Peter Dexter
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Following up on my post "Cheap Christ" here is a much more impressive religeous souvenir shop in the small city of Buga, Colombia.
You may note, stage right in the image a crucifix which appears to be fringed. The "fringe" represents flames and here is the story.
In 1580 an elderly Indian washerwoman was washing clothes in a stream when a small wave washed up a little wooden crucifix. She took it to her shanty home and improvised a little alter to display it. Some days later she heard knocking sounds coming from the location of the crucifix. When she viewed it some days later she was surprised to see it had grown in size. After a week or so the crucifix had grown to more than a meter and she informed the Jesuit priest. Word spread and many Indians and others came to witness and worship it. The Catholic priests were alarmed by this unauthorized devotion and tried to burn the crucifix but while it was in flames it began to sweat copiously and devotees came with cotton to absorb it to use in curing ilnesses. That is the miricle of the Señor De Los Milagros De Buga. An un unabbreviated version is here in Spanish:
https://www.milagrosodebuga.com/la-leyenda-del-cristo-que-crecio/
You may note, stage right in the image a crucifix which appears to be fringed. The "fringe" represents flames and here is the story.
In 1580 an elderly Indian washerwoman was washing clothes in a stream when a small wave washed up a little wooden crucifix. She took it to her shanty home and improvised a little alter to display it. Some days later she heard knocking sounds coming from the location of the crucifix. When she viewed it some days later she was surprised to see it had grown in size. After a week or so the crucifix had grown to more than a meter and she informed the Jesuit priest. Word spread and many Indians and others came to witness and worship it. The Catholic priests were alarmed by this unauthorized devotion and tried to burn the crucifix but while it was in flames it began to sweat copiously and devotees came with cotton to absorb it to use in curing ilnesses. That is the miricle of the Señor De Los Milagros De Buga. An un unabbreviated version is here in Spanish:
https://www.milagrosodebuga.com/la-leyenda-del-cristo-que-crecio/
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