Jerusalem Day 25 (Thursday, 26th)

Today was our last day with Pino di Luccio and his walking with us through the Gospel of Matthew. Again, he led us through some chapters quickly but always showing us how the various parts of the story link back to the Hebrew Scriptures and how the work of Jewish Rabbi's shed light on our Scriptures as well.

We had a short break after lunch before heading back to the classroom for a session with Pol Vonck who gave us some background to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre before we went off to look at the Church.  It is really facinating to view something with an expert walking with you and so we were able to see lots of aspects of the Church we might have missed. Here are a couple of photos of the Church and surrounding places.

When we got back to Ecce Homo we only had a short time before we headed down to the Listostrophos for Mass with Tony Mullins (Irish Tony). It was a great way to finish what has been (effectively) our last day of classes.

After a great meal and some good craic it is now time for bed - we need to be back in the Listostrophos at 5.55am in the morning for the Stations of the Cross.