by Susan Jagannath | Mar 14, 2009 | Faith, Uncategorized
Jerusalem is the perfect place to say prayers as it were, in situ. Use the frequent calls to prayer from the many mosques, to remind yourself to pray your own prayers. Here’s a record of mine, that I did sort of pre-plan, or I’d have forgotten in the...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 14, 2009 | Churches, Travel, Walks
At 3 pm on Fridays, a group of priests lead the Stations of the Cross over the twisting, cobbles worn smooth by thousands of years of foot traffic. I waited in the 2nd station, where there are two chapels, and the chapel of the flagellation was unearthly cold –...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 13, 2009 | Churches, Travel, Walks
With instructions like that is it any surprise that I got lost? At first I walked in a perfect square and landed up back at Jaffa Gate? But I finally found the Hospice, that is a haven of calm in the City, off the via Dolorosa. I also got lost in the heaving crowd...
