That’s a photo someone in my group took of me beholding the miracle of the Holy Fire, inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem today. The flame at the far right of the frame comes from a sheaf of 33 thin beeswax candles — one for each year of Christ’s life — I’m holding in my hands. …
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