Here are some thoughts from Marinda:

“Phil’s spirituality of healing and curing is real. It comes from a deep sense of knowing who he is and where he is going. Life is a pilgrimage and we are pilgrims walking on our journey of life. Phil has inspired so many people in his life. By watching his film and talking to him in person, I had a sense of touching the divine ascent of my life. It had a healing affect like what we discussed in the class, whether relics, icons or holy shrines are copies or not, the divine touch, now in our case, through a film, is how we encounter the divine. My encounter with Phil has lead me into a divine space, like my various pilgrimage experiences, touching the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem, touching the stone wall of the Holy House of Loreto, touching the holy ground that Jesus prayed at before his agony in Gethsemane. I am very glad to meet my fellow pilgrim – Phil – in my life pilgrimage, our encounter is a healing experience in my own self transcended toward my ultimate and divine. Thank you Phil.”

Wow! Thank you Marinda for your thoughts after seeing Phil’s Camino. I need another coffee before commenting on this. That was quite a heady thing to open up. I should say that the class was involved with studying the way that material items as icons for instance have been recognized as having the ability of inspiring people and having them get closer to the divine. So here we have this little documentary, a film, that has ability. I am not sure a film is a material item but maybe that is another topic for another day. But the jist of the idea is that out film has that power.

I am truly honored to be associated with the film. It now has a life of it’s own and I occasionally get to share in the lights by it’s side. It is amazing that it has this ability to inspire people and maybe give them a different way to think about difficulties in their lives. I mean it is amazing from my point of view of a guy who started out walking in the mud outside his house and made it 500 miles and then made it most of the way across Spain and then gets to walk on stage with the documentary about the whole journey. All pretty amazing. Thank you Saint James.

So last night I did the hour long radio interview with Eric Pryne on his show Island Crossroads. It will be up on the website in the IC archives for listening at any time soon. That’s at www.voiceofvashon.org It takes them a few days to get it organized and up there.

That’s it for now, off to my day. Thanks for being here. Love, Felipe.