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Pauline and Rick's Camino - Sept 18 to Nov 3, 2011

Friday, 9 September 2011

Still Day One minus 8 ...

.... and I'm emboldened to try another challenge: posting a photo. This is our destination - the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela.

Posted by Rick at 22:58

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What Is "The Camino"?

There are a thousand descriptions of the history and significance of the Camino out there - just google "The Camino", "Santiago de Compostela", "The Way of St. James", etc.

Wikipedia's is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago

Map of the Camino Frances

Map of the Camino Frances

Our Musical Inspiration: Oliver Schroer's Camino

Check this out. Oliver Schroer's heart-stopping "solo violin and ambient recordings from the camino de santiago" is enough in itself to make one want to walk the Camino.

Bishop Michael Bird's Blessing of Our Camino

A Pilgrimage Blessing
Pilgrimage is traditionally a journey to a holy place – a place where saints have walked, a place where God has met people and blessed them.

People through the ages have journeyed with God on pilgrimage – to perform a penance, to ask for healing, to pray for places where there is war or national disaster, to pray for friends.

Pilgrimage is an opportunity to travel lightly, to walk free of daily routines, to meet people, to make friends, to enjoy and celebrate God’s creation. An opportunity too in the travelling, the conversations and the silence to reflect on the journey of our lives and on our journey homewards to God.

God of the guiding star, the bush that blazes:
Show us your way.

God of the stormy seas, the bread that nourishes:
Teach us your truth.

God of the still, small voice, the wind that blows where it chooses:
Fill us with life.

God of the elements, of our inward and outward journeys:
Set our feet on your road today.

May God bless you with a safe journey.
May the angels and saints travel with you.
May you live your journey in justice and joy. Amen.

Ruth Burgess in Neil Paynter (ed.), This is the Day: Readings and Meditations from the Iona Community.

Pilgrim's Prayer

from Codex Calixtinus, 12th century illuminated manuscript

God, You called your servant Abraham from Ur in Chaldea, watching over him in all his wanderings, and guided the Hebrew people as they crossed the desert. Guard these your children who, for the love of your Name, make a pilgrimage to Compostela. Be their companion on the way, their guide at the crossroads, their strength in weariness, their defense in dangers, their shelter on the path, their shade in the heat, their light in the darkness, their comfort in discouragement, and the firmness of their intentions; that through your guidance, they may arrive safely at the end of their journey and, enriched with grace and virtue, may return to their homes filled with salutary and lasting joy.

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