Day 065r: The Solace in St. Sernin … (06/18/2019)
The path eventually got smoother and flatter (as most walked paths are – with enough persistence – wont to do), and shortly thereafter opened up to a lovely church (the Chapel de St. Sernin) resting on the edge of in a small tree-encircled glen. And yet what made this particular sanctuary so Peace-full was not its quaint external architecture or its pristine natural setting or its austerely “clean” internal decorations, but rather the completely calm – indeed, almost blissful – face of Jesus depicted on the wooden sculpture (a sculpture of Jesus hanging on the cross, no less) that was hanging next to the altar inside … 🙂
“I will soon be leaving you to return to the One. And yet even though you cannot in this instant follow me to this place where I am going (for you all still have much Work to do), I have shown you the way thereto, and you will follow in due time.” ~ via Jesus Christ (John 13:36 + John 14:4)
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