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From The Mailbag: Writer Says 'Crosses Of Light' Can Not Be Trick Of Reflection

By Michael H. Brown

Are the crosses of light mysteriously appearing in Southern California for real -- or, as scientists might suggest, just a light refraction? (see previous story) We asked a correspondent, Christine Gomez of California, to give us more details, and after an Easter visit to the area of Thermal, where the phenomena allegedly take place, she filed this new report:

Michael, I hope you and your family had a beautiful Easter Sunday, I certainly did.  My sister Ophelia came down and we both went up to Thermal on Good Friday to see the Cross of Light.  When we arrived in the evening, there were over 125 people walking the Stations of the Cross on the premises of the Aceves family.  It was very very humble and someone was carrying a very huge old wooden Cross for the Stations of the Cross.  People were praying and my sister and I walked up to the apparition site.  On this evening, the cross looked much, much brighter, it looked like snow, PURE WHITE snow, it was much more beautiful.  It no longer looked gold. 

Michael, this is also to let you know that on Saturday when my sister and I did not attend, there was a gentleman who saw Our Blessed Mother hugging the cross of light and another gentleman who saw Christ himself with the crown of thorns on the cross of light itself.  Supposedly this gentleman let out a scream and then cried and cried and cried. He was hysterical.  Several people were also permitted to see this on Saturday night.  A woman took her paralyzed little girl over to the apparition site and her little girl got up from her wheelchair and started to walk.  Her mother immediately fainted.  My sister and I were told of these events today, Easter Sunday, on our way home from visiting our family in Indio.  Michael, we also went to visit the other Crosses of Light in Indio on Good Friday after we went to Thermal.  I was very touched because we were allowed into the home of Mrs. Olivia Rodriguez, age 56.  She has been a servant of the Catholic Church for 25 years along with her husband.  They handle retreats for the Catholic Church.  TWO CROSSES OF LIGHT HAVE APPEARED IN HER HOME.  IN THIS VERY SPECIAL HOME SHE TAKES CARE OF HER ELDERLY MOTHER AND HER ELDERLY MOTHER'S SISTER WHO IS A RETIRED NUN FROM MEXICO CITY.  THESE OLDER LADIES ARE IN THEIR LATE 70s OR EARLY 80s.  

I was very privileged to meet them and to go inside their home on Good Friday.  Their entire home is a shrine to Our Lord and Savior.  You should see the bedroom of the little old ladies, it is also an altar to Our Lord (yes, inside the home).  Mrs. Olivia Rodriguez is a very special woman and a wonderful daughter. On Easter Sunday the cross was still there and there were several very humble Catholic women (Mexican immigrants) who were going to do a vigil.  They are going to pray because they are asking God for the favor that the cross stay there permanently as a sign for all to see.  

Michael, I hope that this information helps you greatly in your investigations. Also, I forgot to tell you that in one of the other homes, a second cross has also appeared on the window; one is GOLD, the other one is DEEP RED.  (Yes, I'm sure this is light refraction to all of the unbelievers too!....and so is the appearance of our Lord and Savior).  Anyway, my sister Ophelia TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES GOOD FRIDAY.  SHE IS VERY TIRED TONIGHT BUT SHE IS GETTING THEM DEVELOPED TOMORROW AND WILL IMMEDIATELY E-MAIL THEM TO ME. GOD BLESS YOU MICHAEL.  

YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST, 

CHRISTY GOMEZ, California

P.S.  How does the physicist explain that the crosses all appeared on Ash Wednesday in all of those houses in Indio?  How does he explain light refraction making a perfect cross and 100 crosses within a cross with a perfect (host-like) circle surrounding the entire cross? How does he account for the vision of the cross when there is absolutely no light in the pitch darkness? How does he explain that none of those houses had crosses since they were bought 20
years ago and more than 20 years ago?  How does he explain the fact that not all houses get the cross?  So then light refraction only applies in 10-plus houses in an entire city's windows and a little bit of light "refraction" in
the crosses that are appearing in some houses all over the country? So then the law of light refraction doesn't apply to anyone else unless you've had a house for more than 20 years? How about the weeping statues all over the country, the ones weeping blood and the ones oozing oil?  What kind of refraction is that?