I remember watching a movie about the Camino de Santiago back in high school and being enthralled. To come across this post has brought back so many memories and reminders, that life really is a pilgrimage and we are all pilgrims. Thank you for sharing!
I had the same experience in high school and carried that with me straight through till when I was finally able to do it. Hope to see you over there someday!
Thank you for a beautiful reflection. The simplicity of life is a pilgrimage. When we only seek the grand revelations and breakthroughs that we hope for—as you mentioned—we miss the revelation of the present moment on the soil beneath our feet. As a Franciscan Brother once told me "we must be present to the Presence in the present."
Your reflection reminded me very much of the words of St. John of the Cross when he writes in his "Ascent of Mount Carmel" about people who think it is only necessary to detach oneself from worldly things and not from spiritual things as well... "the journey does not consist in consolations, delights, and spiritual feelings, but in the living death of the cross, sensory and spiritual, exterior and interior."
Very nice. Thanks for the explanation. Sounds perfect to me. Congratulations on completing the camino. It gets talked about a lot at the church but you're the only one I know that's done it. Yahoo to You!
I remember watching a movie about the Camino de Santiago back in high school and being enthralled. To come across this post has brought back so many memories and reminders, that life really is a pilgrimage and we are all pilgrims. Thank you for sharing!
I had the same experience in high school and carried that with me straight through till when I was finally able to do it. Hope to see you over there someday!
Thank you for a beautiful reflection. The simplicity of life is a pilgrimage. When we only seek the grand revelations and breakthroughs that we hope for—as you mentioned—we miss the revelation of the present moment on the soil beneath our feet. As a Franciscan Brother once told me "we must be present to the Presence in the present."
Your reflection reminded me very much of the words of St. John of the Cross when he writes in his "Ascent of Mount Carmel" about people who think it is only necessary to detach oneself from worldly things and not from spiritual things as well... "the journey does not consist in consolations, delights, and spiritual feelings, but in the living death of the cross, sensory and spiritual, exterior and interior."
Thank you for sharing. Peace.
Very nice. Thanks for the explanation. Sounds perfect to me. Congratulations on completing the camino. It gets talked about a lot at the church but you're the only one I know that's done it. Yahoo to You!
Sounds to me like we need to organize a Transfiguration Camino!