In O Cebreiro

more than thousand years ago a farmer climb up to the church in O Cebreiro in a stormy and cold Christmas night. Due to the bad wheather no other people have arrived yet. The Monk in charge did not feel to celebrate mass for just one stupid farmer. The farmer though insisted and sat down I. The front row and would not allow to be send away without mass. During mass then the wine and hostia turned into blood and meat. The cup and plate are still today displayed in church in memory of that mirical. Cup and plate have also a special status in Galicia - they are part of the Galicien Flag.

Mass tonight in church was refreshingly unconventional. The monk of the Benediktus order who gave out stamp into all of our pilgrim passes celebrated mass with us, but not without getting us to
work: reading and prayers in 5 languages are distribut before mass. A TelePrompTer helps people
with no or little Spanish knowledge to participate actively and understand where in the mass we are.

The Galicien instrument is - who would have guessed a Spanish version of a  " Dudelsack", the songs sound Irish to me - a wonderful day on the mountain top gets to an end. I am so happy and proud about being here and now in the place on earth.