Today is my second day in Santa Domingo de la Calzada. The city has a miracle story that involves chickens and St. Dominic de la Calzada. The story goes that a young German pilgrim boy was falsely accused of stealing and was hanged. His sad parents continued their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. On their way home, they found their son still alive being held up by the spirit of Saint Dominic. When they told the chief magistrate he did not believe them and said their son was as alive as the roasted chicken on his plate. Suddenly the cooked hen and rooster came back to life. It was a miracle!
After this miracle the church has kept a live hen and rooster in the church as a reminder. Yup, you can hear the rooster crowing all during Mass and at the evening rosary. I found it hard not to giggle every time I heard them. The story reminds me that miracles happen in our lives in unusual and unexpected ways. Pilgrims share what we have and who we are with each other very quickly. This is a miracle in today's crazy world! Thank you to all who have been so kind to me!
