This assignment will aim to look at an analysis of my spirituality in response to an experience of pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I will direct this analysis by giving definition of spirituality that calls to my experience and linking this through the lens of being a pilgrim journeying to the main sites that retrace the footsteps of Jesus. For the purpose of identifying my spirituality within a pilgrimage, I will research what a pilgrimage is and associate this with my own personal meaning for going on a pilgrimage. This assignment will then outline how the pilgrimage experience has transformed and renewed my spirituality into an active part of my faith through the ritual of Eucharist and practice in prayer. Spirituality is a topic that can merge into many disciplines, and is colossal in terms of study. I researched specifically spirituality within Christianity and came across many works on this from a Jesuit Theologian Sandra Schneiders. From reading Exploring Christian Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sandra M. Schneider, Sandra defines spirituality as “the experience of conscious involvement in the project of life-integration …show more content…
Referring back to Sandra Schneider’s definition, spirituality is an experience of conscious involvement within one’s life that helps integrating life and a relationship with God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church expresses the importance of prayer for forming a personal relationship with God
“Great is the mystery of the faith!" The Church professes this mystery in the Apostles' Creed (Part One) and celebrates it in the sacramental liturgy (Part Two), so that the life of the faithful may be conformed to Christ in the Holy Spirit to the glory of God the Father (Part Three). This mystery, then, requires that the faithful believe in it, that they celebrate it, and that they live from it in a vital and personal relationship with the living and true God. This relationship is