2008 … A sanctuary & its Saint

The small “sanctuary chamber” (the lower image pictured below) was located on the top floor of the Tosantos refuge, and was used by head hospitalero Jose Luis (pictured above the same) to perform a lovely nightly ceremony for all the pilgrims who arrived each day – a ceremony consisting of pilgrims present reading aloud the prayers left by pilgrims past (in their native tongue, no less), followed by all praying together as one, and then singing polyharmonic songs of reverence & blessing …

“Wherever your path takes you, may all your deathbed wishes come true, and may you celebrate each and every one of them many long years before your final breath.” ~ G. Hendricks