In Soria as in most English regions, especially in summer, various processions are held more or less crowded, some looking for that family tradition, others the Christian faith and some of that holiday giving foot building to spend a day to say hello and have a few beers with those countrymen who had already been a few months with those who did not agree. I have the habit
attend every year on August 24 at San Bartolo. St. Bartholomew, one of the twelve apostles evangelicals, is venerated as I have written at some time in the hermitage of San Juan de Ucero beyond the Rio Lobos Canyon.
By all indications, this chapel was soriano Templar enclave next to a defunct farm on the banks of the river Queiles Agreda, where he still remains a source with medicinal properties, the enclave of San Polo very close Soria capital and the already mentioned de Ucero, all 55 km away from each other, in a straight line westward.
One the reasons for my presence on this pilgrimage to the revered curiously as I said at San Bartolo, but is taken in procession to Our Lady of Health, is the presence within a stone chapel on the floor near the altar of the Virgin and aimed directly at a point of intense light caused by the canopy, unlike other, more worn and with some work that betray.
The first time I went I noticed that everyone is placed over it a few seconds, sometimes looking at the rose seal of Solomon and others in the opposite direction, ie, looking to the Virgin . Following the saying "wherever thou art, do as the Romans "I also placed above the stone and not commented you can imagine the cluster of sensations that broke through my feet.
After trying to find an explanation for what happened, I read somewhere that this stone was a powerhouse. Joining ends, Templars and powerhouse, is something that could have a certain relationship. Do not forget that the Templar enclave Ucero is equidistant at 527 km and 127 accurate between the two extremes of the Iberian Peninsula, such as Cape Finisterre and Cape Creus. Is it just a coincidence?.
Well, this year something unusual happened, Upon arrival I noticed the placement of the Virgin of Health on a table just above the slab above, I thought it would be by chance. Mass is celebrated the procession, is put back the icon of the Virgin in the altar but the table remains unshaken.
The people made a long line waiting their turn to sit on both the worn stone to touch the Virgin's mantle.
Someone tried to run the table aside and what was my surprise when two guards, one of which the altar boy, was prevented by strict order of the priest, a young person with a goatee, Ruben told me his name.
required the presence of Mosen for an explanation why this year we met this obstacle and simply answer that I was in a place of worship and that table would not move all morning. I reproached him saying that his attitude was totally dictatorial decision, which was charging a tradition of many generations, that we were being deprived of personal freedom to have faith in what each considers it appropriate and without realizing it was still more interesting and mysterious the slab above the mere fact forbid the power underfoot.
Tired with my fruitless arguments, left the enclave, said he did not know Abbe in question, was that during the procession and taking advantage of the chapel were very few people, I went, I took the table next to me a few minutes placed above the slab and I soaked up the energy that came to get to goose bumps, transmitting a peace and serenity which I hope will last me another year with permission of the pastor.
