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May 12: Beginnings – Pilgrimage of Resurrection
(A Creative Journey through the Easter Season

Pilgrimage of Ressurection

Word for Today: Beginnings

May 12 - BegiinningsPilgrimage is a place of new beginnings. No matter how far I stray from my practice, there is always an invitation to begin again. Not just each day, but each moment offers us the chance to lay a new foundation.

— Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within

Reflective Question: Can you simply notice when acedia starts talking, telling you that you are too busy, that stillness isn’t possible for you, and then start again?


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