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Happy birthday Lick lick! I'm joining you on your next adventure :) good news about GBR😀 Miss you tons. Be safe. Xoxoxo

Happy birthday Bro!! Love you!

Birthday Blessings, Matt. Thinking of you in a special way today, with lots of love. UC & AP

Happy Birthday Matt! I love reading your story! Thanks for sharing! Peace, blessings (for your feet) and love. TQM, Tia

Feast Day Blessings, Mateo! Thanks for your 10 fun/enjoyable things entry, and congratulations on making it to Astorga. I hope you enjoyed your retreat. Uncle Charlie and I just returned from a few days retreat a place called "Light on the Hill". We prayed for you daily (along with all those in pilgrimage), and did so today as we prayed morning prayer together. Thanks for your prayer for us, too. We love you. UC & AP

Good morning, Matt. Thanks for sharing your detailed journal entry...AMAZING. Prayerfully, you met your goal of your 2 day silent retreat. Prayers abound for you, step by step, for health and safety and that you are filled with the Fruits of the Holy Spirit as you embark on the second half of your pilgrimage. One fruit in particular that stands out is JOY, which is rooted in God and comes from Him. Joy is much more "serene and stable" than "worldly happiness". (FYI...this was mentioned in Father Hogan's homily many years ago.) May God, our protector and strength, continue to keep you safe and fill you with JOY! 931 forever Dad & Mom 💙💙

Hi Matt, Sounds like you are having a wonderful journey with God! Will continue to pray for your continued success of good health and safety as you continue to walk with God along this challenge that you have taken on. Take especially care of your feet! Prayerfully, Nancy May

Love the latest entry! Paso a paso! Think of you daily brother 🙏🙏🙏.

Hi Matt. Happy Jess's birthday! Thinking of you in a special way today. Wondering where you are. Maybe at Burgos. I pray that your body is letting you continue on this journey in a healthy way. I know you've had several challenges. I too and thinking about your joy questions. That were Joy is kind of a Hallmark for me. Blessings as you continue hiking. I love you!

Thanks for sharing stories from your journey, Matt! May the quest for conversation continue! Sending prayers of clarity your way!

Loved reading about your journey! Family is my joy!

thank you so much for sharing Matt - you are such a talented writer and I look forward to hearing how you explore these great preguntas. Hard to know exactly how to answer the questions but i think i have the most joy when I connect with others and am really present in the moment and am living in a way that really celebrates the core of mine and others humanity.

Wow beautiful journal entry Mateo. Sending you lots of love and good healing vibes for your feet and legs. My wheels are turning on the 3 joy questions... will keep you posted. Please keep our family in your thoughts as we are expected to be in the path of a major hurricane this weekend. Thinking of you always on this journey. Namaste 🙏

Buenos Dias!

I write from the church steps in Grañon. Tonight, I am staying at the parish albergue operated by 3 volunteers who have walked the Camino and want to support the peregrinos on the way. There are 40 or so mats spread out across the floor where we will sleep. If it is like the place I stayed two nights ago the number of people will be low and I will double up the mats. Making dinner starts at 6, mass is at 7, and dinner is at 8. As I sit here, my hand washed clothes soak in the sun and flap in the breeze.

As some of you may know, I quit my job administering the DOJ mentoring grant the day before I left for the camino. One of the thoughts most prevalent on my mind has been what will I do next? To answer this, I have spent many hours contemplating what brings me joy. Since that prompt has yielded little in terms of new insights, I decided to expand my feedback circles beyond myself to other peregrinos. After the obligatory questions of where did you start, where are you from, and how far are you going, I eventually give them the background above and ask them what joy means to them, what brings them joy, and what would others say brings them joy. My hope is that by understanding other people's experience with joy it will give me a fresh perspective.

Of course, the first night I decided to do this I shared a room with two kind Swiss women who didn't speak a lick of English or Spanish. Through hand signals I figured out they worked as Chemists and one had retired Friday. That night, I committed to finding someone to discuss joy. However, the next two days of walking I was either by myself or with a non-native speaker! Patience Mateo, paciencia y fe. Since then, I have had a few exchanges and we all agree that connecting with others is a universal source of joy. So now I have added the emphasis on work/vocation/career.

Today, I walked with Montse, a Mexican doctor who finished additional studies of Palliative care in Barcelona. She indulged my question with answers of what made her happy. I pushed further, inquiring what was the difference between alegria (happiness) and gozo (joy). She said depth and appreciated the distinction. While we reached her destination before she could answer directly, we discussed the importance of service and the hope that one day my calling or vocation will be clear to me. I told her it will probably happen while receiving palliative care. She smiled.

In the meantime, I try to take care of my blisters and attend to a gnarly heat rash which is now accompanied by pinky nail-sized pustules (you are welcome for the visual).

I think of you all daily as I start the day in bed with prayer. This helps me slow down as I am often the first person to wake up.

If you could pray for all those listening for callings or searching for where to serve next, I know a lot of us would appreciate it! And if you feel really bold, use the comments section and take a crack at the three questions - what does joy mean to you? what brings you joy? and what would others say brings you joy?

In gratitude,
Mateo

Praying...step by step...healing, fortitude, and wisdom to continue to see the world through God's eyes. God bless you and we love you, Matt! Dad & Mom 931

Your mom sent me a link to a map (not a nap...although that sounds good, too), and your note that you had reached Los Arcos. I copied the map and put it in my prayer space. Thinking of you so often, and now I have a little more sense of where you are! Looks like you are heading into wine country. Enjoy the scenery, the company, and may you have all the quiet you need. Con carino...

What a great way to spend the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and beginning of the Season of Creation. We will remember all of you in our prayer service for the World Day of Prayer at St. Norbert Abbey (De Pere, WI) later today.

Thanks for the update, Matt. So did you start at Mile 1? Wish l had a nap of your route. May try to find it with the clues you have given.Hope you have (had?)a good nap, and your big toe lets you continue your trek soon. ♡

Thinking of you and hope you arrived safely! Sending lots of love! Happy hiking! Love, Sis, Bry, & the Boopie Brothers

Just thinking of you as you arrive in France....whenever that is in EST. Trying to imagine all you will see crossing the Pyrenees and all along the pilgrim route. I look forward to your journal entries.
Love, Pej (U.C., too)

Que las ansias de tu corazón sean llenados por medio de este santo peregrinación. Estamos contigo en oración y cariño. ~ Penny y Charlie

Praying for you step by step, Matt! Love you!!
Dad & Mom

Have a good hike! Chip, Angela, Lucy, Isla

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