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Where in the World in Seminarian Connor Orabutt?Blessings from the Holy Land In just a short few days Jesus has already taken me to significant holy sites. Jesus likes to work at his own pace, and, as some of you know, he sometimes works at a very quick pace. So quick that he blessed our whole group by having an empty plane allowing us to have a whole row to ourselves if we wanted! I swiftly obtain for myself a window seat so I could have access to the incredible bird-eye views. Since our flight was in the evening the sun had already set. So, I couldn’t really get any detailed looks of Chicago. However, what I did get to see was the vast number of lights shining from the airport and the surrounding area. It appeared as though the whole area was covered with lights! I was in awe thinking about for every light there are who knows how many more people. And for that number of persons there exists that many different situations and emotions. I acknowledged the reality that there is no way that I could possibly conceive of every person and their situation. Then it hit me (though I’ve theoretically known this) that God can clearly see the depths of everything and everyone from his place in the heavens which is higher than any altitude a plane can ever ascend. He is so transcendent and greater than the universe yet is so present to it! What a mystery! And it’s in the context of this mystery that God sees humanity’s situation that he chose to come. After 11hr 30min I landed in the very place that God decided to become man in Jesus and save us! In our first full day Jesus allowed me to see the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where Jesus was born and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified and ROSE FROM THE DEAD. So far, kneeling by the slab upon which Jesus was laid and then upon which he arose from has been the most impactful. There isn’t really a way to describe the sacredness of the place in which the power of the Holy Spirit was unleashed to raise Jesus from the dead thereby destroying sin and death. What a gift. What a gift that Jesus died and rose out of love for us. How much more a gift that He gives that same Spirit, the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, to us. As St. Paul says God “who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20). We have also made a visit to Yad Vashem which is a memorial museum about the Holocaust. The final room was circular in shape and had shelves from the floor to the ceiling all the way around. The shelves were lined with books which contained all the names of Jews who were |
murdered in the Holocaust. For a number of minutes, I was only able to silently stand there. It was a terrific museum though you could imagine how educationally and emotionally draining it would be.
I have to say that having Middle Eastern cuisine from the Middle East is amazing! The humus and other various ways of eating chickpeas are delicious and I’m thankful that I will continue to do so. For one breakfast we could scoop honey onto our plate as it fell directly off the comb! I haven’t done that before! And of course, a bunch of pita bread! Know that I have been praying for all of you and have lifted up the intentions that some of you have given me everyday and while I’m at the holy sites. In the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Connor |
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