O Cebreiro Eucharistic Miracle

[rappahannock_rev]

Is there a particular day of the year when the O Cebreiro Eucharistic Miracle is celebrated?

 

[Bradypus]

According to Laurie Dennett in Waybread the miracle is (or was) particularly celebrated on 9 September.



Modern celebrations on the 8th and 9th of September are mentioned on several websites too.

https://www.caminofrances.org/es/seccion/314/Fiestas-y-Ferias.html

 

[rappahannock_rev]

According to Laurie Dennett in Waybread the miracle is (or was) particularly celebrated on 9 September.

Curious date for a event that is said to have occurred in the depths of a snowy winter, eh?

 

[Bradypus]

Curious date for a event that is said to have occurred in the depths of a snowy winter, eh?

I've seen masses of snow on the O Cebreiro webcam at the end of April. Weather is pretty unpredictable. And if God can change bread and wine into physical flesh and blood He/She could probably manage a little local weather anomaly....

 

[henrythedog]

Curious date for an event that is said to have occurred in the depths of a snowy winter, eh?

On that basis, best not try to figure out why the nailed-on Christian festival dates coincide with many of their pagan precursors.

Maybe the original date clashed with a packed calendar of other local wintry miracles?

I have taken part in mass as the only attendee at O’Ceb. The priest worked around my (at that time) dodgy Spanish and found a multi-lingual missal. When I told him I was not Catholic, he just shrugged and we carried on. A great memory.

 

[Bradypus]

Maybe the original date clashed with a packed calendar of other local wintry miracles?

Perhaps. I suspect the locals just wanted to celebrate the miracle and not have to re-enact it!

 

[David Tallan]

Curious date for a event that is said to have occurred in the depths of a snowy winter, eh?

I think Bradypus is correct that the people want to celebrate the event and not reenact it. The linked website talks about people from across the region walking to O Cebreiro for the celebration, something that isn't necessarily advisable in mid-winter. There are no claims in the linked article that the celebration is on the same day of the year as the original miracle.

 

[Bradypus]

The linked website talks about people from across the region walking to O Cebreiro for the celebration, something that isn't necessarily advisable in mid-winter.

I passed through O Cebreiro in January last year. Beautiful but not to everyone's taste!

 

[simply B]

I passed through O Cebreiro in January last year. Beautiful but not to everyone's taste!

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Looks exactly as when I passed through in late February 2016.

I have to assume you had as much company on the Camino as I experienced back then. (Spoiler alert: Pretty close to zero)

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[Bradypus]

I have to assume you had as much company on the Camino as I experienced back then. (Spoiler alert: Pretty close to zero)

I was quite surprised - there were probably 15 - 20 pilgrims in the albergue the night I stayed. Similar number in a few of the albergues like Puente la Reina, Astorga and Rabanal. Winter walking seems to be growing in popularity.

PS: There were 50 arrivals today at the Santiago pilgrim office