Crucifix in the Camino-Jeffrey

[Sarah Leiser]

>Jeffrey,
>I wonder if you and I have the same Crucifix in mind.
>Yes,... it is in that town just before Melide, in a tiny church on the right
>side of the road, as the road is about to bend leftward,  with three or four
>old stone steps leading up to the door. But the Christ on that Crucifix is
>neither dead nor being taken down.  It is Christ on the Cross, looking down
>with infinite love and compassion to whoever need His help and extending His
>arm downward in reply to the human need at the foot of the Cross.... No pain
>in the image whatever, just infinite love.
>Didn't I send you a copy of the photographs about a year ago?
>In another church in  the area there is a Crucifix with Christ, dead, being
>taken down from the Cross by two men who have slipped a white sheet beneath
>the arms of the corpse to lower it from the Cross, but that is a different
>Crucifix.
>I was told by the young French priest who was caring for the Church, in a
>volunteer basis when he could do so, that pilgrims leave messages before the
>Crucifix. In the pictures I have a poster-size message was left by some
>Brazilians in Portuguese which said "Father, take us in your hands".
>(This translation doesn't really translate.... the word "Pai", which appears
>in the message, in Brazilian Portuguese  is sort-of like a combined "dad" and
>"Pa". I just don't know how to convey it in English)
>Fondest regards,
>Rosina

Rosina...as a speaker of Brazilian Portuguese[lived in Brazil], I can say
that  'pai' does mean Father.   Thanks for the info..can't wait to see it!
Sarah