Let us immerse ourselves in the mystery of God and walk with Him to the end. Ramzi Sidawi began his homily with these words, in the shrine of Dominus Flevit on the Mount of Olives, opening the Lenten pilgrimage path to the holy places which recall the stages of the Lord's Passion. Br RAMZI SIDAWI, ofm Economist, Custody of the Holy Land "God is present in our lives and He always invites us to walk with Him to reach the gift of a complete life. And He leaves us free. So He gives us the possibility of choice and we often choose not to walk with Him but to walk with ourselves on our own. He then observes with sorrow that we are going on our own, but He keeps the door open, the road clear, so that we can return to Him. He sends us signals, he sends us invitations, and these are precisely the signs of the times that He keeps sending in our lives to invite us to go back and walk with Him." Translated from the Latin "The Lord wept", the Franciscan Shrine is one of the most recent churches in Jerusalem. Built in 1955 by the architect Antonio Barluzzi, it has the shape of a tear to remember the tears that Jesus cried after announcing the destruction of Jerusalem. From here you can enjoy one of the most beautiful views of the city, the same one that enchanted the eyes of Jesus… The first of a series of encounters, promoted by the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land, which take place during the weeks of Lent, to arrive with Jesus at the true meaning of life and peace. Br RAMZI SIDAWI, ofm Economist, Custody of the Holy Land "In this place, we stand in front of the holy city. Jesus stopped here to cry over the city. From this place, we are also invited to immerse ourselves in the Holy Week and in all that the Holy Week represents: the passion of God, the passion of Jesus, up to the Resurrection."