The Mysterious Staircase

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City of Santa Fé, in New Mexico,

USA.

A mystery of over 130 years and

attracting around 250 thousand

visitors every year. Point of

attention : Loretto Chapel

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What makes this chapel different from all

others is that the subject of the

supposed miracle that took place in it is

a Staircase

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A chapel was constructed in 1898.

When it was ready, the nuns found that

there was no staircase built to take

them to the choir loft 22 feet above.

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Capenters called in for advice said

there was no way to build a

staircase in the small place. The

nuns spent 9 days praying to St.

Joseph, who was a carpenter, for a

solution.

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On the 9th day of the novena, a

stranger knocked at their door and said

that he was a carpenter who could help

them build the staircase.

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He constructed the

staircase, all by himself,

which was considered to be

the pride of carpentery.

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None knew how the staircase could

stand by itself as it had two 360
degree turns and did not have a

central support

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Then the carpenter, who did not use a

single nail or glue to construct this

staircase, disappeared without even

waiting for his payment.

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There was a rumour in the city of

Santa Fé, that the carpenter was St.

Joseph himself ...

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...sent by Jesus Christ to attend to

the nuns’ problem. Since then, the

staircase was known to be called

“miraculous” and turned out to be

the site for pilgrimage.

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There are 3 mysteries in this case,

says the spokesman of the chapel :

the 1

st

mystery is that, until today,

the identity of this man is not

known.

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The second mystery – all the

architects, engineers and

scientists say that they cannot

understand how this staircase can

balance without any central

support.

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And the 3

rd

mystery – from where did

the wood come? They have checked

and found out that the type of wood

used to build the staircase does not

exist in the entire region

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There is another detail that has just

increased the belief in the supposed

miracle : The staircase has 33 steps,

the age of Jesus Christ.

M. Gallo


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