The plane reservations have been made--leaving Friday, September 9th! Two weeks to walk from OPorto to Santiago. The difference this time is that there will be six other folks with me, including my husband. It will be fascinating to see how having others along will change the Camino experience. I am already looking forward to the time spent walking, watching and wondering. My lenten discipline has been to ponder what the journey has to reveal and how open I am to receiving it. It is so much harder to listen for God's voice and then to listen to it than it is to put my own opinions and thoughts "out there".
As I contemplate the Passion Gospel for this year and Jesus' silence before his accusers, it reminds me how often we are closed to hearing the Word of God. Why should Jesus speak if no one will listen? Why should Jesus defend himself when we are determined to say what we will about him and grow incensed if anyone--and especially he--disagrees? I always find myself tearing during the reading of the Passion Gospel--and feeling complicit. How have I betrayed him? How many times have I denied him? How have I joined with crowds in accusations? How have I made decisions which have been guided more by pubic opinion than by my own integrity? Until we own up honestly to our own part, it is impossible to fully comprehend the power and grace of Easter. Until we are ready to look beyond life as we have known it and want it to be, it is impossible to experience the fullness of Easter resurrection and new life. May the tomb of my heart be found empty of all that is life taking..........
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