Untitled

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

Today we came to  O' Cebreiro, It is a fascinating place, with a church from the IX century in which we heard a special peregrino mass and they have plasma screens with the mass in five languages., and the Dominican monks singing Gregorian chants. Incredible!

There is a famous legend about O´Cebreiro a farmer walk all the way to the small church to hear mass and the priest who was not very nice told him "why did you bother to come to mass in such a terrible day.(this is the most difficult climb of the whole camino)Risking your life in this storm just to have some bread and wine in the communion and the bread and wine converted into flesh and blood. The communion cup from the XII century is beautiful and it is kept in this little church. 

There is also a story about Isabel and Ferdinand going on Pilgrimage to Santiago, they stopped in This church and heard the story of the chalice and they took the cup with them and the horses refused to go on as they were leaving the town. So queen Isabel gave back the chalice to the church and now is one of the symbols in the flag of Galicia.  This   chalice is also related to the holy grail of the Medieval tales.

In  Cebreiro  there are also Pallozas, old homes from the middle ages of the "celta" The place is surreal it is so high up that we were inside the clouds. Really magic. tomorrow we will visit the famous Monastery of Samos.

We are enjoying the beautiful scenery.  Buen Camino!

 

Angeles Dam
Professor of Spanish
Norwalk Community College
adam@ncc.commnet.edu
angelesdam@hotmail.com
phone:(207) 8577362