On the occasion of the third virtual pilgrimage "Touring the Holy Land by María Magdalena", two special moments were made to complete the pilgrimage.

At 9:00 am, local time of Mexico City, the conclusive Eucharistic celebration was held, it was chaired by Mons.Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio of Israel and Palestine, in concelebration with Mons.Mauro Lalli, Chargé d’Affires of the Apostolic Nunciature in Jordan, with Father Juan María Solana Lc and with some of the legionary presbyters of Christ residents in the Holy Land.

Subsequently, at 10:00 am in Mexico City, the conclusive event of the pilgrimage was held with a raffle headed by Father Juan María Solana LC.

In the following link you can see the Eucharistic celebration: https: // www.Youtube.com/flch? v = l8imravysh4

In the following link you can see the final raffle:

In the course of the Eucharistic celebration, during the homily, the nuncio of Israel and Palestine, took the reflection of the liturgy of the word having as the main fruit of the pilgrimage to continue on the way to the follow -up of Christ lived in the commandment of love, testimonizing it"From the practices of spiritual and bodily mercy works, as the Church teaches us".

At first, from the reading of the Old Testament, where it is spoken that the love of God involves all the being of the person, Mons.Adolfo Yllana referred to the invitation of Moses in the Shmá Israel that the people, upon entering the promised land, must accept the commandments of the law of the Lord in an exhortation to love him “with all his heart, with all the soul,with all forces ”;This implies that the people should do three things: hear, listen and obey.

In this way, the Apostolic Nuncio extends the Old Testament message to Christians saying:

Con 100 mil participantes concluye la 3 Peregrinación por Tierra Santa

“The Christian is called to live according to the law of love: to love God, above all, first, and to others as oneself with all being.This is what the Lord taught in his life when he gave himself on the cross for the love of all humanity, showing the meaning of his teaching, that no one has greater love than this, that one puts his life for his friends".

The Pbro.Juan María Solana Lc gave a few final words of thanks to all the pilgrims for having followed the virtual healing pilgrimage, who spent time, effort and gave their heart to the Lord throughout this month.After the thanks, mons.Adolfo Tito Yllana, on behalf of the Holy Father and in his own way, gave the blessing to all virtual pilgrims with these words:

“Today the virtual pilgrimage is concluded, and now we begin the real pilgrimage: of Christ yesterday, today and forever.Of what he does, who has said, what he taught with the grace of God that, as always, the Holy Spirit accompanied him.To also accompany us to do the current pilgrimage of following Jesus Christ every day.The Lord is with you ".

In the following link you can see the full homily: https: // terrastamexico.org/homil-a-clausura-3era-peregrinaci-n

On the other hand, in the raffle, which was the conclusive event of the pilgrimage, it was reported that there were 95, 340 virtual pilgrims from 149 countries.The dynamics of carrying the raffle was to take an award for the first 10, 000 and then the second prize for the next 10, 000 and so on, giving a total of 10 awards.Three awards were Holy Land trips and the remaining ones were Magdala products kit.The winning countries of virtual pilgrims were the following:

1) First trip to Holy Land: Ana Isabel Cubedo, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.2) Canvas de la Hemorísa: Ana Cecilia Castilla de Caldas, from Trujillo, Peru.3) Magdala kit, some earrings: Nora Lara, from the United States.4) Magdala, clothing and thermos kit: Alejandra Ascencio Gordillo, from Morelia, Michoacán.5) Magdala Kit, Magdala bracelet: Ana Luisa Pérez Aceves, by Celaya Guanajuato, Mexico.6) Tallit, Manto de Jesús: Magaly de González, from Guatemala.7) Tallit, Manto de Jesús and Magdala's book: Ana Martínez, from the United States.8) Second trip to the Holy Land: Pilar Castillo Franco, from Madrid, Spain.9) Canvas de la Hemorísa: Marta González, from Asunción, Paraguay.10) Third trip to Holy Land: Silvia Araceli Ortega, Celaya Guanajuato, Mexico.

During the raffle, the work done by the Magdala Support Center was communicated, in alliance with 7 institutions.The topics discussed more generally: marriage difficulties, violence and abuse, depression and anxiety, spiritual growth, duel and losses, addictions and discernment of spirits.The registered data of the Magdala part were:

Total companions: 200.Total calls served: 6, 530.Total minutes: 24, 182.

It is worth mentioning that during the conclusive event testimonies were read during the time of calls to the winners and even passed the video of a companion of Querétaro, Mexico, who mentioned having been trained to help people about spiritual health and that theThe only doctor of the soul is Christ, being possible with him all healing;She after all that she lived and learned by the pilgrimage she composed a song, which was transmitted in the raffle.

On the other hand, there was talk of the intercessors battalion, which had an immediate response from the first day in which the schedules to pray and subsequently enrolled more people were announced;But the group that had a special thanks was the so -called: "Pilgrimage Apostles", which was made up of more than 500 people who dedicated themselves to promoting the pilgrimage and turned to pray all day.Another group of volunteers who was present at the pilgrimage that developed on social networks.

At the end of the raffle, the Pbro.Juan María Solana Lc thanked all the pilgrims for having been following the pilgrimage throughout this month and thanked Gaby Jacoba for his work, the companions and the Magdala team.And the following pilgrimage was announced: the fourth virtual pilgrimage "Touring Holy Land by Moses", which will be carried out in Lent of 2022;transmitted from Mount Sinai, where the commandments and alliance of God will be explained.

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