{"id":90108,"date":"2018-09-30T16:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T23:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/blessing-the-pilgrims\/"},"modified":"2019-03-07T15:42:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T23:42:47","slug":"blessing-the-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/blessing-the-pilgrims\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessing the Pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">J<\/span>ust after the Noon Mass at our parish of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyrosarytacoma.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Rosary<\/a>, Deacon Jim Fish bestowed the traditional Pilgrims&#8217; Blessing on Francine and I &#8211; not to mention our &#8220;rucksacks&#8221;, &#8220;staves&#8221;, and shell and rosary. The blessing itself is ancient. In its current form it appears the <em>Missal<\/em> of Vich Cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, dated to AD 1078. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re extremely grateful to Deacon Fish. He is the third pastor at Holy Rosary to celebrate this blessing with us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/blessing-the-pilgrims\/img_6584\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8062\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6584-e1538350644920-768x1024.jpg?w=650\" alt=\"\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8062\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Originally posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/\">Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just after the Noon Mass at our parish of Holy Rosary, Deacon Jim Fish bestowed the traditional Pilgrims&#8217; Blessing on Francine and I &#8211; not to mention our &#8220;rucksacks&#8221;, &#8220;staves&#8221;, and shell and rosary. The blessing itself is ancient. In its current form it appears the Missal of Vich Cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, dated to AD 1078. We&#8217;re extremely grateful to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90110,"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":[40,24,80,8,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camino","category-community","category-deacon-james-fish","category-francine-my-love","category-holy-rosary-parish-tacoma"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6584-e1538425944463.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-nrm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100318,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/farewell-deacon-fish\/","url_meta":{"origin":90108,"position":0},"title":"Farewell, Deacon Fish","author":"Thom","date":"04 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Rev Mr James J Fish Deacon Jim Fish has resigned his position as Pastoral Coordinator of our parish of Holy Rosary. Once more, Holy Rosary is without pastoral leadership. Please, in your charity, pray for our parish.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2019 Transitions in Tacoma&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2019 Transitions in Tacoma","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2019-transitions-in-tacoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?fit=550%2C696&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?fit=550%2C696&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rev-Mr-James-J-Fish.png?fit=550%2C696&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52624,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/many-blessings\/","url_meta":{"origin":90108,"position":1},"title":"Many Blessings","author":"Thom","date":"18 March 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Blessing of the \u201cRucksacks\u201d This past weekend was a crazy whirl of last minute errands and bon voyages. Although I\u2019m not leaving until Easter Sunday, and Francine not until the 17th of April, we thought it best to avoid the rushing around the week before Easter. We topped up our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Blessing of the \"Rucksacks\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/100_0006-168x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":106545,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/anniversary-of-the-last-day-of-holy-rosary\/","url_meta":{"origin":90108,"position":2},"title":"Anniversary of the Last Day of Holy Rosary","author":"Thom","date":"13 September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Depart from me, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me. (Antiphon 1 of Monastic Lauds for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows) year ago today, Archbishop Paul Etienne celebrated the final Mass of Holy Rosary parish in Tacoma. 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(Antiphon 1 of Monastic Lauds for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows) Archbishop Paul Etienne celebrated the final Mass of Holy Rosary parish in Tacoma. Perhaps appropriately, today is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. In\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2020 - the end of Holy Rosary&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2020 - the end of Holy Rosary","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2020-the-end-of-holy-rosary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1B6A6B42-1A01-4F9F-8FA3-DF8E72A98529-scaled-1-e1600188032578.jpeg?fit=880%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1B6A6B42-1A01-4F9F-8FA3-DF8E72A98529-scaled-1-e1600188032578.jpeg?fit=880%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1B6A6B42-1A01-4F9F-8FA3-DF8E72A98529-scaled-1-e1600188032578.jpeg?fit=880%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1B6A6B42-1A01-4F9F-8FA3-DF8E72A98529-scaled-1-e1600188032578.jpeg?fit=880%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":108962,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/anniversary-of-the-last-day-of-holy-rosary-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":90108,"position":4},"title":"Anniversary of the Last Day of Holy Rosary","author":"Thom","date":"13 September 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This is an annual post, updated only slightly. Much of the language reflects my thoughts and feelings of the day, taken from my journaled notes. Over the past few years, my feelings have mellowed and matured somewhat. It is, however, good to recollect the day. Depart from me, I will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2020 - the end of Holy Rosary&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2020 - the end of Holy Rosary","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2020-the-end-of-holy-rosary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1B6A6B42-1A01-4F9F-8FA3-DF8E72A98529-scaled-1-e1600188032578.jpeg?fit=880%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1B6A6B42-1A01-4F9F-8FA3-DF8E72A98529-scaled-1-e1600188032578.jpeg?fit=880%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1B6A6B42-1A01-4F9F-8FA3-DF8E72A98529-scaled-1-e1600188032578.jpeg?fit=880%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1B6A6B42-1A01-4F9F-8FA3-DF8E72A98529-scaled-1-e1600188032578.jpeg?fit=880%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":87734,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/initial-reflections-on-the-quasquicentennial\/","url_meta":{"origin":90108,"position":5},"title":"Initial Reflections on the Quasquicentennial","author":"Thom","date":"18 October 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This past Sunday, my parish of Holy Rosary celebrated its 125th anniversary - our Quasquicentennial. The project for this celebration was started several years ago by Dr Michael Barkley, a gentleman from the parish who deserves all credit for getting this ball rolling. His great-grandparents were in fact the first\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bishop Eusebio Elizondo MSpS&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bishop Eusebio Elizondo MSpS","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/bishop-eusebio-elizondo-msps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14725469_10153973441340382_8799153242963084326_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14725469_10153973441340382_8799153242963084326_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14725469_10153973441340382_8799153242963084326_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14725469_10153973441340382_8799153242963084326_n.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90709,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90108\/revisions\/90709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}