My Trip to the Middle East, June 2009 -- Part 3: DOMINUS FLEVIT CHURCH, East Jerusalem, The Holy Land
LOCATION: Dominus Flevit Church is located in East Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives immediately facing the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a small Fransciscan church located on the upper western slope of the Mount of Olives. Translates from Latin as "The Lord Wept", was fashioned in the shape of a teardrop. Here, according to the 19th chapter of the Gospel of Luke, Jesus, while walking toward the city, becomes overwhelmed by the beauty of the Second Temple and, predicting its future destruction, weeps openly. Luke 19, 37-42.
Track: Liturgy of the Holy Week
Artist: Chorus of Saint Florian's Abadia and the Church of Santa Rita
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