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Category Archives: Pilgrimage and Prayer
The Camino which awakens. Via de La Plata towards Caparra.
The Camino which awakens. Via de La Plata, Caparra. Beginnings: Learning to walk once more. On Easter Monday 2010 I was arriving in the Northern part of Caceres where the South and warmer part of Spain ends and the … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, The Camino de Santiago, Via de La Plata
Tagged Camino Practice, Easter Monday, Hernan Perez, La Plata, San Blas, Spain
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The Canyon of Caracena. Ruta de La Lana
The Canyon of Caracena. Ruta de La Lana Isolation, challenge, awe and majesty. The Canyon of Caracena is a majestic gorge cutting through the limestone rock for over 7km. Here is a secret landscape. It begins in Tarancueña and ends … Continue reading
Posted in GPS, Pilgrimage and Prayer, Ruta de La Lana, The Camino de Santiago
Tagged La Lana, La Plata, North America, Spain
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Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés (2) Flying to O Cebreiro.
Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés (2) Flying to O Cebreiro. When your heart is in silence and sinks into God it sings. This is a story which is short and simple but gives a flavour of the sort … Continue reading
Posted in Camino Francés, Pilgrimage and Prayer, The Camino de Santiago
Tagged Amancio Prada, Camino Franc, France, Gibraltar, miracles, signs
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Silence. Before daybreak, After Dark and in the Afternoon.
Silence. Times when the heart listens. Before Daybreak. In 2010, a Jacobean Year, I happened to finish my Camino on October 12th, the Feast of the Virgin of the Pilar. The Pilar is a pillar, a roman pillar on which … Continue reading
Posted in Camino Francés, Camino Portuguese, Pilgrimage and Prayer, The Camino de Santiago
Tagged Camino Franc, England, Mother Theresa, Virgin Mary
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Being yourself. “The paths that lead to life”
Being yourself. “The paths that lead to life.” A long Camino is over 1,000,000 steps. The first part of The Ruta de La Lana was marked, for me, by physical weariness and inner dullness. This was so in spite … Continue reading
Posted in GPS, Pilgrimage and Prayer, Ruta de La Lana, The Camino de Santiago
Tagged Casa Rural, La Lana, Las Salinas
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Healing – using the simple Iona prayer for healing on the Camino.
Healing, a simple prayer from The Iona Community. The Camino is a place for healing. Many of us carry pebbles, stones and rocks in our hearts as well as rucksacks our backs. Walking, day after day, welds together body, mind … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, Pilgrimage to Iona from Loyola., The Camino de Santiago
Tagged AD, Iona Community, Le Chemin, Le Chemin St
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It’s normal to cry on the Camino. The gift of tears.
It’s normal to cry on the Camino to Santiago. The gift of tears. I came across this in a Blog on the Camino to Santiago: “Then a strange thing happened. I don’t know if it was the effect of the wine … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, The Camino de Santiago, The Raft of Corks.
Tagged Holy Spirit, Iron Cross, Photo Paul Milton, Vietnam
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Planning on the Camino. Finding a balance. Ruta de La Lana
Planning on the Camino. Do you really want to know where you will sleep tonight? I love maps. The pleasure of relaxing on a bunk bed, weary legs propped high with a blanket or two and a guide book with … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, Ruta de La Lana
Tagged Camino Franc, Caracena Callam, La Lana, Spain
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