For the first time in centuries, the Catholic mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem commemorating Palm Sunday, was stopped as a result of security concerns. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and launches the Holy Week commemorations for Christians which culminates in Easter.
Pope Leo XIV, at the end of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prayed for all Christians in the Middle East who he said were living through an “atrocious” conflict. He said that “in many cases, they cannot live fully the rites of these holy days.” (source)
Luke 19: 28-40 The Entry into Jerusalem.
Jesus proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.
As he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples.
He said, “Go into the village opposite you, and as you enter it you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. And if anyone should ask you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you will answer, ‘The Master has need of it.'”
So those who had been sent went off and found everything just as he had told them. And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying this colt?” They answered, “The Master has need of it.”
So, they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the colt, and helped Jesus to mount.
As he rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen.
They proclaimed: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.”
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!”
We protect their behinds and they can’t protect ours.
The Israelis have no love for Christians, or Christianity.
Simple truth.
Yet they expect it from Christians. If not for us, they would be having a much tougher existence.
They would have no existence.
An individual named David frequently posts updates from Israel. His updates always reflect a love for America and for the largely Christian population that loves and supports Israel. He is not alone. Our tour guide in Israel loved us. Thousands of Israelis love the Christian community!
Your comment is an attempt to veil your hate for Israel and the Jews.
Israel knows such mass gatherings are a magnet for terror. These are proactive steps to ensure Christians are protected.
DD
Why are Men of God worried about “terror”? To me, that totally misses the point… but whadda I know…
Also, it wasn’t a “mass gathering”… pun notwithstanding… it was a grand total of four Catholic officials.
The ‘officials’ were going to hold a gathering and a mass. So, it would have been way more than ‘4 officials’.
I don’t agree with everything Israel has done sometimes concerning prejudice against followers of Jesus. The hatred that lives in many Muslims also infects some Jewish folks, Bernie Sanders for example. He doesn’t think true Christians are fit to serve in government. The “Bern” isn’t fit either, for that matter, but sometimes we get what we deserve. I moved from strong distaste to admiration for Donald Trump when he made the comment while running for public office that “I will stand up for the Christians because no one else will”. In fact, Trump respects those who are the “salt of the earth” types and has been God’s answer to the prayers of many faithful folks in this country who conduct their lives for the welfare of our nation. There are a lot of “salty ones” where I live and they have made their appreciation known for our President, and he knows it. I was sitting by a gentleman today that made a comment to the effect that he is satisfied with how things are going and believes that God is in control of world events and he is happy to accept that fact. There are many Israelis that I would love to get to know and speak with them of spiritual things.
When Biden was President I felt the American government was anti-Christian.
Could it be the Israeli government has some anti-Christian dislike in a similar way but most of the Israelis are ok with Christians living in Israel? Maybe not about the Israeli government since Brave AI says, “There is no evidence in the provided search results indicating that the Israeli government holds anti-Christian views or policies. In fact, one source notes that Israel is the only country in the Middle East with a growing Christian population”
The feds had a threat matrix for Latin Mass Catholics and trad white mothers, both of which were considered obstructive to the goals of a totalitarian state.
That’s fairly anti-Christian behavior from a supposedly Catholic guy in charge but he wasn’t in charge of anything at the time.
Not much of a veil.
We have an R&D facility in Israel, and I’ve never heard our Israeli colleagues say anything negative about Christians or Americans. It’s not an issue. The Christian minority is too small, insignificant.
They have a Muslim problem, not a Christian problem. Guess who else has a Muslim problem? This country. Don’t believe me? Just look at Mamdani, Omar, or Tlaib… Go to Dearborn, MI, and many other places in Texas.
Europe has a serious Muslim problem and this country is headed fast in that direction. After the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 and then 9-11 in 2001, plus the numerous terrorist bombings over the years, one would think that tougher sanctions would be implemented for these savages in this country, Islamophobia be damned!
This is along the same line of questioning about how AIPAC lobby funds (and thus controls) ‘supposed’anti-Israel and anti-Jewish Congressional Democrats and Republican Pro-Israel & Pro-Jewish Congressional members. Why Schumer & Co have not been excommunicated for a long list of reasons starting with funding Hamas terrorists is the 6 million dollar question. Another question is in regards to the Holocaust in the Balkans which I have continously pointed out is more than hypocrisy.
