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
What makes this chapel different from all
others is that the subject of the
supposed miracle that took place in it is
a Staircase
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.
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.
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.
He constructed the
staircase, all by himself,
which was considered to be
the pride of carpentery.
None knew how the staircase could
stand by itself as it had two 360
degree turns and did not have a
central support
Then the carpenter, who did not use a
single nail or glue to construct this
staircase, disappeared without even
waiting for his payment.
There was a rumour in the city of
Santa Fé, that the carpenter was St.
Joseph himself ...
...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.
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.
The second mystery – all the
architects, engineers and
scientists say that they cannot
understand how this staircase can
balance without any central
support.
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
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