Yesterday and this morning saw a rise in isolated attacks. Rockets and misses from Lebanon and Syria flew into Israel ... not sure if they were intentional or mistakes ... but Israel returned fire anyway. Highway 443 which is the new link between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv saw 4 attacks of rock throwing which injured several people.
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St. Stephen's Gate ... gateway
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Yesterday afternoon I was very hungry and ate some leftover rice ... cold from the fridge. Absolutely awful. Had food poisoning. Stomach cramps and severe diarrhoea. It was so bad I could hardly walk. Constant nausea too. This morning was the same. Am feeling very weak. But I had to go to Pater Noster Carmelite Monastery to celebrate a Mass ... it's 1km up the Mt. of Olives. It was quite an ordeal. Walking back was traumatic. Downhill to the Kidron Valley in the intense heat, I stopped by Gethsemane and rested in the monastery - they gave me water to drink. Then walked up to Jerusalem hill and stopped at Sheep's Pool (St Anne's Church) to rest again before finishing the last 50 meters back home. Have been in bed since. Feeling extremely ill.
But work must still continue. I've been preaching a Triduum to the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa) leading up to their feast day tomorrow. It's a short walk to their convent but with the diarrhoea and nausea and heat, it's difficult to give an hour's talk, then an hour of adoration, plus confessions. I need to rest next week. I really do. But first, the food poisoning has to go.
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