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This article was originally written for a paranormal magazine called The Paranormal Journal, it became known as The Underground Files covering ghosts, ufos, cryptozoology, and government conspiracies amongst others. I no longer write for the magazine and it is no longer in existence. Miracles In Old Santa Fe The Andalusian bell hangs in the Church of San Miguel's souvenir room. The church was built in 1610 and is the oldest church in the New World, occupied a full ten years before The Mayflower arrived on the distant eastern coastline. The ancient bell weighs 780 pounds with four inch walls and is the oldest in America - moulded in 1356 in Spain. There is history to it before it reached the shores of the New World. In the mid 1300's, the Spanish faithfuls were at war with the Moors, a campaign seemingly lost by the Spanish, the invading Moslems winning most battles and in an effort to turn the devastation around, the Spanish Catholics vowed to construct a bell to St. Joseph, praying He would give ultimate victory to the Spanish. Villagers from miles around brought gold and silver to add to the metals in use to build the bell. An inscription on the bell reads: “San Jose, ruega por nosotros.” St. Joseph pray for us! The effort of the war did change, the moors beaten back from the coast of Spain. The bell was later moved to the capitol of New Spain, Santa Fe, and placed at San Miguel. In the 19th century, a blind man, frequenting the chapel, the bell rang on its own volition, occurring often, as he prayed to the Saints, sight was restored to his eyes. He had been born blind. He described in detail the alter, the vast ceiling above and the number of candles lighted in the chapel. Local Friars tried to reenact the miracle with the blind man, by ringing the bell, though it only worked with the tolling of its own. Years later the bell fell from the 50-foot ceiling, crashing on the floor and never to be reinstated in its high place of glory. Miracles In Old Santa Fe written by Bill Barber |
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