What Is This World Coming To?

The second day greeted us with a chilly rain, but we were not about to let it dampen our spirit of excitement.  We set out at 8:00 am, to the southwest, for the Village of Cana.  When we arrived there, we were dropped off on a very narrow street and followed Boaz up an even more narrow street (0r alley) to The Franciscan Church of Cana, where Jesus performed his first public miracle, by turning water into wine. (John 2:1-10)  The Village of Cana is also where Jesus performed his second public miracle (John 4:46-54) and where Nathanael, one of the Disciples, was from. (John 21:2)  After going down to view the original church, we came back up stairs into the Franciscan Church, where Jack performed the wedding ceremony for Larry & Erica.  He also performed the retaking of vows by Ken & Georgia.       

The Franciscan Church of Cana  

Wine Vases Alter

After a slight diversion, we were all  back on the bus, and headed to the City of the Annunciation, Nazareth.  This is where Mary, the mother of Jesus lived when the angel Grabriel revealed to her the imminent birth of Jesus and John the Baptist. (John 1:26-38)  It is the city in which Jesus was raised and learned the trade of carpentry, and also read scripture in the synagogue and was rebuked for his admonishments of the people. (Luke 4:16-30)  The Church of the Annunciation was built over the site of Mary’s house.

Church       “M”s on dome         Remains of house

We then proceeded to Nazareth Village, which is a museum and replica village of Jesus’ time.

Carpenter’s workshop                                    Water collection system

Shepherds tending flock                                 Village house

Synagogue   Woman spinning wool

After this, we traveled southwest across the Yizre’el Valley, to the city of Megiddo.  This will be the subject of my next post.  Stay tuned.