From my Facebook page, Sunday 6 May
Little did I know when I decided to spend a night here on my way between Paris and Lourdes, that Bordeaux will be the next important stop on my way to Santiago.
I ‘happened’ on the Cathédrale Saint-André minutes after I arrived.
Besides housing the most phenomenal artworks (I tried to take a photo of Jacob Jordaens’ crucifixion scene, but a photo cannot do it justice), it turns out that the church has historically been an important stop for pilgri on the Way…which I found out from the Camino de Compostela exhibition currently on display in the cathedral.
I mean what are the odds that I find myself here, in this place, at this time, doing this thing?
I was almost too nervous to ring the bell to the sacristy to ask for a stamp for my credential.
Almost. But not quite.
Afterwards I found my first route markers, scattered all across the city.
The feeling that my trip has many different layers, continues.
One of my all-time favorite memes, says:
“Don’t half-ass anything. Whatever you do, always use your full ass”
And that’s exactly what popped into my head as I followed Camino markers through Bordeaux on Sunday.
God’s in this with a full ass.
I wondered what I’ve done to deserve this much of His attention, until I realized that I’m in it with my full ass too.
I listened. I left who I was, and now I’m doing this.
I, who went on a Buddhist retreat and ended up on a Christian Pilgrimage.
And now there’s these markers, showing me The Way.
It feels odd, this consideration of a reciprocity in a relationship with the God of my childhood.
Maybe He has been looking for communion with me, too.
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