Category Archives: Pilgrimage and Prayer

Pilgrimage and Prayer

Iona Community Prayers on the Camino de Santiago 1.

 Prayers can be surprisingly sensual and very joyful.   In the summer after finishing the Via de La Plata, I spent a week in the Abbey on the Scottish island of Iona where visitors make up the community for the … Continue reading

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Repetitive Prayer on the Camino

Il est bon, il est bon, qu’il est bon, le bon Dieu. This was a phrase  I had picked up from Gerry W Hughes S.J. who used it on his walks to Rome and Jerusalem.  Walking long distances is only possible if … Continue reading

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Prayer

On the Via de La Plata, my first Camino, I learned a lot about prayer and in this blog I will return to the theme of prayer often.  I left Seville just before Holy Week when the preparations for this solemn … Continue reading

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Miracles

Pilgrimage  –  Miracles for all.   As a child, Christmas was pantomime time and at Peter Pan I remember saving Tinkerbelle’s life by clapping frantically as an act of my faith in fairies.  About 40 years on I no longer … Continue reading

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IN GOD’S HANDS

Setting off on a pilgrimage is different from beginning any other journey.  Although you may know where you are going you have no idea what sort of experiences you are about to have, and this is especially so if you … Continue reading

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