Map routes
Geographic itineraries with readings at every stop: follow on the map the path the text walks, place by place.
The Last Week of Jesus
Holy WeekFrom the anointing at Bethany to the encounter at Emmaus: the places of the Passion, death and resurrection, step by step around Jerusalem.
6 stops
The Exodus
From slavery in Egypt to the threshold of the Promised Land: the traditional route of Israel through the Sinai desert.
9 stops
Paul’s First Journey
From Antioch to Cyprus and the heart of Anatolia: the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas, city by city (Acts 13-14).
8 stops
The Infancy of Jesus
ChristmasFrom the Annunciation in Nazareth to the return from Egypt: the paths of the Holy Family around the Nativity.
5 stops
Abraham, the Journey of Faith
From Ur of the Chaldeans to Mount Moriah: the itinerary of the father of believers, promise by promise.
7 stops
Paul’s Second Journey
The Gospel leaps into Europe: from Antioch to Philippi, Athens and Corinth (Acts 15:36-18:22).
8 stops
The Voyage to Rome
A prisoner appealing to Caesar: storm, shipwreck on Malta, and arrival at the world’s capital (Acts 27-28).
7 stops
Elijah, the Prophet of Fire
From the brook Cherith to the chariot of fire: the geography of the prophet who walked to Horeb to hear a gentle whisper (1 Kings 17 - 2 Kings 2).
7 stops
David, from Flock to Throne
From the secret anointing at Bethlehem to the City of David: the long road of the anointed shepherd, flight after flight, to the throne (1 Samuel 16 - 2 Samuel 6).
7 stops
Paul’s Third Journey
Three years at Ephesus and the long road up to Jerusalem, farewell after farewell: the journey of goodbyes (Acts 18:23-21:17).
7 stops
Joshua and the Conquest
From the camp at Shittim to the assembly at Shechem: the Jordan crossing, the walls of Jericho, and the land finally trodden.
7 stops
Jesus in Galilee
From the rejection at Nazareth to the light of Tabor: the paths of the ministry around the lake, village by village.
7 stops
The Return from Exile
From the rivers of Babylon to the Law read in the square: the people who return, rebuild the Temple and raise the walls (Ezra and Nehemiah).
4 stops
Jacob, the Ladder and the Wrestling
From the flight out of Beersheba to the descent into Egypt: the patriarch who leaves with a staff and returns a people, limping on one hip and bearing a new name.
9 stops
Joseph, from the Cistern to the Rule of Egypt
Sold by his brothers and raised up by God: from the torn tunic to Pharaoh’s chariot, and from possible revenge to forgiveness.
7 stops
Ruth, the Gleaner of Bethlehem
From the famine that empties Bethlehem to the city gate: the short road of a foreigner who chose to stay, and who became David’s great-grandmother.
5 stops
Solomon and the Temple
From the dream at Gibeon to the fleets returning from Ophir: the cedars of Lebanon, the gold of the south and the stone with which Israel raised the house of the Name.
8 stops
Jonah, the Flight and the Converted City
LentFrom a small Galilean village to the western edge of the world, and back to Nineveh: the most crooked route in the Bible, and the mercy that straightens it.
5 stops
Daniel and the Exiles in Babylon
From the deportation of a few young men of Judah to the visions by the Tigris: faith kept whole inside the court of empire.
6 stops
The Seven Churches of Revelation
From exile on Patmos, seven letters follow the postal road of Asia Minor: a circle of very real cities, each with its virtues and its wounds.
8 stops
Some of these routes pass through places you can visit today. See the Holy Land guide