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- Chimayó, a little adobe church in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico, is one of the most visited holy sites in America.
- It’s known for its holy dirt that’s said to have healing properties.
- Over 300,000 people make a pilgrimage every year through the desert of New Mexico to reach a place that medical science cannot explain.
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Welcome to the Sanctuary of Chimayó, the “Lourdes of America”.
Just 30 minutes from Los Alamos National Laboratory, where scientists created the destructive atomic bomb, there stands a tiny adobe church hiding an incomprehensible miracle of healing. Inside, there is a hidden room, “El Cuartito,” whose walls are literally covered with hundreds of crutches, orthopedic braces, and medical reports left behind by people who say they were inexplicably healed after touching the “Tierra Bendita,” the blessed earth. In this video, we discover the true story of the discovery of the immovable Crucifix in 1810, the failed investigations of modern doctors into the soil of Chimayó, and the beautiful Catholic theology that reminds us that God does not use magic, but the humblest elements of the earth to accomplish His divine works.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 - The Mystery of the Hidden Crutches in America
0:44 - The Incredible Contrast with the Atomic Bomb of Los Alamos
1:35 - 1810: The Apparition and the Immovable Crucifix
3:45 - “El Pocito”: The Mystery of the Healing Earth
4:30 - Medical Investigations and Science Surrendered
5:25 - The Room of Miracles, “El Cuartito,” and the Physical Evidence
6:21 - It Is Not Magic: Catholic Theology and the Gospel of John
7:21 - Why Does the Earth of Chimayó Never Run Out?
8:19 - The Biblical Exodus of 300,000 Pilgrims in the Desert
9:02 - The True Spiritual Healing
10:10 - Let Us Pray Together: Leave Your Healing Prayer Intention
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The Holy Dirt of Chimayó, New Mexico
Chimayó, a little adobe church in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico, is one of the most visited holy sites in America. It’s known for its holy dirt that’s said to have healing properties.
Chimayo—also known as El Santuario de Chimayó–is sometimes called the Lourdes of North America. Like that famous shrine in France, it attracts those who are seeking healing of body and soul. I’ve been to both Chimayó and Lourdes, and both are remarkable places for renewal and healing.
Long before the Spaniards arrived in this region, this spot was considered a healing sanctuary by the Pueblo Indians who lived in the area. Healing spirits were thought to inhabit the hot springs in the area.
Chimayó’s fame spread to the larger world around the year 1810, when a local man saw a light springing from one of the hills near the Santa Cruz River. After following it to its source, he found in the earth a crucifix bearing a dark-skinned Jesus.
The local villagers paid homage to the relic and then took it to a church in nearby Santa Cruz. Mysteriously, during the night the crucifix returned to its original location. After this happened two more times, the locals built a small chapel to house the crucifix in Chimayó.
Through the years, the story of the crucifix became intertwined with earlier indigenous beliefs. While the hot springs had dried up, the earth they left behind was said to have healing properties.
This blending of traditions across time and cultures is common in many holy sites. Druid shrines became churches; altars to goddesses were re-dedicated to the Virgin Mary. I think the Spirit is not overly concerned with externals. What’s important is that pilgrims come to these places with open hearts.
Thousands of people make their way to Chimayó each year, coming from places around the world. Holy Week is a particularly popular time to make a pilgrimage to this healing shrine, with many people making the journey on foot from Santa Fe. The tradition was started after World War II by survivors of the Bataan Death March, who walked to the church in gratitude for their deliverance.
An International Shrine
I first visited Chimayó fifteen years ago. When I made a return visit, I was struck by how much the infrastructure around the church has grown. There are now gardens, a walkway next to the river, a visitor center, and outdoor spaces where groups can celebrate mass.
One indication of the growing international reputation of this healing shrine is that it includes a statue dedicated to a Vietnamese manifestation of the Virgin Mary.
In 1798, a group of Catholics fleeing religious persecution hid in the forest of La Vang in Vietnam. While praying the rosary under a banyan tree, they saw a beautiful lady with an infant in her arms. She spoke words of comfort to them, promised to be with them, and directed them to gather leaves from nearby bushes to make a drink that would heal their illnesses.
The Our Lady of La Vang statue at Chimayó represents the blending of Vietnamese and American Catholic traditions. (Bob Sessions photo)
Mary appeared in the forest a number of times after this initial apparition, and La Vang became a famous holy site. A statue of Our Lady of La Vang was erected at Chimayó in 2011 and attracts many pilgrims of Vietnamese and Filipino descent.
