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Best wishes and prayers to those in Santiago today and those arriving tomorrow for the Feast of St James. So many of us wish we were there and standing in your shoes.
Every blessing
Peter
Kate, I walked with insulin pump and CGM. Your diabetes gives you a whole heap of complications over other peregrinas. Test your blood glucose more often while you are unwell and get that under control before you move on. As others have suggested, get some local medical help and make sure you...
Coleen, I loved your post also. What you call your grudges are your self defence mechanisms. The anger you want to inflict on someone else because they have hurt you. But a grudge doesn't really hurt the other person; it just hurts yourself. It is just another piece of baggage you don't need to...
Hmm... This thread is a bit judgemental. I guess 100km is a good a mark as any to differentiate it from a stroll. Who are any of us to judge another's Camino? As someone said earlier, why not discount anyone who didn't walk from their front door? I met a couple of them and they were...
Thank you Annie for reminding us of the positives.
For me the best this was after walking 30km into Arzua and failing to find our booked accommodation only to be told it was 8km off the camino. My walking partner could barely take another step after walking nearly all day in the rain.
We...
Pilgrimage has always been a risky business; at least these days there's not so much in the way of wolves, brigands or treacherous maidens getting you hanged. But wherever you get lots of people, no matter how holy or special the place, you will get those who want to exploit it for criminal...
James was certainly impetuous but he was there in the select few on Mt Tabor and Gethsemene. There are some elements of his hagiography that stretch credibility such as Matamoros.
The authorship of the Letter of St James has been questioned many times; having said that, the virtuous things that...
I have an app on my phone that delivers a verse from the bible each day and this morning's was from St James so I thought I'd share...
“You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.”
James 1:19 CPDV...
That is a great recommendation! I just finished it. There are some real nuggets of wisdom in there. I think you guys are just feeding my addiction, but maybe that is what I was after... ;-)
I've got to admit a slight addiction... to reading books about people's experiences on the Camino. My kindle is showing me 16 and rising. So what is your favourite Camino book and why?
TammyLynn, thank you for sharing that. We find ourselves in the service we give to others and receive from others. This is true in marriage and parenthood as well as on pilgrimage. Sometimes we run into a dilemma when we try to reconcile our usual lives with our nearest and dearest and the...
Thank you so much for the link! I have been looking for a staff for a long time - not to use on the camino but decoration around the house ;-) I was tempted to get one on the camino but couldn't figure out how to get it on the plane as carry on.
I didn't read this thread until today, but being a frequent pilgrim (but only twice to SdC), this prayer came to mind...
"If some things do not happen as they are scheduled, Lord, may I remember that I am a pilgrim not a tourist!
If I should get tired and inclined to become short-tempered...
I do have a funny memory of last October somewhere in Galicia of a young man with headphones in walking down a lane in front of us blithely unaware of the tractor behind him blowing his horn. :)
So whatever your music - take care with it!
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