Long ago, pilgrims would travel to visit the cathedral.
They would buy tiny metal badges to pin to their clothes.
These were proof that the pilgrim had visited the cathedral.
People would touch the badges, thinking any miracles or blessings would pass to them as well.
Now, it’s tourists visiting the cathedral.
They buy trinkets and souvenirs at the stores around the cathedral.
Little framed stained glass windows.
Things that end up getting lost, or breaking in their luggage during the flight home.
And the real miracles, the few trinkets that survive the trip, to gather dust on a shelf.