The Pilgramage, new series.

I watch it and have never discovered what exactly the pilgrims hope to learn.

I think life sometimes gets in the way of finding our spirituality. As a non religious person I have a friend who’s a Methodist lay preacher and we used to go for long walks and discuss life the universe and everything. She told me I was one of the most spiritual people she knows. Even though I don’t have a religion or believe in a God of any kind I love going into churches, light candles a lot and sometimes pray but don’t know who or what I’m praying to. Can’t put it into words really. And have always wanted to go on a pilgrimage…

I was quite drawn to the monastery a wee retreat there could be just what I need and although I lapsed a very long time ago the Latin mass sounded very familiar and comforting .I loved Stornoway too ,its what my experience of the attitude to other religions has always been and I was saddened by other people on here telling me their part of Scotland isn't like that anymore .
I do think social media has a lot to answer for ,it was a Catholic /protestant divide in the West but never any real issues with other faiths.
My catholic school had Muslims.Sikhs and Jews ..all who were excused during RE .So I was surprised that the Muslim lady said in her Catholic school she HAD to take communion? Anyone else heard this? Surely no catholic school would let anyone who wasn't baptised into the faith take sacraments ?

MayBee, if all religious people were religious the way you are religious there would not be any religious wars or quarrels.

MyBee, there is an important religious tradition that God is not-this not-that not anything that can be positively described.

" Apophatic theology, also known as negative theology, is a form of theological thinking and religious practice which attempts to approach God, the Divine, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God". (Googled)

paddyann, you’ve brought up a point I found surprising too. In my convent school all non catholics were excused attending services. (And all “fainters”had to stay at the back of the chapel.)

Non R.Catholics cannot take communion in a R.C. Church , I
worked in a convent, attended services in a R.C. Church , as an Anglican I was welcomed to a service but no communion.

Same in Anglican Church, R.Catholics are welcomed but no
communion.