Ah, for my pilgrim friends. Those who have walked the Camino, or are planning to walk it. For my kindred spirited friends… For those of us who read Isaiah this morning…
Let us pray, folks. Let us pray…
I promised myself for Lent I’d write.
But what to write?
The Urban Monastic is on pilgrimage. Okay, yes, but technically????
I’m homeless. And have been. Since the beginning of February.
Roving from shelter site to shelter site (literally a different site every night of the week) while the shelters last (we have no year-round shelters, so only ’til the end of March) is a pilgrimage right enough. Granted it seems a bit like the kind of pilgrimage Pooh and Piglet took around a tree — following their own tracks in the snow and looking for what made them — but time is moving in a forward and linear direction, whether I seem to be moving in anything but circles or not.
Circumstances are complicated, nuanced, and more than I really want to get into on so many levels. 2013 broke me, plain-and-simple. It is what it is, but…
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Thanks for the reblog, bless you for your prayers.
You’re very welcome, Val. Please let us know how you’re doing. In prayers with you throughout your ‘urban immersion’ xoxo
What a powerful message Isaiah has for us! Blessings on your Lenten journey.
Blessings on you as well, Lynda 🙂