Furor in Israel as Trump to be hosted by Netanyahu after remarks on Muslims
https://www.yahoo.com/news/netanyahu-silent-israelis-sour-planned-trump-visit-112021402.html
“Israeli politicians of all persuasions called on Wednesday for a planned visit by U.S. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to be blocked over his call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, which has raised an international outcry. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement later saying he rejected the remarks but added that the visit, set two weeks ago, would go ahead as planned and did not indicate support for Trump.”
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement later saying he rejected the remarks but added that the visit, set two weeks ago, would go ahead as planned and did not indicate support for Trump.”
You dont know me or anyone on here. No one is above criticism even Israel. There are lots of gatherings right now in Israel. None of their leaders or important events are being bombed. They are very well defended.
Israel censors details on strikes and damage.
Some news does come through:
Mudar Adnan Zahran @Mudar_Zahran
Iranian missiles are landing just meters from Al-Aqsa, despite relying on advanced, precision-guided systems developed with foreign support.
Iran is now openly revealing itself as an enemy of Muslims, even on the morning of Eid.
This should not come as a surprise. Iranian missiles have targeted Mecca before.
And under Khomeini’s doctrine, the true location of Jerusalem is claimed to be Kufa-Iraq.
https://x.com/Mudar_Zahran/status/2035005456662315229
*****
Lots of gatherings…?
Indoor, limited to 50 – IFF there’s a shelter within 15 seconds of an alert. Now about half the missiles deliver cluster bombs that target a wider radius, interception much more complicated. Fragments still fall and some are as big as a truck.
The Houthis in Yemen are closer to Israel. Now they’re launching missiles – again – with devastating impact. Last night. Today.
Holy Land sites are very close together. There have been recent strikes so close to Al-Aqsa and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher that a piece of debris was found on the roof of the Church!
When the Islamic Republic of Iran targets holy sites that aren’t shitte halal, they’re certain Israel will be blamed. Fake evidence, false flags, AI, a universe of bots.
Thus they will realize their fantasy of proxy destruction of the Zionist Entity: rabid mobs of sunni jihadis together with Crusader-wannabes.
Maybe you’ll go tsk-tsk. Or just scowl. Plenty will cheer.
I do not hate Israel, or Jews. However, the 2023 proposed law to ban Christian evangelical activity in Israel was very real, and I would guess this article captures certain attitudes quite well.
https://www.bnaibrith.org/israel-has-a-missionary-problem/
Yes, most Israelis are secular. Many are not, and a small segment like Smotrich and Ben Gvir, who have recently held and now hold increased authority within the Netanyahu government, are openly hostile towards even the existence of Christian churches in Israel.
This move was, I think, deliberately provocative. I would guess it is an effort by the ultra-Orthodox right to induce hostilities and undermine the Abraham Accords.
After all, the genesis of the Crusades was the Muslim denial of Christian access to Christian holy sites. If you want to stall out peace efforts, denying four Christians the ability to access a very holy place on a very holy day is pretty much a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
You are guilty of noticing. Funny how there are some things you just can’t criticize.
One4Israel is evangelizing Israel with Israeli Messianic Jews and having great success. Support them.
Your tour guide in Israel makes a living off of Christians. Of course he’s not going to insult his customers. He wants to keep getting paid! Duh!
Amen DD
Another deluded Protestant who wishes he were a Jew. Just convert to Judaism
it wasn’t a mass gathering
Israel is 80% secular. Most non-religious Israelis have never been to a temple. They have bigger issues with their Muslim neighbors, so I assume they really don’t care enough about Christians to intentionally do anything against them.
I’d be more concerned with Christian European countries that attack the Christian faith and arrest people for silently praying in front of abortion clinics, like, say, the UK.
Israelis spite on the Christians.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kRguceI4h1Q
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa should have defied the soldiers and offered the Blessed Sacrament of the Holy Mass on Palm Sunday.
