
A Pilgrim of Hope
My experience of being a Pilgrim of Hope on behalf of creation started before the official start date of the Season of Creation, in mid-August, on my annual retreat on the Jersey shore. As in past years, I am so grateful for the opportunity to contemplatively walk the beach and communing with the ocean, for the horizon that lifts my gaze from my little problems into the infinite vastness of God’s love, for the sand under my feet and the breeze through my hair. How could I ever pay back creation and the God of Creation for what I am gifted with during this week?