If it's September...

We're in August, so September is on its way. For 30 years September has meant pilgrimage time for me with the aptly named "September Pilgrims". Last year unfortunately it was at the time of our lovely trip to Burgundy that my arthritis flared up, so I withdrew from any plans for this year. A reduced plan for some to go to the Holy Land was got together, but of course the wretched pandemic put pay to that.... 

Just in the last few days I've been toying with the idea of putting together a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, using YouTube, Zoom etc. One advantage over real pilgrimages is that we could visit the sites according to the chronological order of Our Lord's life, something it's impossoble to do there. So Nazareth - Bethlehem - Nazareth - Galilee - Jerusalem could work well, perhaps linking the events of Holy Week to their appropriate days of the week.  It's in very early days and may prove impractical, but we'll see...

Meanwhile, a couple of pictures from the gorgeous Senanque Abbey in Provence, where we visited and celebrated Mass in 2011. First with the lavender in full bloom, and second a monk harvesting the lavender in the last few days.