El Santuario de Chimayo
El Santuario de Chimayo
El Santuario de Chimayo
A Town in a mountain extremely unique
A place to find yourself rejuvenate your soul, heart
‘And essences
This sacred mountain homes a Santuario filled with
Handmade crosses and personal request that visitors
Place from wall throughout chainlike to gate
Sublime whisper pious to my essences
Spiritual beliefs meet the exterior of my inner soul
Legend says that sometime around 1810 a
Chimayo friar was fulfilling his penance suddenly he saw a light bursting
From a hillside
He began digging; he found a crucifix which he quickly
Christen the miraculous crucifix of our Lord
Of Esquipulas
Soon after a local priest took the Crucifix to Santa Cruz
But it disappeared and it was later found back in its hole
It occur over and again by the third time it was Established
El Señor de Esquipulas wished to remain In Chimayo,
A small Chapel was built on site
Soon numerous miraculous healings occurred and began to spread
So abundant that the chapel had to be replaced by the
Existing larger one
As I stroll through these divine grounds a cool breeze graced
My shoulder as I turned a wisp of wind carried an
Ambiance of divinity and people's prayers echo through the walls
Like an angels serenade stirring your spirit into
Mystic vision
While in a long line inside the Santuario leading to the "posito"
Which is the Holy well to take a handful of the
Sacred soil
I saw people from all over the world, legend states many gather
And go on these religious journeys, numerous walk with
Crosses on their backs for miles and miles and they arrived on
Good Friday to this unique
Holy Santuario
To pray and request a favors for their love ones who are alive but in need, or
Sick or dead placing a love ones photograph,
Crutches countless leave their arm or leg cast, Childs picture
And placed handmade crosses from sticks found in the ground or
Painted crosses with nail Enamel
All around and below the countless altars
Made from stone
Inside you'll also find the walls of miracles I've never seen such
Heavenly beauty
Atop of the main altar the miraculous crucifix of our Lord is station
His eyes
They follow me everywhere rendering my knees and hands
Of my heart to prayer, an overwhelming feeling enveloped my being,
In this town in the sacred mountain the home of
El Santuario de Chimayo there is where I left
My heart and soul
The instant I got out of my car planted my foot on the ground
I felt I was not stepping into ordinary soil
I was stepping into sacred grounds and instantly
Embraced by a sublime sanctified ambiance that left me
Breathless
Town of the sublime mountain home of El Santuario de Chimayo
Exist a sacred "posito "a well of miracles filled with holy sand
Sand that never runs out
If you thought you're faith was weak by the time you leave
This amazing place you'll not question your faith
I am back home now though in my thoughts a whisper beckons me,
Murmur that someday the ashes of my essence will forever
Tumble through the sacred land of Chimayo
Like the breeze in the night resting in the holy grounds
Of the Chimayo Santuario
Copyright by Yolanda Hernandez
Aka Morning Star 09/04/09
Author Note:
This is an amazing place to visit
I Went on April of 09
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