Shortly before Gaudete Sunday, our
dear sister M. Feliciana was able to celebrate her 60th birthday in the best of
health and spirits - and we shared her joy and gratitude through a day planned
together, which we began with a service that Father Cristian
celebrated for us early in the morning on December 13th in the aedicule of the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre at the request of the birthday girl. After
breakfast, we drove to the Saxum Visitor Center, which had opened
near Abu Gosh in 2019, where we were shown the history of the Holy Land from
the time of Abraham to the present day in an impressive ninety-minute
multimedia presentation. A leisurely lunch in Ein Kerem took care of our
physical well-being, and there we ended this memorable day with great gratitude
with a hymn in the Magnificat Church.