7:30 PM Mass in the Cathedral de Santiago

We attended the mass last evening in the great cathedral along with 100's of other peregrinos. Being nonreligious my expectations were low, especially since it was to be conducted in Spanish. But when the sister began to sing with a hauntingly beautiful voice, accompanied at first only by the overhead organ, filling the cavernous space with music I was moved. In spite of C. S. Lewis' admonition that I may have felt "only" mere sentimentality I was quite happy I could understand little of the spoken service, since my objections to religion are at a conscious level, with what the religious texts and dogma say, and not understanding them takes away these concerns. Maybe it's better to have services in Latin after all.