Pictures of Site of the Sermon on the Mount

The view East of the Sea of Galilee from an upper region of the Western hillside (‘mount’).RBC Retreat, Emmanuel Longing Final Sept 2014 copy.078-001Shown below are the grounds belonging to the Catholic Church on the upper region of the Western hillside.RBC Retreat, Emmanuel Longing Final Sept 2014 copy.079-001Overlooking the ‘Mount’ is a small Catholic Church.  There is no interior seating.  It is a chapel commemorating the Sermon on the Mount, not a regular congregational church meeting place.RBC Retreat, Emmanuel Longing Final Sept 2014 copy.080-001On the grounds are polished stones each with a message of one of the ‘Beatitudes” from the Sermon on the Mount.RBC Retreat, Emmanuel Longing Final Sept 2014 copy.081-001RBC Retreat, Emmanuel Longing Final Sept 2014 copy.082-001Now, let us return  to The Sermon on the Mount, picking up at the 3rd paragraph there.