Walking the Camino de Santiago
This new series of Camino Photos follows our first Camino in 2013. Prior to leaving, we received the pilgrim blessing from our pastor, Rev. Jacob Maurer, at our parish of Holy Rosary, Tacoma. The rite includes the blessing of packs, sticks, and medals, as well as the pilgrims themselves. Date: 16 March 2013Place: Tacoma (Washington, USA)
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I’m considering doing another “Camino Photo of the Day” series, this time using our first Camino, back in 2013. Anybody interested? I mean, even if nobody is, I may just do it anyway. Some weird post-Camino blues redux going on in my life right now, and I found that this helps. Francine in Sarria, 2013.
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Solvitur ambulando: It is solved by walking. Saint Augustine Some time back, our Adult Catechesis class covered the Beatitudes. One of the main themes of the Beatitudes is, of course, detachment from worldly things while still living in the world. It struck me that this is exactly the center of what I call “pilgrim spirituality” as well. When you walk […]
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May the second looms large in my life. On this day in 2013, Francine and I walked into Santiago de Compostela for the first time, at the end of our first Camino. At this point, Francine had been walking for almost two weeks, and me for more than a month. I can’t describe the joy of that day. Arrival in […]
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We stayed in Santiago for another couple of days, during the middle of the festivities for the Ascension. But this photo series, like our Camino, must finally come to an end. We began this series entering Saint-Jean, and we must end it as we leave Santiago. Although this wasn’t quite my last photo in Santiago, it was pretty close, and […]
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The Cathedral was, as you can see, undergoing a facelift and repairs. This has been going on for years, and though the exterior scaffolding is now gone, as I write this in 2019, it’s the turn of the cathedral interior. While repairs are going on – in preparation of the Holy Year 2021 – the Pilgrims’ Mass has been moved […]
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Here we see our redoubtable pilgrims enjoying their second or third course of tapas of the evening. The table is huge, and pilgrims stop by and wander off as the whim takes them. No telling how many pitchers of sangria were involved. Date: 03 May 2016Place: Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain)
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The narrow medieval streets in the old town of Santiago twist and wind like a maze around the Cathedral. The streets are lined with shops and cafés, hotels and albergues, churches and museums. This particular street is one of several that radiate out from the Cathedral squares, and it is famous for having many tapas bars, one after the other. […]
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The organ of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, with its multi-story pipes at right angles and its fantastic cherubs, dominates the central nave. It’s so large that the horizontal pipes nearly meet in the middle of the nave. And it’s ear-splittingly loud when played for effect. Date: 03 May 2016Place: Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain)
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The Cathedral of Santiago contains numerous chapels, some quite simple and some extravagant. I’m limiting myself to just five photos. What can be said about this magnificent carving of Christ being taken down from the Cross? It looks as though they are about to lay him in the sepulcher of the altar – the tomb prepared for Him from the […]
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