Stones

[Marie Rosado]

How do I unsuscribe please?
----- Original Message -----
From: "dandekay" <dandekayaSBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 4:02 AM
Subject: Stones


> Prior to leaving California for my walk on the Camino, I spent a weekend
> camped out in the mountains where my father's ashes are spread.  I
gathered
> several smallish stones (golf ball size) and carried them with me on my
> pilgrimage.  Taking them from SJPP to the cross gave me plenty of time to
> ponder and pray about what it was I wanted to leave with the stones when I
> placed them at the cross.  By the time I'd gotten there I knew what it was
I
> wanted to leave: fear, mistrust, anger, self-doubt.  Doing this was a
> powerful experience for me, one that I recall on a daily basis even now.
I
> would highly recommend this ritual to anyone planning to walk the Camino.
> Lighten your pack, lighten your soul, bring a light into your world.
>               Daniel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sue Kenney" <sue.kenneyaSYMPATICO.CA>
> To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: leaving stones along the way
>
>
> > wisdom's aspirant wrote:
> >
> > > The church at which I play the organ is St James. A lady from that
> church is
> > > painting a little stone for me to leave at the Iron Cross, a stone of
> prayer
> > > for the church. They will bless the stone and me before I go.
> >
> > Deanna,
> >
> > I didn't know anything about the tradition of leaving a stone at the
Cruz
> de
> > Ferro from your country of origin, before I left for the Camino. That
day
> I
> > wasn't sure what to leave leave since I really needed everything I was
> > carrying.  Then I met a Spanish woman and I told her of my dilema. She
> told me
> > to pick up a stone and "put my country into it". I did just that.
> >
> > Sue
>
>