Pilgrim's Beautitudes

[Rosina Lila]

                                            (Translation)

1. Blessed you are, pilgrim, if you find that the camino opens your eyes to
the unseen.
2. Blessed you are, pilgrim, if what concerns you most is not arriving, but
arriving with the others
3. Blessed you are, pilgrim, when you contemplate the sights of the camino
and find them full of names and of new dawns.
4. Blessed you are, pilgrim, because you have discovered that the true
camino begins at its end.
5. Blessed you are, pilgrim, if your backpack empties of  things as your
heart doesn't know where to fit so many emotions.
6. Blessed you are, pilgrim, if you discover that a step backwards to help
another is more valuable than one hundred forward without awareness of those at
your sides.
7. Blessed you are, pilgrim, when you have no words to give thanks for all
the wonders in every nook of the camino.
8. Blessed you are, pilgrim, if you search the truth and make of your camino
a life and of your life a camino, after Him who is the Way, the Life, and the
Truth.
9. Blessed you are, pilgrim, if in the camino you meet yourself and make
yourself a gift of time without hurry so that you may not neglect the image of
your heart.
10. Blessed you are, pilgrim, if you find that the camino is rich with
silence, and the silence is rich with prayers, and the prayers are encounters with
the Father that awaits you.

                                (From Saint Anthony's Messager, Aug. 7, 2002)

Original in Spanish:

1. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, si descubres que el camino te abre los
ojos a lo que no se ve.
2. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, si lo que mas te preocupa no es llegar,
sino llegar con los otros.
3. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, cuando contemplas el camino y lo descubres
lleno de nombres y de amaneceres.
4. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, porque has descubierto que el camino
comienza cuando se acaba.
5. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, si tu mochila se va vaciando de cosas y tu
corazon no sabe donde colgar tantas emociones.
6. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, si descubres que un paso atras para ayudar
a otro vale mas que cien hacia adelante sin mirar a tu lado.
7. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, cuando te faltan palabras para agradecer
todo lo que te sorprende en cada recodo del camino.
8. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, si buscas la verdad y haces de tu camino
una vida y de tu vida un camino, en busca de quien es el Camino, la Verdad y la
Vida.
9. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, si en el camino te encuentras contigo
mismo y te regalas un tiempo sin prisas para no descuidar la imagen de tu corazon.
10. Bienaventurado eres, peregrino, si descubres que el camino tiene mucho de
silencio; y el silencio, de oracion; y la oracion, de encuentro con el Padre
que te espera.

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(I apologize for my translating shortcomings......
We, in this list serv, are superbly  fortunate to count as subscribers, and
occasional contributors,  such admired and  professional writers as Linda
Davidson,  Maryjane Dunn  and Elyn Avivas.
Not only are their writing abilities abundantly  proven, but, I am sure,
their understanding of  the rich nuances of the Spanish language is far superior
to mine.
 I earnestly and fervently  hope that one of them will someday  provide us
with a worthy translation of the "Beatitudes" poem.)

Warm regards,
Rosina