"Miracle Tree" in Concepcion, Texas draws hundreds seeking healing and hope
An olive tree native to Jerusalem grew into a tree from a branch in the ground fertilized with prayer. Twenty-two years later, claims of the miraculous are still rooted near "The Miracle Tree" in Concepcion, Texas.
The property is an acre off FM Road 1329 in Duval County's Concepcion. But its rural location has not stopped miracle seekers from across the globe from coming to the South Texas property, desperate for a miracle.
"I've got to see so many and witness so many healings through the years that I've been here," Garcia Cantu said.
Garcia Cantu said her mother was a Bible-reading Christian who wanted God to give her a miracle source for his people. She recalled her mother going to a nursery in Edinburg that eventually got Palacios Garcia an olive branch from Jerusalem — no roots, she said. Her mother planted it and prayed.
A person who believes in the power of prayer, Salinas said she kept passing the Miracle Tree going to and from work, but did not stop until March. After two visits, she said 13 years of migraines and medication for them are gone.
She continues to come to the property for prayer to tackle her hypertension and prediabetes.
Garcia Cantu enlists the help of "prayer warriors" who carry out healing services connected to the tree: Prophet Jose Flores, Jose Alaniz, and Leticia Lemos.
Even with the help of the warriors, Garcia Cantu encourages visitors to make appointments because they are at the tree on the weekends.
Another reason people come to the tree is to hear the sound that resonates from its wood. For years, miracle-seekers have been able to place an ear to the tree to listen to the sound of rushing water — some claim to hear a whisper that sounds like a heartbeat on a particular side of the tree.
"I hear a little like, kss, kss," Rodriguez said.
It is the same tree where a woman who had cancer put her feet on the tree as warriors prayed. The woman was healed, they said. A picture shows her footprint left on the tree from the intense session.
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An olive tree native to Jerusalem grew into a tree from a branch in the ground fertilized with prayer. Twenty-two years later, claims of the miraculous are still rooted near "The Miracle Tree" in Concepcion, Texas.
The property is an acre off FM Road 1329 in Duval County's Concepcion. But its rural location has not stopped miracle seekers from across the globe from coming to the South Texas property, desperate for a miracle.
"I've got to see so many and witness so many healings through the years that I've been here," Garcia Cantu said.
Garcia Cantu said her mother was a Bible-reading Christian who wanted God to give her a miracle source for his people. She recalled her mother going to a nursery in Edinburg that eventually got Palacios Garcia an olive branch from Jerusalem — no roots, she said. Her mother planted it and prayed.
A person who believes in the power of prayer, Salinas said she kept passing the Miracle Tree going to and from work, but did not stop until March. After two visits, she said 13 years of migraines and medication for them are gone.
She continues to come to the property for prayer to tackle her hypertension and prediabetes.
Garcia Cantu enlists the help of "prayer warriors" who carry out healing services connected to the tree: Prophet Jose Flores, Jose Alaniz, and Leticia Lemos.
Even with the help of the warriors, Garcia Cantu encourages visitors to make appointments because they are at the tree on the weekends.
Another reason people come to the tree is to hear the sound that resonates from its wood. For years, miracle-seekers have been able to place an ear to the tree to listen to the sound of rushing water — some claim to hear a whisper that sounds like a heartbeat on a particular side of the tree.
"I hear a little like, kss, kss," Rodriguez said.
It is the same tree where a woman who had cancer put her feet on the tree as warriors prayed. The woman was healed, they said. A picture shows her footprint left on the tree from the intense session.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/south...acle-tree/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