About time it was said Alex. I am so tired of all of this with Israel…do they have a right to exist? Yes, since 1948. THAT is not the question; the question should be WHY the H___ does the USA have to support and defend them ALL THE TIME? I don’t know what it will take to make Americans understand that they are neither our friend nor our ally. It’s just as simple as understanding what you said above; Israelis have no love for Christianity and Christians.
If (when) the USA turns against Israel, our extremely sinful country will reap the consequences for that sin. I believe our support for Israel is the only thing keeping us from our due reward for murdering 65+ million babies in the womb, and that’s just the one, huge sin.
It was Jewish women who battled to legalize abortion in America. And Jewish judges who made abortion legal. I really should stay away from conservative websites. All you care about is Israel abortion and importation of cheap foreign black brown tan and yellow cheap labor. Whether doctors or dishwashers
And yet before us people like you committed infantacide all the time
Right on Alex. Been there on Pilgrimage and experienced this first hand in an open, direct and hostile way. If you are not Israeli –pay your money and get out.
Unfortunately conservatives and Protestants refuse to acknowledge Jewish hatred of Christianity. Conservatives all they care about is Israel anti abortion. And importation of black brown and yellow cheap labor to push White Americans into poverty because employers prefer blacks browns and yellows for every job from physician to dishwasher
Restricting access to natural terror targets during war WAS protecting people.
Wrong.
Which part of first time in centuries did you not understand?
Nothing worse this year than any other.
Jews hate Christians…they spit on them when Christian’s visit holy sites in Jerusalem!
Stop watching Tucker.
No, we don’t. There may have been one instance of what you are talking about, but there are a lot more so called Christians that hate jews in these comments, than there are Jews that hate Christians as a whole.
https://xcancel.com/ReadRevelatn2_9/status/2038327695038194031#m
https://x.com/ReadRevelatn2_9/status/2038327695038194031#m
https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/middle-east/new-attacks-by-israeli-settlers-on-last-entirely-christian-village-in-west-bank
You mean like “we are the government and we are here to protect you”? Pay no attention as they strip liberty in disguise of security. Some people never learn, they just keep feeding.
Like this?
They can, and they do. Not allowing the cardinal to put himself and his followers in danger based on actionable intelligence is exactly what protection means. Yes, it might be inconvenient when it coincides with a holiday. But when Israeli citizens have to go to bomb shelters once or twice a day, I don’t think irritating Christians is the Israeli police’s priority.
Also, the Israeli military has a shortage of manpower, so it cannot afford to ramp up security for special events at this point. I think preventing Hezbollah from firing rockets at Israeli cities takes precedence over some religious holidays, Christian, Bahá’í, or Jewish alike.
https://xcancel.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/2038331741073543301#m
https://x.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/2038331741073543301#m
It’s unfortunate CTH posted this article so fast.
It elicits knee-jerk, ugly responses.
https://thekotel.org/en/155038/?srsltid=AfmBOor4m
https://thekotel.org/en/155038/
Heartbreaking………….
A perfect example of a government putting ‘safety’ over freedom. Kind of like our politicians.
Israel was on track for 100% Vax Compliance, not to mention being very early adopters… Netanyahu called his country “a test lab”, or words to that effect… I’m sure they ended up somewhere in the high-nineties…
I’m still amazed there hasn’t been more accountability worldwide for the “vaccines”.
I remember when the 8yo. poster boy for Israel’s “vax” ad campaign died of cardiac arrest.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/yonatan-moshe-erlichman-cardiac-death/
I’m grateful that resisting compliance and a distrust of the government are in Americans’ DNA.
It also explains why there is the tremendous push to replace us in our nation.
Hate for Christ is strong in these people.
Indeed! So is their love of molloch and remphan.
You mean 80% of the people who identify as secular? Except for Muslims and perhaps 20–25% of the Jewish population, Israelis don’t give a rat’s ass about your religion or religious affiliation.
Remember the USS Liberty!
Remember how the Israelis and Bush and sniveling snitch Oliver North helped sabotage Reagan’s second term with Iran-Contra. (Fawn Hall had more courage than Oliver and Bush did.)
Why is Mossad being protected for their role in Epstein’s girl trafficking?
