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Musings on the religious experience eg. Fatima
... I always feel comforted when I see nuns or visit places where the religious experience for some is extreme, such as Fatima or Lourdes. This feeling of comfort stems from actually witnessing the enormity of belief. A belief which can lead some people to dedicate their lives to God - nuns, priests, monks etc. Or to build a huge sanctuary dedicated to Mary's apparition told by three shephard children. It's seeing pilgrims ...
A day in the sun.
After visiting the Monastery of Batalha (Constructed in fulfilment of a vow by King João to commemorate the victory over the Castilians at Aljubarrota (15 August 1385), the Dominican monastery of Batalha is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art. The majority of the monumental complex dates from the reign of ...
Finally Fatima
Well, not quite what I expected. A huge piazza, bigger than St Peters in Rome with modern buildings. A huge cathedral - super modern, Lisa said it could hold 10,000 people, not sure where she got that figure from but it certainly felt like it. We bought a 60cm beeswax candle and lit it. Then proceeded to the spot where Mary was said to have appeared before the three children. We saw two separate women circumnavigating the spot in their knees whilst a mass was said for ...
Nazare
After leaving Ericeira we headed off to Nazare. Lovely fishing village. Not sure where the fishing boats were. It was so hot today, temperature at one stage was 38 degrees. After a ride in the acensora, a coffee and tarte de Nata we headed off to ...
Commentary - a non-European perspective of beaches
We are traveling around and making slow progress. Still haven't made it to Fatima as girls and Michel always want to stop at beaches which are: a) polluted, b) crowded, c) windy d) freezing water, must be a European thing. Man, how lucky are we to live in NZ where the beaches are pretty and pretty empty. Also tourists to NZ always seem to complain that the sea in NZ is freezing. I don't know what they are comparing the NZ beaches ...
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