the pilgrimage

"To go on a pilgrimage means to embrace our spiritual poverty because a pilgrim is one who accepts God's call to be poor in spirit. Think about when people traveled on foot with a piece of bread in a sack and when it was gone it was necessary for them to extend their hand and beg. To have a spirit of poverty means to recognize that we are poor people in need of everything, above all the grace of the Lord that fills our heart."

                                                               -  Mother Elvira Petrozzi, (emphasis mine)