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Category Archives: Camino Francés
Fainthearted about doing the Camino?
Fainthearted about doing the Camino? An extraordinary coincidence became a common event in the early stages of my Camino last year. I had begun walking with an arrhythmia in my heart. I began to notice that when I spontaneously gave … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Camino Franc, Heart Camino, Pure Joy, Usa
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The Camino de Santiago: the fruit of witnessing human goodness in a troubled world.
The Camino de Santiago: the fruit of witnessing human goodness in a troubled world. It is two months since I completed the Camino Francés, weary but deeply at peace. My heart, which had spent the summer tormenting me with tachycardia … Continue reading
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Tagged Camino Francés, Iona Community, Pale Green Apples, Spain
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The Camino Francés: timeless and eternal.
The Camino Francés: timeless and eternal. “What’s timeless and eternal is in the ordinary of our lives.” I came across this phrase while reading this morning. It immediately snapped me out of a post Camino blues aggravated by a return … Continue reading
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Tagged Camino Francés, La Rioja
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Community on the Camino.
Community on the Camino. The Credencial. The pilgrim’s credential is an outward sign of belonging to the Camino community. This is obtained from Cathedrals or from the Amigos del Camino, usually in the place from where you start your camino. … Continue reading
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Tagged Camino Portuguese, Gosia Brykczynska, Iona Community, Jacques Salom, Real Camino, 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
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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
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Tagged Camino Franc, England, Mother Theresa, Virgin Mary
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Pain, the body and Love: Camino de Santiago. Samos, Camino Francés.
Pain The suffering Pilgrim: pain, the body and love. On the final 200 kms of the Camino the number of pilgrims doubles, then triples. I am always impressed at the determination with which those who have newly joined the Camino … Continue reading
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Tagged Camino Francés, Christian Good News, Iron Cross, Letting Pain
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Camino Francés, Cruz de Hierro, Rabanal del Camino, Foncebadón, Manjarín
When the symbolic does its job and helps us to change. I begin this first post on the Camino Francés with the stage which passes by the Iron Cross, El Cruz de Heirro. It is a part of the … Continue reading
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