I had been "off the grid" for several days because, shortly after my last post, we moved to a hotel in Jerusalem where the WIFI rates were exhorbitant. I'm going to pick up where I left off and just post about some of the places we visited on each day of the pilgrimage.
On Day 3 of the pilgrimage:
Today was a whirlwind tour of sites in Galilee: Tabgha, the location of the Feeding of the 5,000; Peter’s Primacy, the site associated with the events of John 21; Mass at the Mount of Beatitudes, a two-hour round trip to Caesarea Philippi (site of Peter’s confession of faith, Matt 16:13-20), followed by a visit to Caphernaum.
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| Our group along the shores of the Sea of Galilee |
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| Close up of the famous mosaic in the Church of the Multiplication |
The time at Caphernaum was one of the day’s highlights. Although the synagogue where Jesus preached the Bread of Life Discourse is no longer standing, its foundations are still clearly visible. A more recent, largely-intact 4-5th century synagogue is built over it.
Perhaps fifty feet away one finds the remains of Peter’s house in Caphernaum, the base for so much of Jesus’ Galilean ministry.
The Sea of Galilee itself is only a stone’s throw away.
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| The famous synagogue of Caphernaum |
On the bus ride back to Nazareth, we re-read the Bread of Life discourse, in light of just having been at the location where it was first preached.
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