2 messages from Pat regarding Prayer intentions and Fr. John's homily yesterday
To those who gave me prayer intentions:
"Yesterday I left all our prayer intentions at another church
(Former Chapel of las Angustias in Santiago de Compostela)
You can see it in the basket.
And I lit a candle in front of the Sacred Heart." Pat
"Fr John said this in his homily yesterday. Apparently, it is a well-known saying but I had never heard it before. “The devil knows your name, but he calls you by your sin. The Lord knows your sin, but he calls you by your name”
I thought this was a really good reminder for all of us, just how much God loves us."Pat
For the First Part of the PIlgrimage click here
For part two click here
For Part three click here
For part four click here
The Pilgrimage Continues
Day 7: Wednesday, September 13 - Santiago de Compostela and Burgos
Igrexa de Santa María A Real do Cebreiro, also known as Santa María la Real (Royal St. Mary’s), was founded in the year 836 and it is one of the oldest churches on the French Way to Santiago. The pre-Romanesque building is known to house the golden chalice associated with a Eucharistic miracle in the year 1300.
From Pat
"Today we visited O Cebreiro high up in the mountains in Spain.
There are also thatched-roof homes that I imagine would have been very similar to where my great great great (not sure how many greats should be in there) grandparents lived when they came to Canada in the 1840s during the potato famine from Ireland.
O Cebreiro is a small village in the municipality of Pedrafita do Cebreiro and the province of Lugo. It is one of the first establishments pilgrims encounter when they enter the region of Galicia. The population is mostly made up of a few inhabitants and pilgrims. The language spoken is Gallego, which is spoken throughout Galicia. It is a combination of Spanish and Portuguese. O Cebreiro is known for its stone huts with thatched roofs called pallozas. These huts were built approximately 1500 years ago and it wasn’t until the 1960s that the people of the village stopped living in them. Today, there are only nine pallozas left and they are used as museums to show what life was like in the huts. The inside of a palooza is quite simple. There are only two rooms: a private room and a living area. The private room is where the parents or owners of the household would sleep while the living area is for cooking and eating. Attached to the living area would be a space that was used for the livestock.
Another prominent location in O Cebreiro is the village church. Igrexa de Santa María A Real do Cebreiro, also known as Santa María la Real (Royal St. Mary’s), was founded in the year 836 and it is one of the oldest churches on the French Way to Santiago. The pre-Romanesque building is known to house the golden chalice associated with a Eucharistic miracle in the year 1300. According to legend, a man named Juan Santin, a devout Christian, still attended mass despite the horrible storm that prevented others from doing the same. The priest who was leading the mass did not believe in the Real Presence of Jesus and did not want to celebrate the mass. He had hoped the storm would keep everyone away from the church, so he was obviously not happy to see Juan Santin. As he read the words of consecration the Host and the wine turned into real flesh and blood. The blood ended up overflowing and stained the chalice and the white linen cloth. The two items were deemed as relics in 1486." Pat
I found this map. It is quite a distance
From Santiago de Compostela to Burgos
and they would be stopping along the way
The Pilgrims will be tired when they reach their Hotel
the Corona de Castilla
(Pat took tons of photos at the beautiful Cathedral in Burgos which she will post on her Faith Blog when she returns )
http://faith-key-universe.blogspot.com/
From Santiago de Compostela to Burgos
Thatched houses
Two of our Pilgrims, a prayer, a map, and a crucifix.
I posted this before but you can't have too many prayers
Oh, and a taste of fresh goat cheese and honey.
God bless us everyone.
Amen!
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