My Response to Carpe Diem #1127 - Road to Santiago - Penitence.
Creating a picture about what is happening on the “Road to Santiago”.
Why is this post called Penitence?
This is a story that was told by an old man Paulo and Petrus met along the road.
Many centuries ago, a princess who was walking the Road to Santiago, Felicia of Aquitaine, decided, on her way back to Compostela, to give up everything and live here.
She was love itself, because she divided all of her wealth among the poor people of the region and began to care for the sick.’
‘Her brother, Duke Guillermo, was sent by their father to bring her home.
But Felicia refused to go.
In desperation, the duke fatally stabbed her there in that small church.
‘When he came to his senses and realized what he had done, the duke went to Rome to ask the pope’s forgiveness.
As penitence, the pope ordered him to walk to Compostela.
Then a curious thing happened: on his way back, when he arrived here, he had the same impulse as his sister, and he stayed on, living in that little church that his sister had built,
caring for the poor until the last days of his long life.’ [...] (Source: The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho)
Photo Credit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago
So you see why this post is called Penitence - it means “affected by sense of guilt”, now to write my tanka.
strange word penitence
meaning feeling sense of guilt
road to santiago
retreat for spiritual growth
full of unconditional love
Nice one..great page
ReplyDeleteThank you, appreciate you stopping by and commenting. Have a nice day.
DeleteYou captured the sense and the meaning very well!
ReplyDeleteThank you Birgitta. I'm enjoying these teachings very much. I feel as though I'm travelling the Santiago Road myself. Cheers.
DeleteAnother lovely tanka Elsie.
ReplyDeleteThanks Helene, appreciating your comments. Have a great day.
DeleteSo many emotions felt here in this tanka/story...I like how you turned that guilt into unconditional love. His karma wasn't so bad afterall :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. Your comment moved my feelings, all though it was a happy comment I felt a moment of sadness flow through my body. Maybe it was a reaction for the guilt that the Duke must have felt after killing his sister, coming from the spirits. Strange feeling even now.
DeleteHave a nice day.
Beautiful tanka in which every one can read that Unconditional love conquers all and everything.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and commenting, appreciated very much.
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