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I thought that we could make up some signs like the road crew uses to put up along the byways here on beautiful days. All official looking they would read “Beauty at Work”. Like you had better slow down and pay attention here!
As far as this pilgrim is concerned they could have put up one big sign for the whole of Spain when I was there in 2014. “Be Aware Beauty At Work” or “Beauty At Work On The Trail Ahead” or just “It’s A Beaut!” You know what I am talking about. You experienced it. But what was that? It wasn’t Spain, it wasn’t 2014, it wasn’t just me. It was we were put in the right frame of mind to receive it. We were worked over by St James bigtime. Little did we know what we were getting into.
The funny part of this is Nancy from Kansas City originally didn’t mean it like all that. What she was saying three or four days ago was that she got a new job at a garden center and she had a bunch of different types of butterflies on the plants she was working with. She was saying that there was such “beauty at work”! And Felipé saw that and ran away with it creating a whole world. But wasn’t he right in a certain Felipé way? Sort of a win-win for Nancy and Felipé.
Well, I am off. Pasture to mow, noxious weeds to cut. Walking at 4.
certain loves, Felipé.
Is that Venice Dali is painting?that water wouldn’t be very healthy in those days as I’ll bet that the sewers discharged into the bay without treatment? it’s probably still unhealthy but not as bad as it would have been.i was there in a very cold winter and the canals froze over although I didn’t risk walking on them! walked on a frozen river in Turku, Finland years back pretty stupid thing to do!
Kevan ~ I think I remember that being 1947 in Venice. Sometimes a guy has to take some risks to get a point across I guess. Felipé.
¡Hola Felipe!
Great post today on beauty!
Beauty is God’s work in our lives. Our everyday Caminos can sometimes call for repairs…and He is there, on the trail with us, ready to reconcile and forgive what we honestly confess. What a beautiful and often unrecognized gift and blessing the Sacrament of Reconciliation is for us!
The highlight of arriving in Santiago is going to confession before the Pilgrim’s Mass. Like you say, the Camino does not end in Santiago…it’s just beginning! So what a perfect way to restart your journey after letting God do his work with His forgiveness.
Just so happens that today celebrates the life of a priest who was known to hear 11-16 hours of confessions daily…even from his deathbed til he died on August 4, 1859.
Happy Saint John Vianney Feast Day!
Tu amigo y compañero del largo Camino,
Diego
Hi Jim ~ glad you are here with us. Yea, St. John Vianney is our church out here on Vashon. I must have a conversation with you sometime on this Sacrament. As a Protestant transplant this is something I have trouble with. Felipé.