Palm Sunday and Desert trip
We ended our desert journey known as canonical year with a 5 day retreat facilitated by Fr. Lionel, reflecting on the life of Jesus and the covenant of God with His people. We also had an experience travelling around the desert area with Brother Elio, NDS during this Holy Week. By visiting significant places in the Bible history and our first Christian heritage we deepened more our understanding of the importance of the desert in our Christian faith. ? We went to Beth-Shemesh: as you can see in the book of 1 Sam. 6. ? Tel Azeka: 1 Sam. 14: 17; 1 Sam. 17:18 ? Beersheba: Gn. 21: 9; 2 Sam. 24: 1-2; Mt. 6 ? Ein Avdat, Carpentry and Ein Gadi particularly to the David waterfalls 1 Sam 24; Song of Songs 1: 13-14 ? We also went to the tomb of David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel who dreamt that the desert would flourish and turn green. ? We ended our two day trip in the place of Qumran: Acts. …