Nov 04 2008

Pilgrimage

Published by Allen Edwards at 2:44 pm under Musings

Two weeks ago, I made a pilgrimage that I have wanted to make for almost 40 years–I went to Canterbury Cathedral. As an undergraduate major in English, I had studied Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in Middle English and, of course, the Tales are about the lives of pilgrims who are going to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the site of the murder of Thomas Becket who was killed by knights of King Henry II.
Despite many trips to Great Britain over the years, I had never visited this historic site. Well, it was worth the wait. Canterbury Cathedral is still drawing pilgrims from all over the world. It is one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Great Britain and it is an active church. The site of Beckett’s murder by the knights is marked by a special altar and the chapels of the cathedral are as wonderful as any I have ever seen.
This is one of the special places in the history of the western world, and I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit there.

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