Encountering Jesus: A Holy Land Experience

by Vincenzo Peroni

Overview

Whether you have made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land or have always wanted to walk where Jesus walked, this book offers a rich experience of the many sites associated with Gospel events. Monsignor Vincenzo Peroni takes pilgrims on an unforgettable tour of the most important sites in the Holy Land through beautiful guided meditations, probing questions, and sensitive prayerful reflections. Eighteen original watercolor drawings by Alessandro Alghisi capture the beauty and sacredness of these places. Each chapter also contains Scripture texts that set the scene. 
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632533159
Publisher:	Franciscan Media
Publication date:	02/28/2020
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

VINCENZO PERONI, priest of the Diocese of Brescia, Italy, since 1994, has served pastorally in the parishes of Sarezzo and Manerbio and in various diocesan assignments. In 2012 he obtained a License in Spiritual Theology (at the Faculty of Theology at Triveneto). Since 2010 he has served at the Holy See in the Office for Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations and as a Papal Master of Ceremonies since 2012. He has led numerous pilgrimages in the Holy Land

Table of Contents

Foreword Greg Friedman, OFM vii

Preface Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM xi

Introduction xv

1 The Annunciation Nazareth 1

2 The Visitation Ein Karem 9

3 The Nativity Bethlehem 17

4 Jesus Begins His Ministry Capernaum 27

5 The Sermon on the Mount Mount of Beatitudes 35

6 Storm on the Sea of Galilee The Lake of Tiberias 43

7 The Healing of the Paralytic at the Pool The Church of Saint Anne 51

8 Transfiguration Mount Tabor 57

9 Conversion of Zacchaeus Jericho 67

10 Mary, Martha, and Lazarus Bethany 77

11 Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem Dominus Flevit 85

12 The Last Supper The Cenacle 91

13 The Agony in the Garden Gethsemane 101

14 Judas Betrays Jesus The Grotto of the Arrest 109

15 Peter Denies Jesus Saint Peter in Gallicantu 115

16 The Resurrection The Holy Sepulchre 123

17 The Primacy of Peter Tabgah 131

18 Risen and with Us Always Emmaus 141