Program not definitive, possibly subject to change.

Saturday, January 23

Enter the “retreat”

Reception at Tel Aviv Airport

Road through the desert, to Eilat, at the edge of the Red Sea

Overnight in Eilat at the Magic Palace Hotel.

 “Hear, O Israel!” (Deut 6:4) 

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Sunday, January 24

In the desert

Together, under the Cloud, listening to "God-with-us"

The gift of the Covenant at Sinai, mystery of nuptials

The Ark of the Covenant, place of Presence

Meeting in the Negev Desert, in the Timna Park

Reception of the delegations, organization in 12 tribes, by linguistic groups

Visit of a reproduction of the Tent of the Meeting (cf. Ex 40)

Time of solitude: "To know your inmost heart" (Deut 8:2)

Afternoon: drive through the desert to Arad

Bedouin meal, night under large tents of Bedouins

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Monday 25 January

Go up to Jerusalem,

crossing the Jordan

 " I rejoiced when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD.’

(...) There the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD!” (Ps 122:1.4)

Road to Qasr al Yahud, at the Jordan, the place of the baptism of Jesus

The crossing of the Jordan with the ark, to enter the "promised land"

The preparation of the bride, for the renewal of the Covenant in Jesus

Road to Jerusalem. Deposit in different places, reception by local people to "go up to Jerusalem" in 12 convergent itineraries.

Installation at the Royal Hotel, for the rest of the sojourn

Eve: reception in the Church of Jerusalem, by Msgr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa

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Tuesday, January 26

The anointing of David,

the gift of the Spirit,

the King Spouse

Day at the Carmel of Bethlehem, where David received the royal anointment

"From that day on, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David” (1 Sam 16:13)

On the way back, stop at Tantur: meditation in front of an icon

In the heavenly Jerusalem:

kings and queens, children (Mt 18:3) and virgins (Rev 14:4)

Eve: The joy of the Church Bride

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Wednesday, January 27

When the veil is torn ...

"He gave the power to become children of God" (Jn 1:12)

Day lived in tribe, at Jerusalem

Relay of prayer on Golgotha:

The heart, the breach and the source (Jn 19:33)

In the Carmel of Pater Noster, place of the teaching of the Lord's Prayer, place of Ascension:

The joy of the children of the Father who shout "Abba!"

At the Dormition or at the Tomb of the Virgin

The Assumption of Mary, Ark of the Covenant

Eve: Enter the "Holy of Holies"

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Thursday, January 28

In Galilee, for a return to the sources of our call

For the consecrated virgins: in Magdala,

regain the freshness of first love

For the pastors: in Tabgha,

regain the missionary zeal of the first apostles

Afternoon: together on the Lake of Tiberias

"Then I saw something like a sea of ​​glass" (Rev 15:2)

Meal at the shore of the lake, thereafter return to Jerusalem

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Friday, January 29

 Enter into the intercession of Christ,

for the Church, for the world ...

Surround Jerusalem with prayer

"Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have stationed sentinels" (Is 62:6)

Persevere at Gethsemane

"A Woman (...) wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth" (Rev 12:1-2)

Eve: entry into Shabbat.

The rest of the 8^th day

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Saturday, January 30

Taste the joy of saying together:

"Marana tha!"

Great day of celebration with local Christians, at Kiryat Yearim, where David gathered the 12 tribes for the transfer of the Ark to Jerusalem (cf. 2 S 6 and Jos 5:9)

The Church, Ark of the Covenant, is preparing for its transfer to the heavenly Jerusalem

The joy of the Bride who is preparing for the wedding...

"The Spirit and the Bride say, Come! » (Rev 22:17)

Eve: Mass of Thanksgiving (Sunday Mass), and sending

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Sunday, January 31 

Departure for the airport

(Possibility for those who wish to stay four more days to visit some places in the country.)