On Wednesday, March 16, the Franciscans' Lenten pilgrimages to the holy places began in Jerusalem. The tradition of celebrating Mass in the places where the moments of Jesus' Passion took place dates back to the first centuries of the Christian era. Thus, every year, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land during the weeks of Lent animate these liturgies in anticipation of Easter. The small Church of Dominus Flevit, with a tear-shaped chapel, located halfway along the western slope of the Mount of Olives, recalls the Gospel episode in which Jesus wept for the future of Jerusalem. During Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday, the crowds threw their cloaks on the road in front of him shouting, "Blessed is he who comes, the king, in the name of the Lord." Looking down on the city, Jesus wept over it prophesying its destruction. The solemn Mass was presided over by Brother Donaciano Paredes; measter of the Theology students of St. Savior Seminary, and was concelebrated by the Superior of Dominus Flevit, Brother Sebastian Eclimes, the Guardian of St. Savior Convent, Brother Marcelo Cichinelli along with the Custody Friars and other religious of Jerusalem. The homily was delivered by Fr. Carlo Giuseppe Adesso, of the Diocese of San Marino - Montefeltro in Italy and serving in the Custody. In commenting on the episode from Luke's gospel, Fr Carlo insisted on the appeal that Jesus' weeping represents for Jerusalem and thus for all humanity. Fr GIUSEPPE ADESSO Diocese of San Marino – Montefeltro "The message is contained in the gospel we heard. The lord, crying, says you have not known me you have not recognized me. The message is to know Christ. A great father of the Church teaches us that to know Christ means to love him and follow him. By following and loving Christ we will find peace. He who said: "I leave you peace, I give you my peace, not as the world gives it, I give it to you. Fr. Carlo also used a modern language to convey the content of this important event. Fr CARLO GIUSEPPE ADESSO Diocese of San Marino – Montefeltro "So, I presented Christ's weeping in a three-dimensional way. It looks at the past, it is a weeping that falls on his city of that time. But this weeping also illuminates the present, it helps to understand the future. In this sense, in the present, our tears merge with Christ's. But as the film Quo Vadis reminds us, tears have only one office, that of preparing for joy. Therefore, Christ's weeping reminds us that at the end of time our tears will be wiped away in his triumph, in his final victory."