Shrine of Covadonga
"‘Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them – I will show you what he is like. He is like the man who when he built his house dug, and dug deep, and laid the foundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so well built. But the one who listens and does nothing is like the man who built his house on soil, with no foundations: as soon as the river bore down on it, it collapsed; and what a ruin that house became!’"
– Luke 6:47-49, which is today's Gospel at Mass.
This is the shrine of Our Lady at Covadonga, a cave in the hills of Asturias, where the Christian army of Pelayo took refuge, and from this site, with Our Lady's intercession and help, the Reconquista was begun.
Shrine of Covadonga
"‘Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them – I will show you what he is like. He is like the man who when he built his house dug, and dug deep, and laid the foundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so well built. But the one who listens and does nothing is like the man who built his house on soil, with no foundations: as soon as the river bore down on it, it collapsed; and what a ruin that house became!’"
– Luke 6:47-49, which is today's Gospel at Mass.
This is the shrine of Our Lady at Covadonga, a cave in the hills of Asturias, where the Christian army of Pelayo took refuge, and from this site, with Our Lady's intercession and help, the Reconquista was begun.