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[QUOTE="Albertagirl, post: 843678, member: 43403"] I felt strongly called to my first camino in 2015, although I had, and have, no idea how I heard about the camino. On the November day that I passed through Sarria, I stopped for the night at an albergue just past the village of Barbadelo. After my shower, I walked over to the Igrexa de Santiago. The cemetery next to the church is walled, like many in Galicia, and the tombs were heavily decorated with flowers, placed on family tombs to honour family members at All Souls Day, the day after All Saints Day (Nov. 1). I walked briefly in the cemetery/garden, then left to go around to the front of the church and see if it was open. As I walked around, a voice from a man in the cemetery called out to me. I thought it was the gardener. I stopped and he went around to the church door with me and we went in together. I had my credencial to be stamped and noticed some coins in the box with the sello. A search in my skirt pocket did not yield my change purse, which was still in the pocket of my walking clothes, so I pulled out a bill from my wallet and put it in the box with the words, "por l'iglesia." I then went to sit in the front row of the church, while the man went out a side door at the front of the church. He returned a few minutes later and set up the altar for the mass. I was still thinking that he, in his simple garments, was a lay assistant. But I was not too surprised when he returned a few moments later in liturgical robes and I realized that he was about to offer mass, with me as the only member of his congregation. As my Spanish was very basic, he helped me with the responses. At some point during the service, Jesus spoke to me and said, "I love you enough to die for you." [No audible words]. I am sharing this with you on this Easter Day, because He has made it clear to me that these words are not just for me, but for all of you. This was not just my best camino moment, but the best moment of my life. [/QUOTE]
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