Thank you Sr. Mary. 
The ee cummings poem is an inspired choice, and expresses the inexpressible which the phrase 'the pilgrimage toward God' denies.
That fact is that God is with us and has found us, and yet draws us into a deeper relationship ... our pilgrimage is not so much towards God, but WITH God, even though we frequently are  unaware of the Holy Presence. The wonder of God's self revelation is that s/he is already with us.