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On my way … Walking the Camino de Santiago
The year of 2018 was a special one. Walking 1000 miles across Spain, Israel and Portugal. This is my journey! Walking the Camino de Santiago. Some of you may be wondering…if the French way from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago is roughly 500 miles, how did you walk 1000 miles? Did you get lost? Did you walk…
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My Lenten Journey … praying with my feet
My Lenten Journey … praying with my feet. This Lent my journey will take me along the Camino de Santiago. I won’t be able to be there physically but I will be there in prayer. I have chosen to relive my walk of 1000 miles, step by step…a journey I took during the summer of…
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The Holy Door is open in Santiago!
Make your Camino de Santiago even more special, walk during the Holy Year and walk through the Holy Door! The Holy Door of the Cathedral of Santiago is a symbol of the Holy Year and the Camino de Santiago itself. Entering the Cathedral of Santiago for the first time after traveling a long way is…
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Simply pray like St. Francis
Francis of Assisi (13th century) simply wanted to live as Jesus did—as a wandering preacher with as few material possessions as possible. Francis never set out to found an order, but amazingly, people began to emulate him. The “Order of Friars Minor,” which we now call the Franciscans, was created. I believe part of the attraction…
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Way of St. Francis: The Sacred Mountain of La Verna
“In 1213 Count Orlando Catani of Chiusi gave Francis a mountainous parcel of land called La Verna to use as a place of retreat. Tucked into the wilderness east of Florence, La Verna features a solitary peak, known as Monte Penna, and is covered with a forest of beech and fir trees. The friar withdrew…
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Jesus, I trust in you!
Trust is an important part of my faith. But even when I am in that place of trust, I am always amazed at how God works in my life. I would love to tell you that I always had this trust but that is not so. It’s something Our Lord is teaching me day by day. Aren’t we lucky to know that our God is a patient and…
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Feast Day of Saint Francis
FRANCIS OF ASSISI, FRIAR D. 1226 PATRON OF ANIMALS AND OF ECOLOGY St. Francis was born in the hill country of central Italy in the town of Assisi around 1181. He was the only child of a prosperous cloth merchant and grew up among the privileged sons of the town’s wealthy families. His early youth…
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Eat, Pray and Walk the Way of St. Francis
Some of the highlights along The Way of St. Francis Santuario della Verna (La Verna, our starting point) We start our walk from La Verna, a remote mountain retreat. As we leave the Sanctuary of La Verna, through the Casentino park, it is like walking back in time from the Renaissance into medieval times. This Sanctuary is considered…
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Galilee … enjoy the beauty along the Jesus Trail!
Galilee, which is where most of Jesus’ ministry took place, is one of the most beautiful landscapes of Israel. As you saunter along the Jesus Trail, beauty and peace will surround you. When you walk with Prayerful Path, you will be spoiled by this beauty and by the kindness of the people of Israel. During…