The Kotel is never Noteless or Bare

The Kotel is never Noteless or Bare

Saying the mantra aloud “peace worldwide for all mankind in their kith & kin” . The stone is always decorated in ornamental calligraphy texts In variety of inks Blue Green Red Full of petition requests pleads Of pouring out one’s heart in song dance laughing crying With lips pressed to stone in kissing stone Let’s place a powerful prayer for peace With the help of Gila my holy land guide . Peace Worldwide for all Mankind in their Kith & Kin .

Jerusalem’s Western Wall is littered in notes in every nook & cranny Built as a retaining structure on the Western flank of the Temple Mount By King Herod two decades before Christ’s birth . Jews came there initially to lament the destruction of the Temple by Romans Now it is a Prayer Wall decorated in notes . Took paper in hand and wrote down “peace worldwide for all mankind in their kith & kin” I passed down through The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Believed by many as site of Golgotha & down the Via Dolorosa Then to the Temple Mount across a great courtyard the Wall stood Illuminated radiantly a fifteen-story relic of an ancient time Orthodox Jews & non-Orthodox Jews were praying & bowing in a rhythm I walked to the Wall & inserted my prayer into the Clint & Gryke . Touching the Wall with my fingertips they tingled Followed by a huge sense of peace like I had never known enveloped me Similar peace to when I visited Saint Maurice Cathedral & Tobair Bhrid Virgin and Child, Madonnia of il Duomo and Mary of Sagrada Família and Santiago de Compostela with twin spotlightignighting Mother and Child . Saying the mantra aloud “peace worldwide for all mankind in their Kith & Kin” .