And why was Bibi so quick to stab The Donald in the back in 2020? Or bomb civilian installations and the gas field The Donald wanted preserved earlier this year?
Israel is just another NATO country with its hand out that has a better survival instinct than the rest of them.
The only reason they haven’t backstabbed us to the extent the Brits have done is that they won’t ever be big enough to do so.
I will answer one of your questions…Netanyahu does not care at all what President Trump wants. He did indeed stab PDJT in the back in 2020. If I were a betting person, I would wager that Netanyahu knew the 2020 election was stolen, hell, may have even had surveillance info (cuz their “intelligence ops are here 24/7)
Israel is not a NATO country, nor is it just another country.
My understanding is that the Israeli government has suspended public access to ALL holy sites since Epic Fury started.
This site WAS NOT singled out.
That said: did the Catholic Church approach the Israeli government beforehand to get an exception for a few clergy to be there this week?
If so, and access was denied, then shame on the Catholics for doing this.
If not, then frankly still shame on the Catholics for NOT seeking an exception to this security measure.
Wrong.
It was.
What part of groups of 50 are allowed do you pretend to not understand.
This was a group of 4.
Clearly, they were singled out!
You need to read the article that Sundance linked to.
Hey, Grasshopper:
I brought up several offenses the Israeli government committed that had nothing to do with restricting access to the Holy Sepulchure.
But you changed the subject.
That is a move I would expect a weasel or someone who has poor reading comprehension skills to make.
Maybe it’s simply because you have no valid answer to any of my points.
On this website, you’ll be held accountable. Do a better job. Your game on this matter is Democrat-level weak and false.
Another Catholic hating Protestant heard from.
Wow, wonderful homily.
Thinking about Jesus riding on the donkey did you ever see the cross on a donkey’s back? I find it fascinating.
https://youtube.com/shorts/1XO3QU9Dc08?si=yuLtQbgt4KbCrKYL
I posted one video on the open thread, earlier this morning….at around 1 minute, the donkey picture shows the cross
and if one looks closely, on the right side of the cross on the donkey back….one can almost see a hand shape with some fingers…
And if there had been a mass casualty event caused by a cluster warhead on a ballistic missile, or drone swarm, of proxy gunman, or bomb, or….,.then Israel would have been accused of deliberately ignoring the safety of the pilgrims.
Shame, but there’s a war on with an adversary who has no hesitation in killing civilians and reported on by a media steeped in anti-Semitic sentiments and TDS, who would dearly love to link the two. ‘Insiders say Trump knew about plan to attack Christian pilgrims, but ignored it after meeting with top Israeli government officials’, is a headline they dream about writing.
Groups of 50 still allowed at the wailing wall.
Funny that.
No cluster bomb concerns there.
Just at the Christian churches.
Weird, huh?
Israel is going to be accused no matter what it does or does not do. Until recently that attitude was pretty much confined to the left but now, unfortunately, it seeps into the right more and more.
That is a strategy from the pit of hell to remove God’s Blessing from America. A Counterfeit “America First” that makes America last.
You know it.
I recently watched a series called “Annilation , the massacre of 6 million Jews of Europe” . I have always wondered why the US or Britain never bombed the trains that went directly into the death camps? Not only could millions of Jews been saved ,also how many of the 6 million Romas,Russians ,poles, Czechs, and others could of been saved? Churchill learned in early 1941 and Roosevelt shortly thereafter of what the Germans were doing in the extermination of the Jews and many others.
Churchill stated he didn’t want to be seen as helping the Jews. Roosevelt and his SOS and others were just largely anti semetic. Think of how many lives might of been saved if not for these ignorant and catastrophic decisions. Maybe history should be looked at longer periods than a day or a week.
Pray and help others.
Why did Democrat Roosevelt deny Jewish refugees entry to America? The cover story is complete bs. You have to look a bit closer into him to understand and make the connection
Can you point me in the right direction to look?
Pray and help others.
Only about 1 million Jews died in Europe during WW2. The holocaust myth has been throughly researched and found to be a fraud.
The little donkey had no clue about the Burden he carried although it has been surmised that it recognized the gentleness of the man who rode him….Our Savior, here to conquer death…
May all have a peaceful and precious Holy Week….
