Sunday, October 29, 2006

Treasures from my pilgrimage (1)

It has been close to a week since our return from our pilgrimage. This was a journey that was planned to enable us to walk in the footsteps of St Ignatius of Loyola.

We journeyed to many places such a Avila, Saragosa, Loyola, Lourdes, Montserrat, Rome, Assisi and Orvieto. We visited, prayed and had masses at many churches, bassilicas and cathedrals. It was truly an experience I will never forget.

Now that I am back, I cannot remember all the names of the places or people or dates of events that I came across along the way. I have not brought back much in terms of material things for I hardly shopped. Instead, what I have brought back are images, touches and feelings. So, these are the treasures that I want to tell you about.

My experience in Lourdes stands out as one of the most precious treasures God gave me on this pilgrimage. At Lourdes, I got a glimpse of Heaven and I stood in awe at the wonder and beauty of God's love. At Lourdes, I fell at God's feet and felt his healing touch; at Lourdes, I came away refreshed like the lady at the well. At Lourdes, I felt so complete and so safe. My devotion to our Lady has deepened and I have begun to appreciate even more her role in bringing us back to God. I now have an increased desire to pray the rosary because it makes me feel so close to Christ even as I feel so close to Mary, my mother. I want to be like Mary, my mother, and I pray that I can be like her in being obedient to God's will. I pray that I can be obedient to God's will as she had been. I look to her as my role model - so that what I do will be pleasing in God's sight.
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