This year’s Pilgrimage expresses the WCCM theme, the essential goodness and beauty of the world: ‘And God saw that it was very good’. All pilgrimage involves moving from place to place with the enjoyment of good company. But the true destination is spiritual not physical, which means the whole person in harmony with others and their surroundings. Our goal is the ‘vision of beauty’.
Beauty heals us personally so we can heal the world. This pilgrimage has to have a significant financial cost, but I believe that if each of us truly sees beauty in new ways, we will be better healers of the world. We will be in beautiful places and contemplate beautiful art, not as tourists rushing from one thing to another, but as contemplatives, taking time to be truly present to the divine gift of beauty as part of God’s own being.
Each day will give priority to prayer, finding the beauty within, sharing our response to the gift of enrichment and peace. I look forward to being in this time of beauty and healing with you for the sake of the world.
This pilgrimage is organized by: The Pilgrims' Center
Image by Achim Ruhnau from Pixabay
