“We feel that the stones are worn out. thousands have gone before us, and thousands more will walk behind us.”, observes 61-year-old Gilles-Noël from Versailles (Yvelin). This former Sodexo senior executive resumed his pilgrim staff at Easter on a section of the road to Santiago de Compostela between Vézela and Cluny in Burgundy. He then branched off into Italy, on the way to Assisi, by which he returned at the beginning of July. “Following in the footsteps of St. Francis, it was more about communing with nature; I felt this spiritual power only on the road to Compostela.”, compares the one who ten years ago joined the tomb of St. Jacques the Apostle in Spain. He was back transformed, transformed in the associative environment and mediation.
The most popular route to St. James in France is the Podiensis or “voie du Puy” route, 1,515 km from Le Puy-en-Villa in Haute-Loire…
Source: Le Figaro
