Sunday, September 24, 2023

Bethlehem : The Sheperd's Field

 September 24, 2023

We had an early wakeup call at 6:30 am, breakfast buffet at 7:00, and on the way to Bethlehem at 8:00.  This meant that we were leaving west Jerusalem and entering the West Bank area.  Our first stop was at the Sheperd's Field where the announcement of the birth of Christ by the Angels took place.  Our group had a Mass there in an outdoor chapel. That felt appropriate to the Bible scene of the "shepherds in the fields by night".  One of our group was a little girl named Claire.  She made her First Communion at that Mass.

Fr Randy Timmerman
Outdoor Sheperd's Field Mass


Church of the Shepherd's Grotto.


One of many designed by Antonio Barluzzi, an Italian architect.

He was hired by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.

Windows allow light from above like the Angel's of Christmas Night.




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