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Believers Flock to 'Crying' Virgin Mary
Topic Started: Nov 29 2005, 10:28 PM (162 Views)
Ryan M
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Carrying rosary beads and cameras, the faithful have been coming in a steady stream to a church on the outskirts of Sacramento for a glimpse of what some are calling a miracle: A statue of the Virgin Mary they say has begun crying a substance that looks like blood.

It was first noticed more than a week ago, when a priest at the Vietnamese Catholic Martyrs Church spotted a stain on the statue's face and wiped it away. Before Mass on Nov. 20, people again noticed a reddish substance near the eyes of the white concrete statue outside the small church, said Ky Truong, 56, a parishioner.

Since then, Truong said he has been at the church day and night, so emotional he can't even work. He believes the tears are a sign.

"There's a big event in the future — earthquake, flood, a disease," Truong said. "We're very sad."

On Saturday, tables in front of the fenced-in statue were jammed with potted plants, bouquets of roses and candles. Some people prayed silently, while others sang hymns and hugged their children. An elderly woman in a wheelchair wept near the front of the crowd.

A red trail could be seen from the side of the statue's left eye to about halfway down the robe of concrete.

"I think that it's incredible. It's a miracle. Why is she doing it? Is it something bothering her?" asked Maria Vasquez, 35, who drove with her parents and three children from Stockton, about 50 miles south of Sacramento.

Thousands of such incidents are reported around the world each year, though many turn out to be hoaxes or natural phenomena.

The Diocese of Sacramento has so far not commented on the statue, and the two priests affiliated with the church did not return a telephone message Saturday.

The Rev. James Murphy, deacon of the diocese's mother church, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, said church leaders are always skeptical at first.

"For people individually seeing things through the eyes of faith, something like this can be meaningful. As for whether it is supernatural or a miracle, normally these incidences are not. Miracles are possible, of course," Murphy said. "The bishop is just waiting and seeing what happens. They will be moving very slowly."

But seeing the statue in person left no doubt for Martin Operario, 60, who drove about 100 miles from Hayward. He took photos to show to family and friends.

"I don't know how to express what I'm feeling," Operario said. "Since religion is the mother of believing, then I believe."

Nuns Anna Bui and Rosa Hoang, members of the Salesian Sisters of San Francisco, also made the trek Saturday. Whether the weeping statue is declared a miracle or not, they said, it is already doing good by awakening people to the faith and reminding them to pray.

"It's a call for us to change ourselves, to love one another," Hoang said.

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Sinion Kabe
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Hmm. It is very easy to drip a couple drops of blood on a statue. But who am I to say it isn't legit? Very strange if true....but I doubt it.

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Abyss of Borg
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Blind faith is a dangerous thing. Some one could have hollowed out an eye of something and placed a needle that drips cool aid with stone cover piece over it.
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lol strange poetry
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Oswald
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nahhhh thats fake

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Ryan M
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It Could Be True. You Never Know.....
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Michael Blazer
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I agree with Abyss......"Blind Faith Is A Dangerous Thing". Don't believe everything you think you see....
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joedelaney
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I've read stuff in New Scientist about this kind of thing. Certain types of stone acts like a sponge and once it reaches capacity it start to leak whatever it has been soaking up. That's probably what is making this statue "cry".

This stories always interest me though, it's funny how people will flock to things like that but I'm sure that if God does exist He has better things to do with His time that make statues cry and images of His Son appear on pieces of toast!
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joedelaney
Dec 2 2005, 12:37 AM
I've read stuff in New Scientist about this kind of thing. Certain types of stone acts like a sponge and once it reaches capacity it start to leak whatever it has been soaking up. That's probably what is making this statue "cry".

This stories always interest me though, it's funny how people will flock to things like that but I'm sure that if God does exist He has better things to do with His time that make statues cry and images of His Son appear on pieces of toast!

Amen! There you go. Thanks for your insights Joe......
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joedelaney
Dec 2 2005, 12:37 AM
I've read stuff in New Scientist about this kind of thing. Certain types of stone acts like a sponge and once it reaches capacity it start to leak whatever it has been soaking up. That's probably what is making this statue "cry".

Yes maybe. But maybe there is some truth?
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