Israel’s No King of Kings protest.
I recommend reading the linked article. This wasn’t even a public mass. It was to be attended by a handful of people… apparently just four… including “Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and the head of the Custos in the Holy Land”. That’s it.
“Israeli police said they had notified church authorities on Saturday that no Mass could take place on Palm Sunday because of safety considerations […] However, the Latin Patriarchate said the Church of the Holy Sepulchre had been hosting Masses that aren’t open to the public since the Iran war began on Feb. 28, and it was unclear why Sunday’s Mass and access by the two priests was any different.”
Huckabee weighed in, of course…
“U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee said the incident was “an unfortunate overreach” that was hard to justify.
He noted in a statement that the proposed prayer with Pizzaballa and the others was well below the 50-person limit for gatherings. “For the Patriarch to be barred from entry to the Church on Palm Sunday for a private ceremony is difficult to understand or justify,” he wrote.”
It’s “unfortunate”, folks! Not outrageous… not unacceptable… not dangerous… just… unfortunate…
I don’t trust Huckabee. Never have.
I forgot one… inexcusable…
and …you are not only one….
A private mass venerating a place?
STOP! Israel is protecting the behinds of those still in Israel. Missile fragments have hit the fence surrounding the holy places. What kind of idiots want innocent people exposed to such risks? If the Jews did not secure their safety and allowed them make the parade, and a fragment killed or injured someone, then all hell would break out about the Jews not protecting them.
The priests, cardinals were well aware of the safety procedures because they have been in place for a long time. Obviously the priests do not seem to have concerns for the safety of their flocks.
Sick individuals….who use such an occasion to bash Jews…
It is unfortunate that the closing is necessary…but it is not for meanness. THE BURIAL OF JESUS CHRIST’S BODY IS A FULFILLMENT OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY, in preparation for the IMPORTANT resurrection. He was buried in a borrowed tomb. Needed to squash the lies that would follow. the fulfillment of prophecy,
and the impossibility of the theory that someone stole Jesus’ body. Matthew’s account is brief. Our outrage should be even more brief. There is a reason to prohibit the procession(S).
IMO: we should be more concerned or more reverent to Jesus’ Resurrection, than worry over the prohibited procession to the tomb. And proclaim the Good News of the truth–He is Risen!
Jesus did not tell his followers to worship his tomb. Instead, after his resurrection, he emphasized a spiritual relationship with his followers rather than a physical one tied to a location.
Praise God for His all knowing kindness towards man and his inability to focus on the important things. Jesus is alive today. He ripped the veil, shed His blood so that we could approach Him without any “human” ceremonies or traditions. Praise the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.
“Jesus did not tell his followers to worship his tomb. Instead, after his resurrection, he emphasized a spiritual relationship with his followers rather than a physical one tied to a location.”
I’m going to go out on a limb and say if the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem feels like he should be praying in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday… he should be allowed to do that…
Absolutely!
It was not the parade that is an issue… it is that the Patriarch was not allowed to conduct a private ceremony with 3 others to commemorate Palm Sunday – well below the 50 currently allowed.
I was shocked when I woke up to that news this morning. It is not right.
I was, too.
Amen
Another Protestant who wishes he were a Jew heard from. Why not just convert to Judaism
What?? Doesn’t the Israelis consider themselves Christian.
Hard to put logic to their thinking.
While there are Jewish believers, Israelis as a whole are not Christians.
Worse, they are unfortunately apostates, having deviated from the natural progression of their faith. Calvinick’s question is interesting because it points out the illogic of rejecting the (Jewish) Messiah for whom they prayed and whose arrival they predicted.
Yep, that’s what I was getting at.
Thank you
Thank you.
So they suppress freedom of religion in Israel?
Cardinal Pizzaballa: Using the name of God to justify wars is the ‘gravest sin’ of our time:
“The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said this week that “the manipulation of God’s name to justify this and any other war is the gravest sin we can commit in this time.”
The cardinal was commenting in response to the words of U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who quoted Psalm 144 during a press briefing on March 10 to invoke a divine blessing on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, according to Vatican News.
