NEWBURGH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – David Jimenez believed his devotion to a crucifix was responsible for his wife being cured of cancer. Well, the crucifix fell on him, crushing one of his legs.
And as CBS 2’s John Slattery reported Friday, the leg had to be amputated.
Jimenez sees tragic irony in losing his leg to a crucifix he had prayed to. The crucifix had been outside the Church of St. Patrick in Newburgh. For months, the 45-year-old pizza worker would stop and pray at the crucifix, that his wife would be cured of ovarian cancer. And she was....
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.... The church’s pastor told CBS 2’s Slattery by phone that parishioners collected food and some $7,000 for the Jimenez family, but Kitson said the insurance company for the archdiocese has been less than forthcoming. So, the injured man is suing.
Jimenez, who believes in the power of prayer, is now praying for a judgment, not from a higher authority, but from a civil court.
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Deeply Religious Man Crushed by Crucifix
prayed to the same crucifix previously to save wife from cancer
Started by libstaK , Oct 30 2012 11:22 AM
crushed crucifix religion
Started by libstaK , Oct 30 2012 11:22 AM
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 11:22 AM
"I warn you, whoever you are, oh you who wish to probe the arcanes of nature, if you do not find within yourself that which you seek, neither shall you find it outside.
If you ignore the excellencies of your own house, how do you intend to find other excellencies?
In you is hidden the treasure of treasures, Oh man, know thyself and you shall know the Universe and the Gods."
Inscription - Temple of Delphi
If you ignore the excellencies of your own house, how do you intend to find other excellencies?
In you is hidden the treasure of treasures, Oh man, know thyself and you shall know the Universe and the Gods."
Inscription - Temple of Delphi
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 11:46 AM
I assumed he was crushed to death from reading the title.
I wonder if someone will tell him he was crushed because he wasn't praying enough?
I wonder if someone will tell him he was crushed because he wasn't praying enough?
Edited by Mnemonix, 30 October 2012 - 11:49 AM.
Wishing you peace, love and happiness, brother/sister.
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 11:48 AM
Mnemonix, on 30 October 2012 - 11:46 AM, said:
I assumed he was crushed to death from reading the title.
that was what I assumed also.....glad he's alive, but what an ordeal!
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 01:45 PM
Here's to hoping the Lord heals his injured leg. God bless this man that he may glorify you.
Like TrueBeliever and Mnemonix, I thought by the title, the man had been put to death by the crucifix. Luckily not so.
Like TrueBeliever and Mnemonix, I thought by the title, the man had been put to death by the crucifix. Luckily not so.
Man is human, and the small amount of intelligence one may possess counts little or nothing against the rage of passion and the limits of human nature pressing upon him. - The Sorrows of Young Werther
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:14 PM
The Lord moves in mysterious ways....
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:48 PM
So he believes that a miracle occurred because he prayed to a cross - an "act of God" so to speak. But when the same cross falls on him he gets a lawyer? AFTER the church members helped his family in their darkest hour? I can see some validity in it - especially if poor maintenance caused the failure but...the man seems like an ingrate to me.
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:53 PM
He gave his leg for her cancer.
An eye for an eye?
Ouch.
An eye for an eye?
Ouch.
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