View 3D Model of Ancient Jerusalem at the time of the second temple. A visit to the site serves as a time tunnel, carrying you far into A.D. 66, before Jerusalem was ransacked by the Romans.
Adoramus
te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam
redemisti mundum.
It was now about the sixth hour, and
darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And
the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice,
"Father, into Your Hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, He breathed
His last. (Luke 23, 44-46)
Greater love has no one than this, that He Lay down His life for His friends. (
John 15, 13)
Let us pray
We, who feed on the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, by Whom the
banner of the Holy Cross was sanctified, beseech You, O Lord our God, that since we have
deserved to venerate that same holy sign, it may be ours to enjoy forever the effect of
its saving glory. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Let me mingle tears with thee, mourning
Him who Mourned for me, All the days that I may live.