David Manzo
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- Camino Portugese (2018)
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Please do, Reb. Your 'blather' is always worth reading.(I can blather on and on.)
Do you have the song? I have. I could share it, or try to, via Skype, unless someone has an easier private method of so doing. If anything is private on this tech highway... Anyway, you just need to go to youtube and look for I arise today, from the cd Pilgrim, sung by Rita Connolly to listen to it.I copied a prayer that has been made into a song-- St Patricks Breastplate-- onto a piece of paper and carried it in my pocket. My son and I began each morning reciting it together. There is a longer version-- Here is the one I used:
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.
I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's hosts to save me
From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From all who would wish me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a mulitude.
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation
Both Rebekah and pjacobi offer good advice. I liked reading before my first camino - Joyce Rupp's "Walk in a Relaxed Manner", Kevin Codd's "To the Field of Stars," and Phil Cousineau's "The Art of Pilgrimage" come to mind. The APOC Boston chapter offers an opportunity to connect to local pilgrims, past, present and future, and we have been lucky to have a spiritual mentor in our own Spanish priest. Buen camino.Join the American Pilgrims on the Camino. The local Boston chapter usually meets sometime in the winter for a potluck and presentations. In the Spring, there is usually a Shell Ceremony with blessings from a local priest.
http://www.americanpilgrims.org/boston-massachusetts-chapter
Download some kind of Bible app or carry pocket New Testament or Bible and spend time reading through the Gospels while you walk. Also, I am planning on inviting a few pilgrims to walk intentionally together with 'faith purpose' for 1-2 weeks in April on the Camino Frances.As a new member, I greatly appreciate the insights of others on how to prepare for the practical aspects of the Camino (lodging, packing, routes, etc). Thank you!
I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the Camino?
Would love to hear what others have done in the weeks and months prior to their Camino Pilgrimage.
Thank you, Dave Manzo (Boston, MA)
In a similar vein, we asked our family and friends for their prayer intentions, saved them on our phone and prayed the rosary and offered up our struggles (and blisters!) for their intentions - a different person each day. When we ran out, we prayed for a different family member each day. We too had blessings before we left - one from our local APOC group and one at Mass the Sunday before we left. We stopped in every church we found open and attended Mass when we could (difficult on the Portuguese). As others have said, be open to the many unexpected graces and blessings you will encounter on your Camino.Before my Camino Primitivo, I decided to dedicate each day to prayer for a particular person place, idea, e
My children and I walked into each and every church we found open, walked right up to the alter, held hands and prayed. This was much easier and happened more often in France where typically they would be open. But we prayed for so many people we met, the blind rabbit we saw running around near a street, a niece of a pilgrim couple we met with cancer, a pilgrim who we fell in love with who shared he had a pretty aggressive cancer (shared days after meeting him). We prayed we'd find a place to sleep (since we slept out much of our three months on Camino). The power of prayer, of asking for prayers, for praying for a place to lay our heads was a such a part of our Camino. Taking turns at the alter speaking, a 9 year old adding her prayer, "and the blind rabbit" (two months after seeing it). All of our personal prayer request were answered, the ones pertaining to our needs on the Camino. Each and everyone...with no exception.As a new member, I greatly appreciate the insights of others on how to prepare for the practical aspects of the Camino (lodging, packing, routes, etc). Thank you!
I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the Camino?
Would love to hear what others have done in the weeks and months prior to their Camino Pilgrimage.
Thank you, Dave Manzo (Boston, MA)
This is beautiful.My children and I walked into each and every church we found open, walked right up to the alter, held hands and prayed. This was much easier and happened more often in France where typically they would be open. But we prayed for so many people we met, the blind rabbit we saw running around near a street, a niece of a pilgrim couple we met with cancer, a pilgrim who we fell in love with who shared he had a pretty aggressive cancer (shared days after meeting him). We prayed we'd find a place to sleep (since we slept out much of our three months on Camino). The power of prayer, of asking for prayers, for praying for a place to lay our heads was a such a part of our Camino. Taking turns at the alter speaking, a 9 year old adding her prayer, "and the blind rabbit" (two months after seeing it). All of our personal prayer request were answered, the ones pertaining to our needs on the Camino. Each and everyone...with no exception.
