This morning Roberta and myself had a looooong walk, which included a picnic, a walk through carnaby street, and a shopping spree (for things i forgot to pack).
However it all started at Pimlico; which we thought was a rare one to find at 10am here only to realise later that most churches do!...whatever it was a good choice. The parish priest there had just come form world youth day in Madrid and shared some reflections.
One which struck me was when he shared that a friend of his, a young person who was at the WYD too, shred with him that he had left the religion because it had been a burden all his life, he felt it as a huge weight he always had to carry!
With peace of heart and a smile he also said he congratulated his friend as if that was his experience of religion, it was definitely not corresponding to the experience of the kingdom of God we believe in! Not the God being proclaimed at world youth day! So doing away with the experience of weight was a very good thing to do!
The best thing is with a greater smile the priest proclaimed he is not so worried for the guy as while leaving his weight he did not leave his search!
Morale:P : If we commit ourselves to the search, Hakuna matata!...no worries at all but i guess you get my point:)
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