“When walking any significant distance, the pilgrim will regularly reach turnings in the path that disclose a new view that is as majestic as it is unanticipated. And that view appears – and is appreciated, there is always a stark vibration of the landscape; a vibration that shakes the walker awake; a vibration that is […]
One of the truer joys of any pilgrimage is meeting and bonding with fellow travelers along The Way. Truly sincere & heartfelt connections don’t always blossom, of course. In fact, they rarely do. And yet every now and then (“One in every thousand, and two in every ten thousand,” said Jesus astutely in the Gospel […]
And the sign said that I should never quit walking The Way of Selfless Love – the Love that is itself the greatest miracle. Rest assured, I won’t … “A greater portion of the forces that sent him trudging across the dry white prairies was not a mundane ‘love of life’ but rather a love […]
This particular stretch of the Camino – from the city of Carion de los Condes to the village of Calzadilla de la Cueza – was supposedly the longest unbroken stretch along the entire Camino; 17km (over 10 miles) of mostly straight, hot, and dusty path without any town or village or waystation present to provide […]
The village of Calzadilla de la Cueza was finally seen on the horizon, and I at forst thought I might pause there a while to rest. And yet the town was already full of overly reveling pilgrims – most who had started their walk that morning in Carion de los Condes, and many who were […]
“No flower ever thinks of rejecting or ridiculing the one next to it. Flowers simply bloom, offering their beauty & sweetness to all nearby. We too are from dust made and we too to dust will return. In the end we’re just dirt, neither more nor less; just dirt, and maybe some yellow flowers – […]
Isn’t it nice to live in a world where the greatest beauty can often be found in the most austere of halls or the most mundane of meetings? I made it to the town of Terradillos and was amazed at the raw beauty of its local church; the somehow perfect embodiment of selfless love that […]
“Wear the clothes of kindness that never wear off Scent yourself with the perfume of love, and spread the same everywhere Keep sugar on your tongue and distribute it by heart to everyone you meet. Open your arms wide and hug everyone tight. Free your Soul of all anger and arrogance, give beautiful feelings instead […]
The village of Moratinos gently encapsulated one of the fondest memories from my 2008 Camino pilgrimage, and it was with uplifted heart and joyful mind that I saw its buildings from afar, then passed by its hobbitesquely underhill wine bodegas, and entered its limits proper … “There is nothing like returning to a place of […]
And then I was there, at the very doorstep of The Peaceable Kingdom*, that glowingly warm donativo where Rebekah Scott had just as warmly greeted me those 11 years ago; bringing me in from a Camino chilled of wind & kindness – a Camino that had wrung me out and sent me stumbling along its […]
After chatting for a short while with Rebekah about the Power of the camino and our first meeting back in 2008 and the nature of & inspiration for my current Peace Walk, I told her that I wanted to be of some assistance to her & Paddy in any way they might need. Fortunately, the […]
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