scruffy1
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)
We Are Invincible!
I am leaving in another month, April 6th, for Vezelay, with great expectation and hopes and many memories of previous pilgrimages. Many are very pleasant many are curious bordering on downright curious! Just to share-Today, there is a much more sharp awareness of health needs for those walking, those with celiac requirements, those with sleep apnea, and many who's concerns are only vegetarian. Usually surmountable. The Confraternity authorities in Spain and more so in France, see no real problem in sending we pilgrims to march along, underneath, and alongside buzzing high tension wires-not worried? Your cellphone probably won't work. Radon may be found in all the places where pilgrims frequent-underpasses, tunnel walkways, church crypts, monastery rooms-no worry, we are invincible! One last thought, the Camino in both Spain and France almost invariably leads one into or out of settlements by the main road leading past their cemeteries. The grave monuments in Galicia are particularly striking and shrine-like, actually quite beautiful
Perhaps we are guided there in order to develop a better sense of humility and thoughtfulness-there is more to the Camino then worries over which albergue, how many kilometers, and what’s for supper. Buen Camino, Bon Marche and, דרך צלחה ! One month to go! We are invincible!
S.
I am leaving in another month, April 6th, for Vezelay, with great expectation and hopes and many memories of previous pilgrimages. Many are very pleasant many are curious bordering on downright curious! Just to share-Today, there is a much more sharp awareness of health needs for those walking, those with celiac requirements, those with sleep apnea, and many who's concerns are only vegetarian. Usually surmountable. The Confraternity authorities in Spain and more so in France, see no real problem in sending we pilgrims to march along, underneath, and alongside buzzing high tension wires-not worried? Your cellphone probably won't work. Radon may be found in all the places where pilgrims frequent-underpasses, tunnel walkways, church crypts, monastery rooms-no worry, we are invincible! One last thought, the Camino in both Spain and France almost invariably leads one into or out of settlements by the main road leading past their cemeteries. The grave monuments in Galicia are particularly striking and shrine-like, actually quite beautiful
Perhaps we are guided there in order to develop a better sense of humility and thoughtfulness-there is more to the Camino then worries over which albergue, how many kilometers, and what’s for supper. Buen Camino, Bon Marche and, דרך צלחה ! One month to go! We are invincible!
S.
