St. Chariton the Confessor is a good reminder to us that we are not wanderers, but pilgrims, that is, we are travelling to a specific destination for a religious purpose. As St. Paul reminds us, "here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking one that is to come, whose founder and sustainer is God." Chariton was afraid of becoming too settled anywhere in this world, thus, whenever he would become settled in a monastery of his founding, he would get up and flee to a desert place where a new monastery would spring up.
(CCC 2691) Pilgrimages evoke our earthly journey toward heaven and are traditionally very special occasions for renewal in prayer. For pilgrims seeking living water, shrines are special places for living the forms of Christian prayer "in Church."
Pilgrims, like all travelers are intent on the destination and try to cover as much ground as possible while the daylight lasts. This needs to be our attitude as well.
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