The prelate made his remarks during a March 15 webinar organized by the International Oasis Foundation and the Milan Cultural Center at a time when the Middle East is once again in turmoil due to the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
In his remarks during the event, titled “War Devours the Middle East and Its Peoples,” the prelate emphasized that “there are no new crusades, and God has nothing to do with any of this.”” …….
So the guy is a Commie Terror Symp? Good for Israel.
God has EVERYTHING to do with freeing Iranians and protecting Israelis and blessing American troops.
Another Deep Church asshole like Pope Commie.
“That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon.
War, like weather, cannot in itself be either criminal or saintly; and war as an action undertaken by certain persons may be either one or the other. Only in a state of fallen intelligence akin to fetish-worship could [we] ever have dropped into the habit of talking about the ‘wickedness of war’.”
The cheapest and most childish of all the taunts of the Pacifists is, I think, the sneer at belligerents for appealing to the God of Battles. It is ludicrously illogical, for we obviously have no right to kill for victory save when we have a right to pray for it. If a war is not a holy war, it is an unholy one–a massacre.”--G.K. Chesterton
Yes, Lord!
Unfortunately your ignorant cursing negates anything positive you might have to say.
Psalm 144
From the deadly sword deliver me;
rescue me from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
Describes the Iran Terror Regime to a tee.
You are not alone. The hatred for Jews is obvious for all to see today, on this site.
You guys do realize that the country is being bombed by Iran every day, don’t you? Israel faces real, daily security threats, and when police cite “security concerns,” they mean it.
In hindsight, letting the cardinal go might have been the simpler choice. If he puts himself and his followers in danger, that responsibility falls on him.
The difficult reality is that any negative outcome could still be blamed on Israel for not ensuring his safety, creating a genuine no-win scenario.
It wasn’t a public Mass.
There weren’t any “followers.”
Why is it just fine for the cardinal and patriarch to freely go all over Jerusalem but are blocked from entering the most important of all Christian churches on earth? Time for a new crusade That was the causus belli for the crusades you know. Forbidding Christian’s from entering Jerusalem and Palestine. There’s a theory that the reformation was actually a Jewish plot to divide Christianity Every time I read Protestants and their pro Israel comments I believe it.
Security concerns is understandable; but to actually block the worship service -is this the first time this has ever happened?
Yes
While worship by Jews at the wailing wall in groups of 50 or less continues uninterrupted.
Very upset about this; personally consider this a line that Israel’s government should not have crossed.
Got to remember jews got a black eye during the original Jesus’ ride, trial and russification. They can argue it was Rome but it wasn’t Romans demanding his death.
not in the original Hebrew gospels.
but imagine Jeus going to Britain. he’d have been cooked in a wicker man
I’m not surprised this war criminal would be at a “Burning Man” fest.
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark tangled up in a crypto fraud suit with Burning Man buddies
https://pagesix.com/2026/03/27/society/retired-gen-wesley-clark-tangled-in-a-crypto-fraud-suit-of-burning-man-buddy/
Oh and when was his Palm Sunday ride?
What holiday do the Chosen wave palm branches ( as well as willow., hadassah and ,etrog) and say Hashana????
Hint : it sure ain’t Passover.
Jesus came to earth to die for your sins – yours and mine.
Had he NOT died that day and in that way, His trip to earth would have been a failure. WE killed Jesus, not the Jews nor the Romans!!!
Thanks for reposting that video. I remember seeing it last year. It is a beautiful and timely message. Up until a couple of years ago, I never really understood the reason why service to God is so important.
The Lord gives us a wonderful gift when we listen to what He tells us to do. We are set free – untethered- from the things of this world.
Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you for this video link of Bishop Barron.
If I heard that someone was threating to Bomb my church or surrounding area don’t think I’d go. Just sayin!
I’m not in the camp that it’s always the JEWS or that LITTLE Country of ISRAEL are the Masters of America. No proof of it and not buying it!
After a while saying it’s the JEWS gets OLD! Sorry for the suckers that bought into that narrative!
The Church of the Holy Resurrection or the Anastasis
is in Jerusalem and
has the Holy Kouvouklion inside it.
