Saturday, November 26, 2005

Believers flock to 'crying' Virgin Mary

"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."

"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."


I don't know enough to say whether I believe this is a miracle or not.
But I can say that I remember very clearly driving to Conyers, Georgia with my parents to pray where Nancy Fowler lived and claimes to have the Blessed Mother appear to her.

It all seemed so real. It felt real. And it helped me grow closer to the Holy Family.

Be it real or not (what is now happening in California with this crying statue), I know there is good coming from it. People are gathering and praying together. They are growing closer to HIM.

1 comment:

O! said...

I agree with your deacon.

Hail Mary!

Amen.

(She's my Confirmation Saint!)