We are looking forward to "The Way" events later today. Thirty-seven people have signed up for the Spanish meal at 6pm with more expected at the movie and talk. Several folk contacted me who are considering walking all or part of 'El Camino' so they are excited to hear Camille and Asuncion share their experience. As our thoughts re-turn to the theme of "Pilgrimage" the following quote seems appropriate:
"The
pilgrimage is a spiritual quest for a change, a transformation of oneself and
relief from profound suffering, distress, anguish and illness. The pilgrimage begins as a response to a
crisis. It may begin with a crisis of
personal disintegration. It may be
motivated by the remembrance of a lost integrity and by the hope of regaining
it. The pilgrimage implies the refusal
to accept the present condition of confusion and suffering as final; it implies
that conviction that there is a way of transcending this condition, despite all
the evidence to the contrary." (Paul Ricoeur, "Memory, Nativity, Self"10)
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