Pilgrimage

Article: 30.06.19

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Pilgrimage

A 'Pilgrimage' is a collective noun

For a mass, a crowd, a group, a line

Or a straggle of pilgrims.

Together we flow like a current

From here, where God is

To there, where God is.

As we go, we listen, talk,

Chant, sing, pray, sweat and limp.

Just as we have set ourselves apart

From our usual lives

So the path that we tread

Is a little to the side of time.

We age by decades and back again

By our own calendar of walking and water stops.

Together we send up a strong incense

Of hopefulness, helpfulness,

Tired feet and patience.

On pilgrimage we remember that shared food

Nourishes more than the body

And whoever ministers to your feet

Touches your soul.

Jesus knew this

And on it He based his miracles of love.

Disbanding is like that end of term mix

Of euphoria and regret

But still we travel on

From God who never says goodbye

To God who waits for us.

Annette Turner

The annual John Paul II Pilgrimage for the New Evangelisation, organised by the Dominican Sisters of St Joseph, takes place each July, walking to Walsingham.

For information contact:

St Dominic’s Ptriory, Shirley Holms Road, Lymington, Hants. SO41 8NH.

Telephone 01590 681874

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