That shrine was built over the Cave of the Holy Sepulchre, which contains the Anointing Stone.
The Rite of the Holy Fire takes place inside the Holy Kouvouklion on Great and Holy Saturday of Orthodox Christian Pascha.
The Orthodox Christian Patriarchate of Jerusalem holds the Rite of the Holy Fire, which has never appeared for anyone else at any time.
The Light at the time of the Resurrection of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ and the annual Holy Fire and the Uncreated Light are the same.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Thanks Israel, but no thanks.
Don’t need your protection. God is with us.
If anything, Christians need protection from Israel.
Like Covid, churches were shut down for our protection. Not essential. BS.
The Orthodox Christian Patriarchate of Jerusalem posted this message that focuses on the Holy Resurrection of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ.
https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/announcements/easter-message-2026-from-the-heads-of-churches-in-jerusalem/
How about blocking all Jewish worship in this country ?
Try talking about Jesus Christ in Is Fake and see what happens to you and some want to pass laws prohibiting talking about Jesus Christ or Christianity in Is Fake.
When God gave Moses the Mosaic laws for the Israelites to live by and they abandoned them they can’t claim anything Holy or pretend to be the “Chosen Ones”
And claiming a mistake in the deliberate Bombing of a Christian Church is a complete lie.
When God gave Moses the Mosaic laws for the Israelites to live by and they abandoned them they can’t claim anything Holy or pretend to be the “Chosen Ones”
and which 613 commandments are you referring to? SomehowI think those of pagan barbaric stock who weren’t even considered for the Mosaic Code don’t possess the knowledge and understanding to make such assessments.
The Church of the All-Holy Resurrection in Jerusalem contains the Holy Kouvouklion (pictured below).
The shrine is built over the Cave of the Holy Sepulchre.
The Church of the All-Holy Resurrection of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ includes more than the Cave of the Holy Sepulchre and the Holy Kouvouklion.
This is the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent in the Orthodox Christian Church.
It is the Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt.
I agree that it might have been a very easy target.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The Resurrection of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ
Thank You Sundance,
Today’s Mass here in Phoenix Arizona was beautiful.
Father Parks started his homily with a reference to an old Saturday Night show with Debbie Downer;
When it started to rain, she said “When it rains, it means God is crying… , … and you know why He’s crying?
Because of something you did.”
Those old SNL shows were the best.
This is an excuse. They rejected him and hate all his followers to this very day.
You should try being like Christ and forgive them.
It’s their country; they have to run it as such, not worry about “devotees” like you. BTW, you are using their security action as an excuse of your own to throw hate on them…hmmm, another not so Christian thing to do.
Oh please. Let the Christians worship in their house of worship before lecturing them on their own religion. What hubris! The kind of hubris that lets you block every other religion but your own.
In my opinion, the most important takeaway here is that government perceived a security issue at the church, so they closed the church to “protect” people.
Does that remind anyone of COVID fascism?
When will free people stop allowing Government to curtail our God-given liberty under the pretense of “protecting us?”
You make the false assumption that government’s heavy hand is always a de facto attempt to curtail liberties. Some times a banana is just a banana. Government always errs on the side of extreme caution… it’s not always a conspiracy. Of course COVID definitely was a conspiracy…just like the pathetic attempt to split MAGA.
I pray this serves as a wake up call to all Christians who still support Israel. Israel demands your money and support, but won’t even do the barest minimum in return like leaving a Church open during Holy Week. They are taking advantage of you.
Orthodox Christian Hymn
Church of the Resurrection or Anastasis
Alister Heath’s There’s Something About Israel That Makes People Uncomfortable
Happy Passover this week everyone…starting with the solemn holiday dinner this Wednesday that the King of the Jews shared with his disciples, during which he told them would not eat it with them again until they did so together in heaven…marking the sacrifice of the Lamb of God planned before the creation of the world we inhabit, who defeated evil and freed us from the curse of death, hell and the grave…
Another Protestant wanna be Jew heard from. Just convert to Judaism Astonishing how anti Christian and pro Israel Protestants are. I suppose your ideal Protestant pastor is Hagee
Saint Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza in Palestine (+ 420)
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Saint George the Holy Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer (+ 303)
please pray for and protect the remaining original Christians in the Holy Land and the Levant, especially the village of Taybeh, from the Evil One and his servants.
