The name "Gethsemane" refers to three places all guarded by Franciscans: the Grotto, the Garden of Olives and the Basilica of Gethsemane, also known as the Basilica of the Nations. It is here that the agony and arrest of Jesus on the night he was betrayed is commemorated. The accounts of early pilgrims tell how this place was devoted to prayer, precisely because Jesus himself prayed to the Father here. The design of the Basilica, built between 1922 and 1924, is by the architect Barluzzi. The interior is dominated by the rock in front of the altar. Every day pilgrims from all over the world come to venerate it. The mosaics on either side of the altar depict the betrayal of Judas and the moment of Jesus' capture. On the roof the brasses of the countries that collaborated in the construction of the Basilica. On the floor, on the other hand, the ancient mosaics, remnants of the Byzantine Church, on which the Basilica was later built, can still be seen. On this second stage of the Lenten pilgrimage, the friars commemorated the Agony of the Lord. The celebration was presided over by Brother Luciano Piermarco of the Custody of the Holy Land and concelebrated by numerous priests. Also present were many local Christians and pilgrims. In his Homily, Br. Alessandro, wanted to emphasize "the way in which Jesus, as the Son, becomes the obedient servant to fulfill in all himself the saving will of the Father. " Br ALESSANDRO CONIGLIO, ofm Professor Studium Biblicum Franciscanum – Jerusalem "The obedience of Jesus in this place is the obedience of the Son. It is the obedience of the one who as a Son surrendered himself totally into the hands of his Father. And in this surrender into the hands of the Father, Jesus experienced the total gift of himself because he offered what is most precious in us, which is our freedom, our will: this became the object of the Son's offering to the Father. And all this was done for us, to save us from our sin. This is the greatness of the gesture made here by Jesus." And during this Lenten journey we too can learn to offer ourselves and find even in suffering a new meaning. Br ALESSANDRO CONIGLIO, ofm Professor Studium Biblicum Franciscanum – Jerusalem "I think the most important thing that Jesus teaches us here is that we too can put our will, even in suffering, back within the will of the Father. To grasp behind the sufferings that we too can live out God's plan of love for us and for humanity." At the end of the celebration Br. Sinisa Srebrenović, guardian of the Basilica of Gethsemane, in greeting all those present, emphasized how the community is preparing to celebrate an important anniversary: the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Basilica.