Yes, I have the song too! Thank you -- It's beautiful. I wish I could sing like that!Do you have the song? I have. I could share it, or try to, via Skype, unless someone has an easier private method of so doing. If anything is private on this tech highway... Anyway, you just need to go to youtube and look for I arise today, from the cd Pilgrim, sung by Rita Connolly to listen to it.
As a new member, I greatly appreciate the insights of others on how to prepare for the practical aspects of the Camino (lodging, packing, routes, etc). Thank you!
I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the Camino?
Would love to hear what others have done in the weeks and months prior to their Camino Pilgrimage.
Thank you, Dave Manzo (Boston, MA)
Hi Dave what a great question. I didn't even consider such a question. I think just to practise Trust and to rest in the unforced rhythms of Grace. To be prepared to encounter growth in your faith and to be prayerful and grateful in all situations. Buen CaminoAs a new member, I greatly appreciate the insights of others on how to prepare for the practical aspects of the Camino (lodging, packing, routes, etc). Thank you!
I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the Camino?
Would love to hear what others have done in the weeks and months prior to their Camino Pilgrimage.
Thank you, Dave Manzo (Boston, MA)
Hi Dave,As a new member, I greatly appreciate the insights of others on how to prepare for the practical aspects of the Camino (lodging, packing, routes, etc). Thank you!
I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the Camino?
Would love to hear what others have done in the weeks and months prior to their Camino Pilgrimage.
Thank you, Dave Manzo (Boston, MA)
As a new member, I greatly appreciate the insights of others on how to prepare for the practical aspects of the Camino (lodging, packing, routes, etc). Thank you!
I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the Camino?
Would love to hear what others have done in the weeks and months prior to their Camino Pilgrimage.
Thank you, Dave Manzo (Boston, MA)
As a new member, I greatly appreciate the insights of others on how to prepare for the practical aspects of the Camino (lodging, packing, routes, etc). Thank you!
I know not everyone does the Camino for reasons of faith, yet for those who are on a faith journey, how do you prepare for the Camino?
Would love to hear what others have done in the weeks and months prior to their Camino Pilgrimage.
Thank you, Dave Manzo (Boston, MA)[/QUOTE
Hello, Dave, and welcome.
So good to see people planning on taking a classic pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago. You´ll find it´s a long-distance Rosary, with an infrastructure designed over hundreds of years to uphold a journey of prayer.
While still at home, it´s good to begin to examine your reasons for undertaking this journey. Many pilgrims walk for a purpose: to fulfill a promise made, to give thanks for answered prayer, or to seek wisdom at one of life´s crossroads, or just to forge a deeper relationship with God. Read up on contemplative prayer, on walking meditation, learn to put it into practice before you hit the trail. Examine your conscience. Before you head for the airport, make a full confession, attend a worship service, and see if your local minister can send you off with a blessing. You are taking on a new identity, walking away from the old, putting on a newer, simpler, purer self. Embrace that, step into it, leave behind electronic distraction machines, expectations, rules. Throw yourself into the freedom and simplicity of a trail designed for exactly what you are doing...
(I can blather on and on.)
Thank you. I’m reading Sally Welch’s book for the second time. It’s a gem. Appreciate the suggestion.For reading beforehand I had Making a Pilgrimage by Sally Welch given to me.
On the pilgrimage we carried a copy of Forty Days which is a pdf file and specifically for the Camino de Santiago
In the Middle Ages, pilgrims would go to their local parish church and get their purse and staff blessed before they left home. I think one could certainly do that with a backpack and hiking poles.
A friend is pastor of a nearby church... named for St. James, coincidentally. We visited the sanctuary together, prayed silently for a few moments. Then he blessed my shell, my boots, and gave me a blessing.I always go to a church at my starting point, and quietly meditate and pray. Give thanks for being so blessed for the opportunity to walk the Camino and ask for a safe journey and the ability go to church again at my destination to give thanks for arriving safe and healthy. I also ask for the opportunity to help at least one fellow pilgrim in some way during my Camino.
I also try to dedicate each walking day of the Camino to somebody, be they still with us or not.
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