They went to a place called Gethsemane. Mark 14:32
Sometimes we don't know how to pray and sometimes we feel a particular passion for a situation that needs prayer and sometimes we need to go to a quiet place and just 'be' with God. Sometimes the act of lighting a candle or smelling a perfumed flower can be a deep and profound prayer and connection with God. As I looked at the ancient olive trees in the garden of Gethsemane I had a sense of the deep anguish of Jesus as he prayed to his Father , perhaps at first not knowing quite what to pray for.
I was particularly struck by the prayer in the cloisters of St Georges Cathedral Jerusalem that to me seemed to come from a situation that required sensitive encompassing prayer. It was written by a Palestinian Christian and it reads
Pray not for Arab or Jew, for Palestinian or Israeli pray rather for ourselves that we might not divide them in our prayers but keep them both together in our hearts.
Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Anne, servant of the Lord.
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