#pilgrims

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And I just love the fact that when Wukong is given his title as “Great Sage Equal to Heaven” (and a palace and aids and all that) the thing he does with free time is just go around making friends. And he was SO good at making friends that his “burgeoning social network” gets clocked as a THREAT to the social order and the emperor’s power. I just love the picture of Wukong bouncing around heaven meeting people and making connections, totally unaware of all the pomp and circumstance that should be getting in the way. Who did he meet during this time? Could be anyone, everyone!

Saint Roch

1295-1327

Feast day: August 16

Patronage: dogs, pilgrims, invalids, skin rashes, invoked against the plague and pestilence

Saint Roch was a French noble, orphaned at 20. Legend claims that he had a red cross birthmark on his chest. He gave all his possessions away and made a pilgrimage to Rome, where he cared for plague victims. When he contracted the disease himself, he retired to a woods to die. It is said that a dog befriended him, brought him bread and licked his wounds. A spring arose where he laid. He recovered and traveled back to France where he was imprisoned as a spy and died. It was then that he was identified as Roch because of the red cross on his chest. An archconfraternity of St. Roch still is active today.

LOOK AT HOW CUTE HE IS SO FLUFFY AND CUDDLY AND SMALL AND PRETTY AND NEISNDJSODJFJ

TRIPITAKA IM JEALOUS LET ME BE ON THE JOURNEY PLZ

Also,

He’s such a mood. Literally so relatable despite being all powerful and the most beautiful and intelligent monkey man ever.

Pilgrims for Canterbury, all out and get your blessings!