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25 July, 2024, Once again yearning to hear the bells

mspath

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Frances, autumn/winter; 2004, 2005-2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
on an island in the Marne River, France
July 25, 2024, pre-dawn

Although physically I may not be in Santiago de Compostela nevertheless I yearn to hear the massive cathedral bells peal in celebration of the Feast of Saint James, July 25.

Within the city all will convene to actively participate in age-old ecclesiastic pageantry and tradition.

Whatever our ethnicity or beliefs, most pilgrims who walk or have walked the Camino share common bonds. All surely remember their personal thrill on arriving at last at the great cathedral, touching the hallowed stones, weeping with joy, and giving thanks as the great bells tolled.

Today at home in rural France I shall, as always, also remember and listen for those far-distant, celebratory bells.
 
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.. ultreia e suseia
Deus ad juvenos.
..

Celebrating the feast day of
SaintJames/StJacques/Santiago/ג'יימס/Jakov/Jacob/Jakuba/....

...in an english kitchen singing and making music with an octagenarian telling her pilgrim stories from la Voie du Puy and the abbatiale de Conques...

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french pilgrim song, flûte-a-bec.

...with my pilgrim shell & pilgrim passport (Eastbourne via Canterbury to Romney Marsh, 2024).

-dedicated to @mspath
 

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