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Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Orthodox Prayers in Maaloula Aramaic Dialect
There is ONE mediator between God and Man, Jesus Christ. Pray to God in Jesus’ name and your prayer is heard, the Bible says.
Then no one should ask you, and you should not ask anyone, to pray to God on their behalf or on your behalf.
Not bringing a political solution, but a spiritual one, the one making reconciliation between God and man possible.
He knew everything facing him from the very start, but willingly did it anyway.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
Yawn.
Yes, Israel has implemented restrictions closing synagogues (or prohibiting public worship services there) on holy days or Shabbat due to acute security threats, particularly missile or terror risks from Iran or its proxies.This has occurred in the context of heightened conflict, such as during escalations with Iran. For example:In June 2025, following Israeli strikes on Iran and anticipated Iranian retaliation (including over 100 drones), the IDF Home Front Command issued emergency restrictions banning mass gatherings. This led to the closure of synagogues across Israel for that Shabbat—the first such measure since the COVID-19 pandemic. The Western Wall’s prayers were also severely limited, and rabbis advised alternative neighborhood prayer groups near safe rooms or bomb shelters to comply while allowing some form of observance. jns.org
Similar restrictions applied around Purim 2026 amid the ongoing Iran-related conflict, with synagogues and other houses of worship closed or limited due to missile threats and rules against public assemblies; communities shifted prayers or readings (like the Megillah) to protected spaces like shelters. ynetnews.com
These measures stem from the Home Front Command’s authority to restrict gatherings for civilian protection during rocket, drone, or missile alerts. Israel frequently sees elevated terror alerts around Jewish holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, etc.), prompting increased security like armed guards at every Jerusalem synagogue (an unprecedented step in 2023), police urging licensed gun owners to carry weapons in shuls, and higher deployments. timesofisrael.com
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BTW, let’s not forget Covid, when only a handful of Catholic churches remained open (the majority being SSPX, et al) whilst priests, bishops, cardinals, and Pope Francis hid away, and not one peep from the majority of ‘scared’ Catholics.
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Mel is working on a sequel that is due to come out next year. I wonder if the reaction from some will be repeated?
‘Passion’ Critics Endanger Jews, Angry Rabbis Claim, Attacking Groups, Foxman
https://forward.com/news/6434/passion-critics-endanger-jews-angry-rabbis/
An organization, One4Israel, is Messianic Jews witnessing to other Jews. I hear they are having great success. Support them.
Not a great look, but we have bigger fish to fry. Don’t want anymore headaches.
The entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalemconsists of double doors (a pair of massive wooden doors side by side).
Today, only the left-hand door is in regular use and opened/closed daily. The right-hand door was bricked up (sealed) centuries ago, likely during the Ottoman period or earlier for structural/security reasons, leaving just one functional entrance.
The keys to these doors have been held by two Muslim families for over 800 years as a neutral arrangement to prevent conflict among the Christian denominations (primarily Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Armenian Apostolic) that jointly administer the church.
Joudeh family (also spelled Joudeh al-Goudia or al-Husseini in some references): They are the hereditary custodians/keepers of the physical key (a large ~30 cm iron key, with an older one also preserved but now broken and unused). The key is passed down through generations and is considered a symbol of Jerusalem’s complex interfaith history.
Nusseibeh family (also spelled Nuseibeh): They serve as the doorkeepers, physically opening and closing the doors each day using the key provided by the Joudeh family.
The Daily Ritual (“which door”)
Every morning (usually early, around dawn) and evening, the ritual unfolds at the main (left) entrance door:
Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem) and Father Francesco Ielpo (Custos of the Holy Land) from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Catholic Mass. Church officials described this as the first time in centuries that senior Catholic leaders were blocked from holding the traditional Palm Sunday Mass at the site.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later stated there was “no malicious intent, only concern for safety.”
Pope Leo XIV silencio
Unfortunately ???
I think that is not the correct word….
Maybe wickedly……..