After the canonization of José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendilessome Venezuelans who have visited the Plaza de La Candelaria take water from the fountain that is at the base of the statue dedicated to the doctor of the poor.
In videos that have been published on social networks, you can see how a large number of people fill containers with the liquid that comes out of the base of the statue in honor of the man from Trujillo.
Many consider it to be blessed and that is why they have decided to keep it. “Faith moves mountains and if they believe it is holy water, they will be blessed.” “I only see people with faith, my mother always collected water at the Bethany sanctuary”“It is called faith and any water can be blessed just by wishing and asking for it and if our holy doctor José Gregorio Hernández is there that water is blessed, if they can bathe and be healed.”
However, there are those who consider that this action is not correct, as it could cause deterioration to the work.
The square in front of the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Church has been a busy spot since the weekend, as the events in Caracas for the canonization focused on this place and on La Pastora, where the university professor also lived for years.
The ascension to the altars of these two Venezuelans has been celebrated by a large number of devotees, who believe in the miraculous intercession in impossible causes by these Hernández and Rendiles.
