{"id":86210,"date":"2015-12-04T09:50:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T17:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-way-of-the-pilgrim\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:50:13","slug":"the-way-of-the-pilgrim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-way-of-the-pilgrim\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way of the Pilgrim"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nB<\/span>etween our pilgrimages, we must live in the world. We try to hang onto the Way of the Pilgrim <\/em>in our ordinary lives, but like all things, the lessons fade over the years unless they are reinforced from time to time. And what are those lessons? They are as individual as the pilgrim, but there are certain commonalities, certain sayings that you internalize over the course of your pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

A<\/span>nd they are very Catholic lessons, Gospel lessons, though they are subtly disguised for the benefit of those who might recoil from them otherwise. The word \u201cCatholic\u201d or even \u201cChristian\u201d in the modern world can and does provoke in some folks an almost visceral negative reaction.<\/p>\n

One is \u201ceveyone is walking their own Camino\u201d. You can offer advice, you can point the way if asked, but you can\u2019t force somebody \u2013 perhaps especially yourself \u2013 into your predetermined idea of what their Camino experience should be. Think of Saint Paul being \u201call things to all men\u201d.<\/p>\n

For me, a very powerful lesson was the one I received at the end of my Camino: \u201cJesus said to Thomas\u2026<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Probably the most ubiquitous of these lessons, however, is \u201cthe Camino Provides\u201d. When faced with some difficulty or need, every Pilgrim I encountered took to heart some form of the phrase \u201cthe Camino provides\u201d. This is, of course, only an inch away from Deus providebit<\/em> \u2013 God provides.<\/p>\n

Today, the Camino provided. God provided.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in that anxious phase I get into where I worry that we haven\u2019t been training enough (though we\u2019ve done a lot more to date than we did at this point before our first Camino). I worry that we are going to be short on money (though I know we will make it work). Yesterday was especially bad in this regard.<\/p>\n

And then, this morning our alarm clock didn\u2019t go off. I woke up at the time I\u2019m usually heading out the door.<\/p>\n

After some moments of panicked texting to the carpool, Francine got me to the train only half an hour late.<\/p>\n

And now, here\u2019s the part where God reminds me that I live in His world.<\/p>\n

Because I was half an hour late, I met a Pilgrim on the streets of Seattle. She had her shell tied to her backpack.<\/p>\n

I greeted her with a hearty \u201cbuen Camino!\u201d and we talked for a bit as we walked.<\/p>\n

We only exchanged a few words about the Camino before we went our separate ways to our jobs in the city, but it was a tremendous encouragement to me this morning. It was exactly what I needed.<\/p>\n

In the almost three years since we returned from our first Camino, this is the first time I\u2019ve unexpectedly met another Pilgrim on the street. Because I hadn\u2019t needed to until now.<\/p>\n

Deus providebit<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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

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