During an Ordination the candidate to the priesthood lays prostrate before the cross. The faithful chant the litany calling on all the saints, in communion with them, to pray for the candidate and ask the Holy Spirit to descend upon…
I’m leaving Molinaseca with a sense of magic on the Camino de Santiago. I suppose it was always there. But I’m just noticing it now. Last night I had dinner with a group of pilgrims, a young German woman that…
Mission San Juan Batista – A statue of St. John the Baptist gracefully watches over the original El Camino Real located between the mission and the farm land in the background. El Camino Real is a 600 mile mission trail…
Every Sunday evening our church has a youth mass. Teenagers welcome you in and usher you down the aisles. From the altar, the beat of a drum marks the rhythm of the evening. Last year’s drummer, Mariah, had invited a classmate to join the band,…
Remember last week when I said I was only soothed by a shared meal with other pilgrims? Well this is David and Debbie, they shared their meal with me many times on the Camino, and now they’re here at my house….
“God speaks silently, God speaks in your heart; if your heart is noisy, chattering, you will not hear.” ~ Caryll Houselander Kolkata, India – Missionaries of charity kneel in adoration before the blessed sacrament. This is the only picture I…