The Source and Summit of Our Faith

We have seen many amazing holy places in our time here in the Holy Land. We have visited the place where Mary said yes to the angel Gabriel, and where our Lord was born. The places where our Lord started his ministry in Galilee, we have visited. And now we are here in Jerusalem, where our Lord was crucified and raised from the dead. It can be difficult at certain sites to meditate on what exactly they used to look like in the time of Jesus and his disciples.  However, despite all the new scenery and experiences, a constant devotion to prayer has kept us grounded and attentive.  One of the most cherished aspects has been Eucharistic adoration, something we have tried to maintain just as we do back home.  While the Holy sites are amazing in their own right, the source and summit of our faith still reigns supreme in the hearts of the 3rd theology class. Time in front of the Blessed Sacrament allows us to remove the distractions and revisit the Holy sites in silence within our memory.  Some places look like you might imagine, such as the Sea of Galilee. However, the Nativity and the Holy Sepulcher both look different, because they have been completely enshrined by basilicas over the years. Whether we ever return to these sites or whether we find ourselves describing them to people who will never have the opportunity themselves, our relationship with God flows from the Eucharist, something we all can cherish wherever we find ourselves.