prince, OFM    24 May 2019

A pilgrimage with Fr. Guylain Prince, ofm to the Holy Land. Some of our RFEC OFS members were fortunate enough to have joined them. It was everything he says, a trip of a lifetime.

​​From March 17 to 30, 2019, a group of pilgrims journeyed through the Holy Land, departing from Montreal. Once again, I had the privilege of serving as their spiritual guide. It was the first time that an English-speaking group travelled under the leadership of the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada. From the Negev desert, by way of Galilee and Judea, we walked in the footsteps of the people of God and, in particular, of Jesus. I am still thrilled to have visited Nazareth, Jerusalem, Jericho, and so many other places that are the stuff of dreams…

​After experiencing the Holy Land, it is true that we will never read the Word of God the same way again. Every village mentioned, every mountain, is now recorded in our memory. Just the name “Capernaum” inevitably takes us back to the shores of the Sea of Galilee. There, Matthew left his tax collector’s office, and the paralyzed man, with the help of his friends, was carried down and placed near Jesus....

​Continue reading at their website:
HOLY SPIRIT PROVINCE SAINT-ESPRIT, 
FRANCISCANS OF CANADA - FRANCISCAINS DU CANADA

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