The journey towards Easter and the Resurrection continues. During the third station of the Lenten Pilgrimage to the places of the Passion of Jesus, the Franciscan friars celebrated the Holy Mass in the Flagellation Chapel. Restored by the architect Barluzzi between 1927 and 1929, the interior has 3 windows commemorating the moments before Jesus received the cross: the flagellation, Pilate who "washes his hands" and the choice of Barabbas as a prisoner to be freed. In his homily, Br Ramzi Sidawi, Treasurer of the Custody, stressed how two images of Jesus can be perceived: the first immediate, the second more hidden. In fact, Jesus is suffering, condemned, scourged, crowned with thorns, but through the words of the Evangelist, we can see the King. He is a special king who comes to rule from another world. Br RAMZI SIDAWI, ofm Treasurer Holy Land Custody "These pilgrimages make us relive the Mystery that we read in the Gospel, and the Gospel is the word of life for today, it is not a word of the past. For this reason, we live, relive and draw today in these places, from this mystery for our lives." Bethany, a place that has always been venerated, was the fourth destination for these pilgrimages. The "House of friendship" between the family of Lazarus and Jesus, is an oasis, as the announcement made here: "I am the Resurrection and life". Two words come out of this: Friendship and life. Br RAMZI SIDAWI, ofm Treasurer Holy Land Custody "These two words lead us to creation where God gave us life, created us as his friends in his image. God walked as a friend with Adam and we lost this friendship with sin, the original sin, but God came to restore this friendship and bring it back to its fullness." Following an ancient tradition, the Franciscan friars moved to the Mount of Olives. They first prayed in the Chapel of the Ascension, where, according to tradition, Jesus ascended to Heaven. Finally, they went to the Church of the "Pater Noster", where Christ himself taught the disciples the Lord's prayer.