At Covadonga in 722, Don Pelayo and a small Christian remnant took refuge in Our Lady's cave and begged her protection, and they were saved when the arrows turned back and a storm brought the mountain down on the Moorish army, which began the long reconquest of Spain. On Gaudete Sunday this becomes an image of Advent: God kept faithful remnants through every age of Satan's tyranny, and the true Conqueror began His reconquest in the cave of Bethlehem, where we too must take refuge, for if one outpost of faith remains in a soul, He can win it all back.Listen with the full transcriptGo to episodeSermon of the Day podcast