Since the emergence of mankind
one has been witness to several miracles. Miracles can be described as an event
which cannot be explained by the laws of nature. The possible causes of
miracles according to religion are that is an act of God or the blessings of a
saint or holy man or due to some natural spring. Those who do not believe in
the super natural believe that the same as God working with the Law of Nature
to make it seem like a miracle.
Catholic Church believes that
there is a specific reason for the occurrence of miracles which could be
conversions of people or the construction of a church. The Catholic Church has
recognized several events including some modern ones as miracles. Before an
event is recognized as a miracle it has to undergo a stringent process which is
supervised by the Congregation of the Causes of Saints. This is essential to
weed out those events which can be explained by laws of nature but are
presented in such a way that it seems to appear like a miracle. Before a person
is declared a Saint it has to be proved that he has performed two miracles
after his death. These miracles can take place in several manners such as the
sudden recovery of a person who has been declared terminally ill or the redevelopment
of an amputated or the saving of the life of a person by the moving of a
statue.
During the year in 1602, in the
city of Mexico, many people were unhappy with the conversions that were taking
place. These people were making profits playing with the emotions of the public
especially the medicine men, who profited fooling the natives. Human sacrifice
was also prevalent during that time. These people tried to get even with the
bishop and the church which was enlightening the people against these meaningless
happenings.
Porta Coeli was a Dominican
church where the Seminarians worshipped. This church had a crucifix in white
marble. It was a custom followed by the Archbishop to celebrate Mass at the
Church daily. Before the beginning of the service it was a ritual to kiss the
feet of the Crucified Lord, Jesus.
A man, who sought revenge with
the Bishop for the enlightenment of the locals, planned to poison him. Knowing
that the Bishop would kiss the feet of the Lord he placed poison on it. As the
Lord is always kind and full of love towards his children, to the amazement of
all persons present there, He raised his feet up to the extent that the Bishop
was unable to kiss it the next morning before the Mass. The Bishop could not
kiss the poisoned feet and was hence saved from dying. This venom that was
placed on His body by the enemies of the church went up through the corpus of
the Lord. This made the statue of the crucified body of the Lord turn black
leaving those who had collected there blessed to have seen a miracle with their
eyes.
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