Our Lady of the Mount (Anjara, Jordan)
In the mountains of Galaad, in the town of Anjara in northern Jordan, Our Lady of the Mount is venerated in the most important Marian sanctuary in the country. The Christian tradition here places a break from Jesus, Mary and the disciples during their journeys to Jerusalem, along with a cave that today is the heart of the temple. In 2000, Pope John Paul II included Anjara among the official pilgrimage places of the Holy Land in Jordan.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The sanctuary keeps an Italian image of the Virgin with the Child, more than two hundred years old, brought in 1932 from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem by Father Angelo Foresta, parish priest of Anjara.
- In 2000 Pope John Paul II approved five pilgrimage places in Jordan for the Jubilee, and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Anjara was recognized as one of them.
- On 6 May 2010, a religious and several people witnessed how the image shed tears; the analysis commissioned by the Latin Patriarchate confirmed that the substance was human blood.
- The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, investigated the fact, stated that there was no natural explanation and placed a commemorative plaque in the sanctuary, stating before thousands of faithful that the Virgin cries for us and with us.
- The tradition identifies Anjara with the ancient Mizpah of Galaad and places close to the place of the prophet Elijah, thus uniting Marian devotion to the biblical roots of the region.
- Every third Friday of June, the Latin Patriarchal Vicariate organizes the national pilgrimage of Jordanian Catholics to the sanctuary, which brings together thousands of faithful around the image of Our Lady of the Mount.
Our Lady of the Mount
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Mount, in Anjara, is the main place of Marian pilgrimage in Jordan, located in the mountains of Galaad where tradition places a rest of the Holy Family. Recognized by John Paul II in the Jubilee of 2000, he kept an ancient Italian image of the Virgin who in 2010 shed tears of blood, as confirmed by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, who investigated the fact and pointed it out with a badge.
"Our Lady of the Mount, who wanted to rest with your Son in these lands of Gilead and who have shed tears for your children: look with mercy to the Christians of Jordan and all the East, hold their faith in the midst of trials and bring us peace for this land blessed by the steps of Jesus. Mother who weeps with us, also rinse our tears and take us to your Son. Amen.
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