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Day 4 Coimbra, Braga, Bom Jesus, Santiago de Compostela
We have a nice breakfast and pack up our suitcases and head north for about an hour to Coimbra. This is where Sister Lucia spent 50 years as a Carmelite nun. We had Mass in the same cloister chapel where she enjoyed Mass.
Continue on to Santiago de Compostela, the destination of the important medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James, the El Camino.
Along the way we drove through Braga and visited the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte. It has to be seen to be believed.
Dinner at Parador de Santiago and overnight in Santiago de Compostela.
Alcohol, Mary, & Miracles — Hard Verses with Steve Ray, John 2:1-12
Marcus Grodi has invited me many times to record shows on Deep in Scripture and on Journey Home.
In one particularly interesting show, we discussed “John 2, Alcohol, Mary, and Miracles” (audio below).
Check out the Coming Home Networks website – loaded with great material, recordings, testimonies and more.
Day 3 Fatima All Day!
Great breakfast, then Mass at St. Joseph’s Chapel. Enervated the tombs of the three children in the basilica.
Walking tour following the life and apparitions of the three little shepherds. Saw the hamlet of Aljustrel, where the children lived. Walked to Valinhos, the site of Our Lady’s appearance after the children’s return from prison and visited the church where the children were baptized.
Lunch at a restaurant above a huge store that sells “everything Fatima“. It gives people a chance to purchase religious items of all sorts in a store that covers about a half an acre. Remainder of the day free for private devotions, shopping, naps and dinner. At 9:30 many joined other pilgrims from around the world in an evening candlelight procession.
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