25th July – St. James Day //25 Julio – Santiago Apóstol
…
remember, you were given that name
every day along the way, remember,
you were greeted as such,
and treated as such,
and you needed no other name.
…
Pilgrim they called you,
again and again,
Pilgrim.
(Camino, David Whyte)
Buen Camino!!!
I arrived in St. Jean Pied de Port on this day in 2014, excited and slightly terrified to begin walking the next morning. But as soon as the other pilgrims on the bus from Bayonne began exchanging ‘Buen Camino’s, I knew it was going to be a great adventure and it was so much more than I expected. I felt that St. James was always pulling me forward and ready to provide whatever I needed along The Way.