Worship

 Today was a beautiful day! I got to experience worship in 3 completely different ways and they were all so beautiful and spiritual! It reminds me that there are so many ways to worship and one is no better than another! If God is in it and we feel the spirit moving, all is good! 

Started with mass in Spanish and I understood words here and there, but the music and what I did understand, and the Beauty of the iglesia gave me a sense of awe. Another cool thing was that I kept hearing my son’s name during part of the service. From what I could pick up, the priest was talking about angels Rafael, Gabriel, and Miguel and how they were the eyes and hands of God. I found out afterwards that today was a special day- feast of the archangels! 

This evening, I watched my service on YouTube live sitting by a stream in the beautiful scenery of villafranca Spain and got to see one of the youth baptized! The service mentioned the walk to Emmaus and being silent, among other things, and I felt those were some things I needed to hear!

Then, I went inside and met with the group I’m here with and we had a time of music and prayer. I love the connection we have and I felt a sense of peace, especially when we prayed and I heard the translation of the blessing of the pilgrims from this morning. 

I am grateful!

At the alburgue in villafranca, the woman who runs it was talking to my friend when I came down. I picked up from their conversation that she can get a sense of things about people from being in their presence. When they were done talking, she looked at me and said “You work too much! You need to stop working so much!” She’s not wrong! I love everything I do. But, one of the reasons I was looking forward to this trip was that it would be a time to just stop. I get to quiet my brain and just walk. I’m looking forward to the days ahead when I can do this. Of course, I’m sure I will end up thinking about random things while walking. But it won’t be thinking about all of the things I need to do. 

A meal here seems to take several hours at the restaurants. The server doesn’t rush and we have to practically beg for our checks. We have a hard time with this because we are so used to rushing. But, I’m finding a peace in this. I have nowhere to be at a certain time and I can enjoy the moment. 

I need to remember these things when I go home. How can I include what I’m experiencing here in my life? I’m not sure.. but I have days of walking to think about it!

So where was God today? He was in the worship that I experienced and in the moments of peace and beauty I had.

Blessings,

Jennifer