Fr Luke Gregory OFM is a Franciscan friar based in Rhodes who journeys frequently to the Holy Land and is a director of the charity Pro Terra Sancta, which assists Christians and others in the region. Here is the first instalment of reflections from his diary of his time in Bethlehem for the Epiphany of the Lord (part two can be read here).
I am once again in Bethlehem, this time for the Feast of the Epiphany. We were accompanied with very heavy security by the Israeli army from our monastery in Jerusalem to Bethlehem; halfway though the journey we paused and were then further accompanied by mounted soldiers on beautiful black horses. How surreal!
