In the book SACRED JOURNEYS the author has broken her chapters into TWELVE stages of pilgrimage.
Longing - Getting Ready - Setting Out - Sacred Way - Adventures and difficulties - Midway: Going on or turning back - Doubt and Hope - Drawing near: anticiaption - Arrival: excitement and preparation - Climax: encounter with the unknown - Reflection and Redirection: and Coming Home.
We have been through stages one and two and are now at Stage Three - Setting Out.
This is the stage where, ".. the pilgrim must shed his or her security blanket, the web of everyday concerns and people that makes us feel safe and competent and on familar ground."
So, we will leave behind all that is familiar and safe. We will be 'homeless' for 30 days. We are ready for the lessons that such a journey can teach us and we hope that our journey will reap rewards for the needy.
We will carry with us the words of a 9th-Century Irish text (sent to us by Peter Robins, a fellow pilgrim):
"Pilgrim, take care your journey's not in vain,
A hazard without profit, without gain;
The king you seek you'll find in Rome, it's true,
But only if he travels on the way with you."
WISH US LUCK!!
4 comments:
Good luck ladies! Look after each other - have a wonderful time - hope the weather is good - look out for big trucks - Stay off the main roads - looking forward to reading about your journey.
Finn
Good Luck to the walking 5 hope you have a good journey and the walk goes well will be thinking of you.
Love from
Errol and Gaynor
To the Fabulous Five.
Like so many other Friends Of the Via I will be following your adventure with much interest.It is such a unique experience that you will quickly forget the few lows and fully remember all the highs.
I was in Tuscany about this time last year on the way to Rome and you are helping me relivw those days.
With very best wishes
Edward Gordon
Sydney
Hi Girls
It as great to meet you all today. Daffy has spoken about all of you, now I can put a face to all your names. Good luck on Friday. We are thinking of you all.
Love
Kim, Greg, Joshua and David
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