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As we come to the end of our own version of the Camino, there’s a stirring in some of us that we may not exactly have earned the indulgences promised those pilgrims with blistered feet, who walk at least one hundred kilometres along the Way.
Father Steve dispels any such misgivings by likening our experience to the parable of the labourers in the vineyard. The workers who were hired at five in the afternoon were made equal to those have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day. “God, in his generosity, will grant us the same blessings no matter how much easier our journey might appear on the surface”, says Steve.
This is the ‘real Steve’ – Love and Understanding.
On the other hand, after getting to know Edmundo and his ‘orthodoxy’ in all matters dealing with faith and doctrine over the past days, all of us, including Steve, are thinking of nominating him for Pope when the time comes again.
Medieval pilgrims walked the Way of St. James for months to arrive at Santiago Cathedral, home of the relics of St. James in Santiago de Compostela. We spent seven days along the Camino with the assistance of a motorcoach.
To mark the end of our Camino, Father Steve celebrates Mass in the side-chapel of marble and jasper in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar. Mark Musgrave does the Reading.
Eddy joins us from London for the weekend
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This is lovely Michael. It brought back pleasant memories of my time on the Camino last year – similarly by chariot for the most part – and across those lovely little cities and towns of northern Spain, and then a few wonderfully perfect days in Santiago de Compostela: Saint James in the Field of Stars.The pulpi is excellent there, as is all the seafood. There should be photos.
I am pleased that you have a chaplain. Give my best to Fr Steve.
Cheers, Paul O’D
dear Michael surely Santiago de Compostela has always been a pilgrimage place with spiritjual emphasis’ Has it been strange and difficult to adjust to more ordinary locations? enough from me now
enjoy France apologies about myspacing etc
love beth
Dear Michele
I have followed your blog with much interest. Your part of the Camino brought back heaps. The whole group seems to have had a jolly and even meaningful experience. Congratulations on getting it together. You bring a lot of joy into people’s lives which is an expression of your generosity and gratitude to God for the good things in life, both spiritual and material and your love for your fellow-man. (Wow! that sounds pretty good: even I’m impressed!)
Things are fine here. Have just had another bout of viral fever, but no nearly as bad as the first three last year, so I assume that my immune system is building against it. Expecting the monsoons this week and hurriedly putting in seeds in the garden. Enough work to keep busy and make ends meet.