João Paulo Cota has a point but it’s not only boundless imagination. Ignorance and superstition also play an important role.
https://www.calebcolley.com/ignorance-belief-miracles/ > On 28 Jan 2024, at 12:42, Joao Paulo Cota <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have checked the Portuguese press and also books on the 1961 events, there > is no mention of anything similar. > If such an event of such importance or impact would had actually taken place, > then who can explain the silence of the other 99 soldiers plus others in the > basilica? Was this guy the only one who felt something special? Surely > something very unusual would had got press coverage at the time, not some 50 > years later... > There is a Goan story told over the years that at the time where the body was > supposed to have been moved from the Se Catedral building to the Basilica, > one of the two holy water fonts at the Se Catedral cracked and broke into two > pieces. So apparently, the body was returned to the original place at the Se > Catedral. However, I had never come across any historical evidence to backup > such claim and also whilst checking the original water fonts, there seems to > be no evidence of it being either cracked, repaired or replaced - both match > in colour and shape.... > After all, everybody is entitled to their own opinion, there is no boundaries > for one's imagination. > Regards, > JPFrom: [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > Sent: 28 January 2024 09:46 > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GRN] A purported miracle by St. Francis Xavier > One person's claims. > This is a newspaper reader's letter-to-the-editor. > Obviously doing the rounds since before 2011. > It seems to have got a new lease of life in cyberspace recently. > FN > > On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 at 02:05, Helga Do Rosario Gomes > <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know anything about this incident? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/C01DD6F2-6309-4A8D-819D-0E9FA4A87F5F%40gmail.com. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/C01DD6F2-6309-4A8D-819D-0E9FA4A87F5F%40gmail.com. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAMCR53JjnPg0CVn0YjFKhUFAkt6rrwm8nV_YLB_C%2BZCZE8Soag%40mail.gmail.com. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/GV2P195MB2161351C91E2ABC7E8E3FBC9827F2%40GV2P195MB2161.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/DE9F6BE2-513F-49B5-B9F9-3D47F9AEF8D5%40gmx.ch.
