{"id":106912,"date":"2022-05-04T11:05:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T18:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=106912"},"modified":"2022-05-04T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T18:05:41","slug":"blessing-of-the-pilgrims-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/blessing-of-the-pilgrims-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessing of the Pilgrims, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>his morning, Francine and I received the pilgrims&#8217; blessing from Rev. David Mulholland at Saint Patrick Church, where I was baptized and we were married. It is a beautiful and ancient rite. In its current form it appears the&nbsp;<em>Missal<\/em>&nbsp;of Vich Cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, dated to AD 1078. In addition to blessing the pilgrims themselves, the packs (&#8220;rucksacks&#8221;), sticks (&#8220;staves&#8221;), and shells are blessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-05-04-09.32.52-768x1024.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12252\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re extremely grateful to Father Mulholland for celebrating this blessing for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Originally published at our Camino blog,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/blessing-of-the-pilgrims-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, Francine and I received the pilgrims&#8217; blessing from Rev. David Mulholland at Saint Patrick Church, where I was baptized and we were married. It is a beautiful and ancient rite. In its current form it appears the&nbsp;Missal&nbsp;of Vich Cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, dated to AD 1078. In addition to blessing the pilgrims themselves, the packs (&#8220;rucksacks&#8221;), sticks (&#8220;staves&#8221;), and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,8,3,102,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camino","category-francine-my-love","category-moments-in-time","category-saint-patrick-parish-in-tacoma","category-rev-david-mulholland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-05-04-09.32.52-scaled.jpeg?fit=1920%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-rOo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109625,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/francines-funeral\/","url_meta":{"origin":106912,"position":0},"title":"Francine&#8217;s Funeral","author":"Thom","date":"26 June 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Francine's funeral arrangements are in place. 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