The Lantern of the afterlife – Holy Cross

“Since someone first saw him, and this was towards the first third of the late century, until everyone agreed that he had stopped being seen, there between the first and second decades of the century soon to become extinct, The so-called “Lantern of the Other Life” was the subject of testimonies, each more reliable and the object of comments, each more moving..

It was a lantern like any other that at that time was used to walk at night through these streets of God deprived of all light., except for the moon in its beneficial phase. But not carried by Christian hands in actual existence, judging by the way it ran and the profound silence that reigned in its wake.

When the last chime of the cathedral clock had announced midnight, the ghost lantern, or whatever, began to be seen in this or those streets of the sleeping city. It was the usual size, and through its windows you could see a flickering candle flame that could have been made of tallow or wax.. It slipped under the corridors, at the height and in readiness if it were carried by anyone, but as if it were going very step by step, with great difficulty and stopping here and there for moments.

I had no defined route, because sometimes he was seen on one street and other times on a different street. Nevertheless, those who achieved better expectations, They assured that it came from the background of the Chapel (garden of the parish house of Jesús Nazareno), I went here or there and around dawn I returned there, if it didn't suddenly disappear in some corner.

Unlike other apparitions from beyond the grave, nor did it bring with it any rumor, nor did it cause them to occur around it. No howling of dogs could be heard and no hoot of owls..

That scared and terrified, no need to say. Some when they see him from afar and suddenly, They started running without brakes. Among these were the revelers, the ill-inclined and the night owls with forbidden purposes. Others waited for him to get a little closer., among them some brave and some curious ones that are not lacking. But even these ended up avoiding it, making crosses, and run the race.

Word spread that the good, the just and those with a clear conscience could very well find it, without anything bad happening to them. But none of those considered to be such dared to take the test., probably because something inside warned them that they were not one of the so-called.

It is said that once upon a time a certain blessed woman with a reputation for being virtuous, who got up earlier than necessary to go to mass, She suddenly noticed that the lantern was running a short distance from her.. She stopped right there terrified and respectful, beginning to stammer an Our Father for the souls in purgatory and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the lantern had disappeared.

Some time later it disappeared completely and, apparently, definitely.”

Fuente: www.soysantacruz.com.bo