After a day of rest, the pilgrims set out once again from the Catholic Worker Farm, preparing for the path into London.

Matthew opens the episode by reflecting on the women and children supported by the farm, many of whom have faced the challenges of the asylum system, and on what it means to consider our own privileges by stepping into another’s shoes.

The morning begins with prayers from Scott of the farm, followed by Neil’s moving account of the peace that passes all understanding he felt during the night. Along the way we meet Pete, joining the pilgrimage today after playing a key role in its planning, and hear from Fran, who has been there since the beginning, reflecting on our relationship to wildnerness and managed countryside.

Trinity Church in Harrow receives the pilgrims tonight. Matthew takes the time to catch up with Sam who tells us about his spiritual upbringing, his parents’ work in a medical mission in Nepal, and — like Matthew — reflects on privilege and its place in our understanding of peace.

He reminds us that while there are no easy answers, for a future to be possible, we must keep striving toward it.

Music in this episode: “Little Boxes” by The Nayar Collective.