{"id":12225,"date":"2022-05-02T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=12225"},"modified":"2022-05-02T08:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T15:59:43","slug":"camino-photo-of-the-day-the-way-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-the-way-of-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino Photo of the Day: the Way of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A<\/span>fter Foncebad\u00f3n we come to Cruz de Ferro – the Iron Cross – the highest elevation on the Spanish portion of the Camino Franc\u00e9s. This is a place of importance for those pilgrims walking this route. It’s easy to explain, but the experience of it is something else again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Cruz de Ferro there is an old tradition. Although I\u2019ve heard several stories about how it got started in the Medieval era, I don\u2019t know that any of them are true. You will notice that surrounding the cross is a large pile of stones. Pilgrims have been bringing a stone from their home and laying it at Cruz de Ferro for centuries. I am no different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some, the stone is a habit or sin to be discarded. For some, a memory or worry or fear to let go of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why here? Once you\u2019ve carried a pack for several weeks or a month on the Camino, you come to realize that you can only carry so much, and you go farther and faster the less you carry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some days you forget to put down that stone you\u2019re carrying, the one that\u2019s weighing you down. When asked why angels could fly, G.K. Chesterton replied, \u201cbecause they take themselves so lightly.\u201d Perhaps for us to fly, we need to put down those stones we carry, the ones we keep collecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is, I think, a good place to leave our series for now. On Friday, Francine and I will fly to Spain to begin our next Camino adventure. I’ll be sure to write about it here as I am able. The Camino Photo of the Day<\/em> series will resume in June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultre\u00efa et suse\u00efa!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date:<\/strong> 22 April 2013
Place:<\/strong> between Foncebad\u00f3n and Manjar\u00edn (Province of Le\u00f3n, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)
Today started:<\/strong> Rabanal del Camino (Province of Le\u00f3n, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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