A fellow pilgrim gave me these beatitudes written by an order of nuns:
1. Blessed are you pilgrim if you discover that your own "camino" opens your eyes to what is not seen .
2. Blessed are you pilgrim if what concerns you most is not to arrive as to arrive with others.
3. Blessed are you pilgrim when you contemplate the "way" and you discover it is full of names and dawns.
4. Blessed are you pilgrim because you have discovered that the authentic "way" begins when it is completed.
5. Blessed are you pilgrim if your life is emptying of things and your heart does not know where to hang up so many feelings and emotions.
6. Blessed are you pilgrim if you discover that one step back to help another is more valuable than a hundred forward without seeing what is at your side.
7. Blessed are you pilgrim when you don't have words to give thanks for everything that surprises you at every twist and turn of the "way" that is your life.
8. Blessed are you pilgrim if you search for the Truth and make the "way" a life and of your life a "way" in search of the One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
9. Blessed are you pilgrim icon the way you meet yourself and gift yourself with time, without rushing, so as not to disregard the image in your heart.
10. Blessed are you pilgrim if you discover that the "way" holds a lot of silence; and the silence of prayer; and the prayer of meeting with God who is waiting for you.
YOU are the pilgrim and God awaits you every moment of the "way."
Buen camino. Padre
Thanks for taking the time to post these beautiful beatitudes for all of us to carry and follow on this journey we call "life." Thoughts and prayers are travelling with you. Pace e Bene.
ReplyDeleteHi Fr. Frank! Thanks for sharing these. They are lovely. Hope all is going well with you. Take care, Janet and Dan
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