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I started in Leon this pass September. My only regret about my camino was that I did not spend more time in this city. I would have loved exploring the Cathedral. I promised myself that next time I will sleep in Leon instead of Virgen del Camino.
I beg to differ.
Imagine for a second you visit an old friend. Someone you have not seen in a loooong time. They invite you to dinner at their house and you agree to the visit. As soon as you enter the house you notice the picture of a handsome young man and casually say "Its that your son...
There are no coincidences, only God-incidents.
There is an old Blessed Mother Teresa blessing which goes like this: "May the Lord use you even without you knowing it"
"Viva Cristo Rey!!"
DHS
Reading all these answers I'm left with the idea that there is a lack of knowledge between what "Spiritual" and "Religious" means. Religion is much more than rules and dogmas, Spirituality is much more less that transcendence. I guess this comes from the false dichotomy between religion and...
Welcome Chuckei,
If you do not care about the Compostela I would start Leon and walk to Molinaseca (Or Ponferrada). Granted you will be hiting some of the most challenging parts of the Camino, but it is (In my opinion) the most beautiful.
"Viva Cristo Rey!!"
DHS
My Camino song was "The Suthern Cross" by Cosby, Stills and Nash with some adaptations:
Think about...
Think about how many times I have fallen
Spirits are using me larger voices callin'
What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
I have been around the world
(Lookin' for...) Lookin'...
That is the only that comes to mind. After Sarria the albergues are more tailored towards human warehousing than a communal experience.
"Viva Cristo Rey!!"
DHS
Not in Triacastela (About 10Km from it actually) you will find one of the top 3 albergues in the Camino. Here is their web site.
http://www.albergueareboleira.blogspot.com/
Buen Camino!
"Viva Cristo Rey!!"
DHS
Well, in my case my name is Harbey which takes a bit to pronounce in the right way, so in the Camino I was just Deacon Santiago, which crated some great conversations :-).
Folks,
As I'm getting ready to depart in less that 24 hours, it occurred to me that I do not know much about the 5 hour trip from SDC to Leon. The basic question I have:
1) Are there any "facilities" in the buss so that one can answer the "call of nature"?
2) Are there any breaks in the 5...
Hi Charlie,
I'm so sorry for your loss, I will say a prayer for you and your dad. There is really no advice anyone can give you on this matter. However having lost my own mother I can give you this: One of most remarkable things about my mother's passing was that our relationship did not...
Folks,
I friend just e-mailed me this prayer.
Feast of St. James
A Prayer for Pilgrims
God, who brought your servant Abraham out of the land of the Chaldeans,
protecting him in his wanderings, who guided the Hebrew people across the desert,
we ask that you watch over us, your servants...
In another thread someone asked how to consecrate their Camino to St Francis.
Well...I don't know about St Francis but...
I translated and adapted the novena from the Virgen del Camino sanctuary in Leon.
I was going to distribute these in my parish as a way of having people accompany me with...
Folks,
As I continue with my plans for this September, it occurs to me that the time I will be doing my Camino from Leon to SDC will be in that strange transition period of late summer/early fall. I would like to carry the least amount of clothes so it will greatly help me if I knew what to...
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