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I had an idea of carrying the intentions of my loved ones with me, written on paper. Is there a place to leave such intentions in the Cathedral? Some kind of votive place?
I am with David Cruz De Ferro A very very special place google it you will see what we mean. I took my granddaughter's picture on a T shirt in 2017 as she died from Cystic Fibrosis at the age of 17 It was a bit out there but I didn't care wearing it got me through the hard bits. Good luck God bless.I had an idea of carrying the intentions of my loved ones with me, written on paper. Is there a place to leave such intentions in the Cathedral? Some kind of votive place?
Is there a place to leave such intentions in the Cathedral?
I had an idea of carrying the intentions of my loved ones with me, written on paper. Is there a place to leave such intentions in the Cathedral? Some kind of votive place?
Leaving a stone at the Cruz de Ferro is the traditional way. I know that people who leave photos or written material are well-intentioned, but such remembrances can become quite distracting when they begin to dominate the experience of others (see attached photo). It's much better to leave those at one of the many chapels which have repositories for prayer requests, etc. We took a small bag of smooth pebbles on which we had written the names of those we were praying for along the way, then said a final prayer for each at the base of the Cruz de Ferro and left them at the foot of the cross. BTW, that's just a random pilgrim in the photo.Don't forget the Cruz de Ferro - countless prayers and requests and votive stones from home left there, with a heartfelt prayer.
Leaving a stone at the Cruz de Ferro is the traditional way. I know that people who leave photos or written material are well-intentioned, but such remembrances can become quite distracting when they begin to dominate the experience of others (see attached photo). It's much better to leave those at one of the many chapels which have repositories for prayer requests, etc. We took a small bag of smooth pebbles on which we had written the names of those we were praying for along the way, then said a final prayer for each at the base of the Cruz de Ferro and left them at the foot of the cross. BTW, that's just a random pilgrim in the photo.
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Certainly, David, and I understand that a passing pilgrim sincerely wants to leave a prayer intention or remembrance of a loved one at a meaningful place like the Cruz de Ferro. It was my intent to just reinforce the earlier suggestions that it may be better in the long run to leave such articles at a dedicated chapel or other repository where it will be handled in a more suitable manner, since as you suggest, those items will be periodically stripped from the wooden pole and probably placed in a garbage bin somewhere.Well, that is a point of view .. for me the Cruz de Ferro is rather wonderful and it concerns me not that the local council come and bulldozer excess away each year .. what happens there, for each pilgrim, happens in the heart .... don't you think?
SCwalker, That is a wonderful thing you're doing. I too am carrying a “laundry list” of people and their pray requests/intentions for whom I will pray along the way and at every Mass. I recently lost my dear wife and I will be leaving memorial cards with her photo at roadside shrines, chapels and at the Cruz de Ferro.I had an idea of carrying the intentions of my loved ones with me, written on paper. Is there a place to leave such intentions in the Cathedral? Some kind of votive place?
Dear Michael,SCwalker, That is a wonderful thing you're doing. I too am carrying a “laundry list” of people and their pray requests/intentions for whom I will pray along the way and at every Mass. I recently lost my dear wife and I will be leaving memorial cards with her photo at roadside shrines, chapels and at the Cruz de Ferro.
I intend to do the sameBoth caminos that I've walked included praying for the intentions of my parishioners...I had hundreds of requests for prayer, which I lifted up at every shrine, chapel or church along the way. I would stop, take off my pack and pray my way through 3 to 6 of them, depending on how long they were and how tired I was. I managed to get through the list in a prayerful spirit about 5 times in 6 weeks. It was such a rich experience, keeping me rooted in the sufferings and longings of the world. I didn't leave the list anywhere, as I kept it electronically on my phone. Instead, I left the prayers, spoken, at holy places all along the way.