Thanks, Brian. The area where the "healing" dirt is located is actually quite small. I can't imagine that some replenishment hasn't taken place over the years. Even though I am not a believer, this does not seem to me to be a fraud or improper act, as long as the dirt is from the general area that has been venerated for many years.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016, at 11:24 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > This Catholic chapel, the Santuario de Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas, > > commonly known as El Santuario de Chimayó, has a reputation as a healing > > site. Believers claim that dirt from a back room of the church can heal > > physical and spiritual ills. It is known as the "Lourdes of America," > > and > > attracts close to 300,000 visitors a year, including up to 30,000 during > > Holy Week. It has been called "no doubt the most important Catholic > > pilgrimage center in the United States." > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18309817&size=lg > > Comments are invited. > > > Very nice - you got a much better vantage point than I managed. > > The story we got was that the priests had to regularly replenish the > dirt because pilgrims kept carrying it off. Can't possibly be true.... > :-)> > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > -- > -- > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - Access all of your messages and folders > wherever you are > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
