Deacon Martin reflects on...

GPS and Pilgrimage

When we travel in unfamiliar territory we are inclined to use a GPS system to plot the route to our destination.
Most times when  I set out on an unknown path  I wander off thinking that my choice seems to be most attractive and best way to go. Then after a while I  receive the warning message 'Recalculating your route' flashing in front of me on the navigation panel.

Having lost count of the number of times in my life that I have strayed off course either by accident or by choice I realise I need to pause and study the bigger plan or route map. Each time I go on 3 day pilgrimage or 1 day retreat to Lough Derg, God becomes my GPS and He recalibrates my life's journey to the path which leads to inner freedom and peace.

I take comfort from the words of the prophet Isaiah (42:16) some 500 years before the birth of Christ.
'  I will lead you on a new path and guide you along ways you do not know.'
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So let us trust Jesus to be our perfect GPS, after all He is the Way the Truth and the Life.