{"id":84061,"date":"2014-05-02T08:51:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-santiago-de-compostela\/"},"modified":"2015-05-02T13:45:22","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T20:45:22","slug":"one-year-ago-santiago-de-compostela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-santiago-de-compostela\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Ago: Santiago de Compostela"},"content":{"rendered":"

(from my journal)<\/p>\n

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Santiago de Compostela
\n0<\/span>2 May 2013<\/p>\n

Praise God, at about 3pm we arrived in Santiago de Compostela. On the way into the city, we kept running into people we knew – people who had shared some portion of the walk with us – probably a dozen reunions before we even reached the Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Entering the plaza in front of the Cathedral was an experience like no other. The emotions were overwhelming: gratitude, relief, wonder, the childlike excitement of Christmas morning all rolled into one.<\/p>\n

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I have a feeling that heaven is a lot like that: constantly meeting old friends in an overwhelming place of wonder and delight.<\/p>\n

We visited the Cathedral, of course. The traditional entry of the pilgrim is through something called the Gate of Glory<\/em>. Unfortunately, it was covered in scaffolds due to reconstruction work. <\/p>\n

The central image of Christ, however, was visible.<\/p>\n

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We prayed. We clambered behind the high altar to hug the statue of the saint. Then we descended to the tomb and prayed before his remains.<\/p>\n

I’m still overwhelmed by the whole thing.<\/p>\n

In the evening, tapas!<\/p>\n

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All the photos from day 31<\/a>!<\/p>\n

There will be one more entry in this series, I think, and then we’re done.<\/p>\n

(Originally posted to Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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