In Our Pilgrim Journey, Mary DeTurris Poust speaks of the value of making a pilgrimage. What about those of us who, for whatever reason, cannot travel to holy shrines or faraway lands? She offers this consoling piece of advice:
We are all called to be pilgrims, walking a path toward God no matter where we are. . . The reality is that a true pilgrimage does not even require a passport. True pilgrimage is as much an interior journey as a geographical one. Living with a pilgrim mindset, we can find places that will feed our hearts and spirits just about everywhere we turn - from the little shrine in the next town to the cathedral in our diocese to that historic church near our favorite vacation spot. Even the mundane events of daily life can become one more leg on a pilgrim journey that will last a lifetime.
Making a pilgrimage is too important to our spiritual growth to save it for "some day." Instead, we have to look for ways to build pilgrimages into our lives the way they are now.
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