Finding Grace on the Pilgrim Path to Antipolo

For centuries, the dusty roads climbing toward Antipolo have witnessed footsteps of hope. Pilgrims have walked through night and rain, drawn by the gentle maternal gaze of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage. On our recent parish pilgrimage, standing before the elevated shrine above the altar, an extraordinary stillness settled over our travelers. Generations of devotion seemed woven into the very limestone walls. Mothers prayed for children overseas; grandparents offered tears of thanksgiving for another year of grace. In our modern hurried world, taking time to walk slowly with fellow Christians reminds us that we are all pilgrims upon this earth, bound toward the true eternal sanctuary.