[Gocamino] Gocamino Digest, Vol 33, Issue 4

[Mary V. Wallis]

and this is "just me", Suzanne, saying I like the meaning you find in one 
simple word.

thanks!

Mary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Suzanne Turner" <suzanne at turnerstrategies.com>
To: <gocamino at oakapple.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Gocamino Digest, Vol 33, Issue 4


>
> On my own very personal level, "camino" means "way" -- as in "I am the
> way and the light."  It also means "path" -- making my camino my own
> spiritual path in the broadest possible sense.  "Way" and "path" are
> also direct translations from the Spanish "camino," as well as the
> French "chemin."  (Yes, yes, "road" is the predominant translation of
> both words, as well.)
>
> So the road to Santiago (and my own personal road to Santiago) is but a
> physical manifestation of my spiritual path.  In this light, the
> decision to make the Camino could be interpreted as a symbol of the
> decision to surrender oneself to Christ.  The discomfort and hardship of
> the road symbolic of certain denials of the spiritual life; the
> camraderie and thousand unexpected graces a symbol of God's active
> presence in our lives.
>
> But, hey, that's just me.  ;o)
>
> Buen camino,
>
> Suzanne
>
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