- Time of past OR future Camino
- Porto 2015.
Northern 2017
Francigena Oct 2023
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When I found that the camino did all that you say I wanted to share it with people who couldn’t go alone.Perhaps you've done something similar? What has worked for you?
Listening to others on this forum.Perhaps you've done something similar? What has worked for you?
Thank you for sharing your story!Perhaps you've done something similar? What has worked for you?
Maybe?Maybe it's not the Way. Maybe it's Us.
What may make it different is your motivation, your intention. These may harmonise you with the way.What makes the pilgrimage so different from a long-distance hike?
People come back over and over to the Way, to relive and rediscover this wonderful freedom.
But all these are things you can do every day when you're at home. Why does this only happen on the Camino? Maybe it's not the Way. Maybe it's Us.
As I was on my first Camino in 2018 - from Somport to Santiago and to Finisterre - I loved being a pilgrim. Before I left Santiago I already missed being a pilgrim... and I thought... what if I just walk on? Like the man, who never stopped walking...What makes the pilgrimage so different from a long-distance hike?
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People come back over and over to the Way, to relive and rediscover this wonderful freedom.
But all these are things you can do every day when you're at home. Why does this only happen on the Camino? Maybe it's not the Way. Maybe it's Us.
Thank you so beautifully written. You are helping me recapture the spirit.I was amused, shortly after my last Camino, when I saw a yellow arrow on a street, not in Spain, and felt a subconscious compulsion to turn and follow it.
There is a part of me that always wants to be following those arrows and scallops, to live on pilgrimage. Life, though, intrudes. I'm a priest and a pastor of a parish with responsibilities to shoulder and people to care for each day.
I want to stay in that pilgrimage spirit, though, where I felt free to make decisions according to whims, where going the wrong way was sometimes its own odd blessing, where strangers quickly became companions. In truth, at 62 years of age, I would love to have no more responsibilities than where to rest or eat or stop. This latter desire is not in my immediate future, but there are other more important aspects of pilgrimage that I want to maintain:
I have both succeeded and failed in these hopes.
- to live in the present moment;
- to hear peoples' stories and simply, humbly share my own;
- to find deep satisfaction in simple foods cooked well in interesting ways -- it's not of great importance, but I really appreciated it;
- to be aware of my body in more conscious ways;
- to notice the sunrises and sunsets, and the shortening and lengthening of days, and the readying of the fields for harvest;
- to see each day as an adventure with wonderful possibilities;
- to expect kindness from strangers;
- to have space.....................;
- to remain in the holy presence of Jesus that slowly crept up on me as I worked through tiredness and feet issues and came to peace with my life's issues;
Thinking about that yellow arrow that pulled at me, when I wasn't on Camino, I purchased a bronze scallop shell from Ivar's shop, and when I moved into a brand new home, had it placed in the newly poured concrete at the gate that leads to my parish. I've been trying to let that small focus draw me into a daily walk on pilgrimage, to stay in the spirit of the Way.
Perhaps you've done something similar? What has worked for you?
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I’ve read the To the Field of Stars. I’ll have to find the second. Thank you.Your words and moment in life remind me of Fr. Kevin Codd. I have read his books To the Field of Stars and Beyond Even the Stars. Are you familiar with these? The second book reminds me of you.
You have brought tears to my eyes! The idea of sharing your shell with your parish moved me greatly.I was amused, shortly after my last Camino, when I saw a yellow arrow on a street, not in Spain, and felt a subconscious compulsion to turn and follow it.
There is a part of me that always wants to be following those arrows and scallops, to live on pilgrimage. Life, though, intrudes. I'm a priest and a pastor of a parish with responsibilities to shoulder and people to care for each day.
I want to stay in that pilgrimage spirit, though, where I felt free to make decisions according to whims, where going the wrong way was sometimes its own odd blessing, where strangers quickly became companions. In truth, at 62 years of age, I would love to have no more responsibilities than where to rest or eat or stop. This latter desire is not in my immediate future, but there are other more important aspects of pilgrimage that I want to maintain:
I have both succeeded and failed in these hopes.
- to live in the present moment;
- to hear peoples' stories and simply, humbly share my own;
- to find deep satisfaction in simple foods cooked well in interesting ways -- it's not of great importance, but I really appreciated it;
- to be aware of my body in more conscious ways;
- to notice the sunrises and sunsets, and the shortening and lengthening of days, and the readying of the fields for harvest;
- to see each day as an adventure with wonderful possibilities;
- to expect kindness from strangers;
- to have space.....................;
- to remain in the holy presence of Jesus that slowly crept up on me as I worked through tiredness and feet issues and came to peace with my life's issues;
Thinking about that yellow arrow that pulled at me, when I wasn't on Camino, I purchased a bronze scallop shell from Ivar's shop, and when I moved into a brand new home, had it placed in the newly poured concrete at the gate that leads to my parish. I've been trying to let that small focus draw me into a daily walk on pilgrimage, to stay in the spirit of the Way.
Perhaps you've done something similar? What has worked for you?
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Thank you for the reminder~~~Your words and moment in life remind me of Fr. Kevin Codd. I have read his books To the Field of Stars and Beyond Even the Stars. Are you familiar with these? The second book reminds me of you.
Profound, so very profound.Listening to others on this forum
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