My husband Bob and I arrived at Chimayó on a Sunday morning, and when we entered the church I was relieved to see that while the exterior grounds have changed, the church itself has not. As I remembered, its interior mixes Spanish and Indian iconography, with colorful Hispanic folk art on its altar. It’s a cozy, intimate worship space.
During mass, the priest gave a wonderful homily, full of good humor and humanity. Every pew in the little church was filled. Many of the people seemed to be locals, but there were also people from other countries.
After the service, some of us went to a side chapel to the left of the altar. This area contains El Pocito, a small pit of dirt located in the place where Don Bernardo Abeyta found the crucifix in 1810. The soil is still said to have miraculous properties.
One by one, people knelt to put a small amount of dirt in containers they’d brought with them or purchased in the gift shop. On our way out, we walked through a room whose walls are covered with discarded crutches, photographs, and other tokens left by those who have received cures here.
As at many healing shrines, I would guess that most of the healing that happens at Chimayó is emotional or spiritual, with people leaving with lighter hearts than they arrived. But I have little doubt that physical cures have happened here as well.
As for me, I know that my own spirit was soothed and blessed at Chimayó, this small church bordered by a flowing stream, filled with tokens left by the faithful, and steeped in centuries of prayer.
For more information see Santuario de Chimayo/Holy Chimayo.
Lori Erickson is one of America’s top travel writers specializing in spiritual journeys. She’s the author of books that include Holy Rover, Near the Exit, The Soul of the Family Tree, and Every Step Is Home. Her website Spiritual Travels features holy sites around the world.
SOURCE:
https://www.spiritualtravels.info/spiritual-sites-around-the-world/north-america/the-holy-dirt-of-chimayo-new-mexico/
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John 9
Amplified Bible
1While He was passing by, He noticed a man [who had been] blind from birth. 2His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), who [a]sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” 3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but it was so that the works of God might be displayed and illustrated in him. 4We must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 5As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world [giving guidance through My word and works].” 6When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with His saliva, and He spread the mud [like an ointment] on the man’s eyes. 7And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of [b]Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing. 8So the neighbors, and those who used to know him as a beggar, said, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?” 9Some said, “It is he.” Still others said, “No, but he looks like him.” But he kept saying, “I am the man.” 10So they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?” 11He replied, “The Man called Jesus made mud and smeared it on my eyes and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received my sight!” 12They asked him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.”
Controversy over the Man
13Then they brought the man who was formerly blind to the Pharisees. 14Now it was on a Sabbath day that Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes. 15So the Pharisees asked him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He smeared mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.” 16Then some of the Pharisees said, “This Man [Jesus] is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner (a non-observant Jew) do such signs and miracles?” So there was a difference of opinion among them. 17Accordingly they said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “[It must be that] He is a [c]prophet!”
18However, the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the man’s parents. 19They asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” 20His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21but as to how he now sees, we do not know; or who has opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him [and stop asking us]; [d]he is of age, he will speak for himself and give his own account of it.” 22His parents said this because they were afraid of [the leaders of] the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged Jesus to be the Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue (excommunicated). 23Because of this his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24So a second time they called the man who had been [born] blind, and said to him, “Give God glory and praise [for your sight]! We know this Man [Jesus] is a sinner [separated from God].” 25Then he answered, “I do not know whether He is a sinner [separated from God]; but one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26So they said to him, “What did He [actually] do to you? How did He open your eyes?” 27He answered, “I already told you and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again and again? Do you want to become His disciples, too?” 28And [at that remark] they stormed at him and jeered, “You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses! 29We know [for certain] that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this Man, we do not know where He is from.” 30The man replied, “Well, this is astonishing! You do not know where He comes from, and yet He opened my eyes! 31We know [according to your tradition] that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone fears God and does His will, He hears him. 32Since the [e]beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 33If this Man were not from God, He would not be able to do anything [like this because God would not hear His prayer].” 34They answered him, “You were [f]born entirely in sins [from head to foot], and you [presume to] teach us?” Then they threw him out [of the synagogue].
SOURCE:
https://biblehub.com/amp/john/9.htm
John 9
https://youtu.be/ixy2bchmXZ0?si=qcKHSWPZ5tx5GB6N&t=3206
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