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The Cathedral of Santiago, which celebrated 800 years of dedication this year, is the goal of the road. Inside are kept the remains of St. James the Great, the Friend of the Lord, and his disciples Theodore and Athanasius. But for us there is another highest and most important goal which is Christ, "the dawn from on high." Do the Camino de Santiago is a means to an encounter with the risen and living Christ is always present with us and accompanies us through life, but sometimes there are clouds that hide it.
The pilgrim is a person who leaves his home and leave time studies work and usual occupation. This is symbolized by the group of houses that is in the background. That happens to Abraham (Gn 12, 1). Everyone, especially during youth, we are searching. And this invites us Christ himself: "Look over all the kingdom of God and His righteousness ..." (Mt 6, 33) The Pilgrim, with the light on, is this positive attitude and look forward. Every baptized person is called to be light to others (Mt 5, 14-16) and every young person should be a light to his friends and colleagues.
Although the cartel appears a single character, the Way we do alone, hence it appears that network with fish when crossing a river. A Christian can not be individualistic or live their faith in isolation. In the miraculous catch Jesus reminded that they must work together and the "153 big fish" express the idea of \u200b\u200bfullness. (Jn 21, 11). This net full of fish suggests that pastoral work "networking" the fruit will be much more abundant than if we do individually. On the road and life obstacles and difficulties arise that must be addressed, here we see a river you must cross a river where it could be salmon. Salmon, as he likes to remind D. Julian youth, wrestling and anything upstream. And so we want to be: against the Christians!
Every pilgrim has its meeting transformed with the risen Christ returns. This is what happens to the Magi to return "to their country by another way" (Mt 2, 12) and returning to Emmaus community in Jerusalem (Lk 24, 33). The pilgrim thus becomes a witness, apostle and evangelist of his contemporaries. The Lord invites us all to hitting the road: "Go quickly into the streets and streets of the city and bring along here the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame (...) Insísteles until they become full my house "(Lk 14, 16-24) But in the end it might not be the apostle to achieve its objective, to reach its goal and conquer the world for God, but through conquest of the world he is left to conquer for God. Other people will see specific action but we are always working from the bottom is God, and that's what matters.
This reflection can complement and enhance listening and working on the song's lyrics Toño Casado "James sings" in the CD collection of PEJ 2010. Poster
Author: Fernando Tomé.
Video: Eduardo González
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