The Way of a Pilgrim: Session 1

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This is the first session that focuses on the 19th-century anonymous text, The Way of a Pilgrim. In the tenor of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, James Finley begins with passages from The Way of a Pilgrim, reflects on the qualitative essence of the spirit of this text, and finishes with a meditative practice. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about James Finley, visit his faculty profile at the Center for Action and Contemplation here. The transcript for this episode can be found here. The book we will be using this season can be found here. Connect with us: Have a question you'd like Jim or Kirsten to answer about this season? Email us: [email protected] Questions for this season will only be accepted until May 6th, 2024. This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/ Thank you!

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.4	To learn more, visit cacac.org.
0:08.4	Greetings, I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.4	And I'm Keston Oates. Welcome to turning to the mysteries.
0:16.2	Greetings everyone and welcome to our time together turning for
0:27.3	trustworthy guidance to one of the great classic works in the Christian
0:31.6	mystical tradition the way of a pilgrim.
0:34.7	In the previous session, Kirsten and I kind of laid the groundwork for the background of this
0:39.6	work.
0:40.9	So indicating now, as I said there, that I'm going to kind of walk paragraph by paragraph through the first chapter.
0:47.0	And I'll be sharing with you what it evokes in me.
0:53.4	So hopefully as you listen, you can see what a might evoke in you
0:57.9	as a source of your own guidance in your search for God.
1:01.9	The pilgrim begins, by the grace of God I'm a Christian man, by my actions a great
1:08.9	sinner, and by calling a homeless wanderer of the humblest birth who roams from place to place.
1:18.0	My worldly goods are a knapsack with some dried bread in it on my back,
1:22.6	and in my breast pocket a Bible,
1:25.1	and that is all.
1:28.0	So in the very beginning,
1:31.4	the pilgrim sets a tone for the whole story and really is going to say ultimately the tone for our story, the ultimate dimensions of our story.
1:40.0	In this great truth that God is love and when love touches suffering the suffering
1:49.5	turns a love into mercy and so the pilgrim's solace, the pilgrim's peace of mind, is in the mercy of
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