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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that the Furelos Crucifix was the single
most important object (as opposed to the people met or the places visited) I
witnessed on the whole Camino and summed up for me how much one person, albeit a
special one, was prepared to endure and suffer on our behalf. In a way it
also symbolises how much some pilgrims suffered and, in some cases, even died on
their way to Santiago.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As I've said before, we were told the there was a
dual symbolism: that of Christ's last days in an earthly form and of our last
days before reaching Santiago.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeffrey</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=TagelleaAOL.COM href="mailto:TagelleaAOL.COM">Elizabeth
Boylston-Morris</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 13, 2003 8:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Odds and ends on the
Camino.</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Jeffrey,<BR>Many Christian authors, from St. Augustine in
the Fourth Century to Fray Luis de Leon more than a thousand years later, have
written that when we contemplate Christ we contemplate our own soul. Images
encourage contemplation and I guess a reflection of our inner
feelings.<BR>When I first saw the Furelo Crucifix I was struck by the infinite
generosity and compassion that it exuded. The
English-and-Spanish-speaking French priest that was caring for the
church at the time told me that the image was meant to convey the essence of
Christianity: the love of Jesus for us above all else, extending a
helping hand even from the agony of the Cross. <BR>Liz</FONT>
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