Juan

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
― Anonymous

“How does one exorcise painful memories so the good ones can take front and center stage? How do you get beyond regrets that can't be fixed? How easy it is to put off hard conversations, to forget that the only time you can count on with certainty is the present moment.”
― Katherine B. Soper, Steps Out of Time: One Woman's Journey on the Camino

“I dedicate this work to Vasily Arkhipov, the deputy commander of a Soviet nuclear submarine off the Cuban shore who said no to his comrades and may have saved the world. That was on October 27, 1962, around the time my father came home from his defense job and told me at the doorstep to our house that there was “only a twenty-percent chance, son” the next day would never come. No terrorist action today remotely poses that kind of existential threat for our world, and I hope you’ll keep that in mind in reading on.”
― Scott Atran, Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists

“People who walk all the way to Santiago from France or somewhere beyond are usually considered pilgrims, but people who skip past the boring bits on a bus or train are lightweights, sight-seers, tourists. “Real pilgrims” take the good with the bad, they accept whatever the trail throws at them. They’re respectful, they carry their necessities and not an ounce more, in a bag strapped on their backs. They keep it simple, they don’t take the easy, or posh alternative. Rain, blisters, fierce dogs, bedbugs, blinding heat or deep snow, they keep walking. They’re vagabonds with a peculiar respectability, and a great deal of self-regard.”
― Rebekah Scott, A Furnace Full of God: A Holy Year on the Camino de Santiago