Garden of Gethsemane Archives

Garden of Gethsemane

Letter from the Editor: A very Happy Easter to our readers

March 31, 2024

Back in 2022, I visited the Garden of Gethsemane – where the Lord’s Passion began with His arrest. Beside the ancient olive grove – some gnarled trees date back 1,000 years – is the Basilica of the Agony (originally a crusader chapel) where I knelt with my wife at the bedrock of stones, encircled by

In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus faced his greatest fears

March 26, 2015

Palm Sunday, IS 50: 4-7; Phil 2: 6-11; MK 14:1 -15:47 (Year B)

‘Jesus had a brief nervous breakdown’

June 21, 2012

Jill Hamilton meets Fr Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, the scholar with a bold view of what happened in the Garden of Gethsemane

Catholics must stay awake to reality of evil, says Pope

April 20, 2011

Jesus warned believers against the soul's 'insensitivity' towards evil, Pope Benedict XVI says at general audience