It's only in the Garden of Gethsemane, when Judas and the Roman soldiers arrive to arrest Jesus, that the early community -- the disciples of men and women, the first church -- finally come to ...

Photo of the excavation of a Byzantine Church in the Garden of Gethsemane carried out jointly by the Israel Antiquities Authority and students from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. (Credit: Yaniv ...

(RNS) In Gethsemane, Jesus experiences the full range of human emotions, and he shares them with his friends in a fully human way. For us, expressing sadness and fear allows us to set aside our desire ...

EDITORS NOTE: This column is the sixth in an eight-part series examining the period of time in the life of Jesus and his followers, as he established his earthly ministry while at the same time ...

In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus utters his agonizing prayer, “Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want, but what you want.” At this grave moment ...

Spending time in the Garden of Gethsemane is unlike any other experience in Israel. Nestled at the foot of the Mount of Olives, just across the Kidron Valley from the Old City, it is both beautiful ...

The challenge of “Where do I belong?” is when we believe we have the answer to the question – something happens to shake our world. One of my favorite Bible stories is when Jesus is in the Garden of ...

We must put to death the idea that we were ever the ones in control. Today, I sat with a friend whose daughter died last year at just 11 days old. The death of a child is a pain so unbearable that ...

Editor's note: The following is an exclusive excerpt from the new book Jesus: A Pilgrimage by Jesuit Fr. James Martin, editor at large of America magazine and the author of many books. This excerpt is ...