And in addition to keeping 99 men silent (an impossible task especially after a few drinks) how do 99 men lift one casket? And even more incredulous was a Goan woman from Florida who said that “her family witnessed this event”.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2024, at 08:45, 'Bernardo de Sousa' via Goa-Research-Net > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. -- 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/4A3664CB-B636-4FCB-808C-921BC84EA512%40gmail.com.
