'Virgin Mary' Seen In Texas Grocery Store Freezer

CBS 5 SAN FRANCISCO ^ | 12 JANUARY 2007 | AP

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

(CBS) MORTON, Texas -- We've seen the image of "Jesus" on toast. Even the "Virgin Mary" on a tree.

But folks in the small West Texas town of Morton say they've seen the "Holy Mother" made of ice inside a freezer at the local grocery store.

It started as one drip from the ceiling of a freezer at the Morton Thrifty Food grocery store. Now it has become quite the sanctuary for a lot of Catholic believers.

"I wanted to cry when I saw it," said Stephanie Santos, who was visiting the ice formation. "My mom has all saints in her house. But this one just got to me."

Store employee Alma Avalos first spotted the formation in the back freezer of her store, noticing what had been a few drops of water from the ceiling that had frozen.

"I went in there, and it started forming like some kind of ice, and then Friday I went in there, and it was shaped like that," Avalos said.

As more and more people heard about the "Virgin Mary," they started coming in droves to see her, and the grocery store moved her into a freezer in the frozen foods section.

Some have had their prayers answered after visiting the ice statue.

"I had a lump in my breast, and yesterday, when I went home, it disappeared. I don't have it no more," Santos said.

[mtbopfuyn]

Looks more like a scam for doations to buy a new grocery freezer.

[csvset]

Hmm.. I'm just not seeing it.

[VictoryGal]

Every time I see one of these dumb stories I cringe for my entire church.

[CPONav]

Looks kinda like an ice dildo to me.

[Lokibob]

Was that Morton Texas or Moron, Texas?

[theFIRMbss]

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Shave it, flavor it, serve it up! Mother of God snow cones for us all!

[TADSLOS]

LOL!

[Salamander]

Yoni Anderson ping.

[csvset]

Prepare to cringe.

Virgin Mary Image Appears After House Fire

[theFIRMbss]

>Yoni Anderson ping

[Dog Gone]

What is really cool is that nobody really has a clue what Mary looked like, yet these obviously devout Catholics can instantly identify her, presumably distinguishing her from ice looking more like Abraham's wife, Sarah.

[martin_fierro]

"I wanted to cry when I saw it," said Stephanie Santos, who was visiting the ice formation.

Because when tears are shed we all know that we have arrived at The Truth.

[Ditter]

Oh dear. I am not even a Catholic and it embarrasses me.

[Salamander]

It's a really, *really* "inside joke".....:)

[theFIRMbss]

>nobody really has a clue what Mary looked like, yet these obviously devout Catholics can instantly identify her

Well, only to play
the devil's advocate [coughs],
the Holy Spirit

talks to each of us
directly and maybe He
tells people, "That's Her!"

[ishabibble]

This is like the Supreme Court Justice who said that he could not say what porn was, "but I know it when I see it."
Now, is that the pluperfect definition of truth?

These people have seen the Blessed Virgin in a grocery store freezer. Who are you to say they haven't? The Blessed Virgin appears to only to those who especially need her, there ain't no grotto in 2007 U.S.A.

Roman Catholicism is the tip of the spear when it comes to fighting Islam. You don't see the Roman Catholics making fun of Protestant beliefs, so do some Internet homework on the appearances of the Blessed Virgin before you begin to discredit these people. In the Catholic Mass, we always "proclaim the mystery of faith".
So does that mean that one of the jesters here has figured it out? Can anyone explain the events of October 13, 1917 or the Miracle of the Sun? Before you jeer at Roman Catholicism, do some homework. You'll be shocked at how eerily similar this sighting is to one on a brick wall, one under a highway overpass, two in a grotto. That is Our Blessed St. Mary for you...always with the the poorest souls.

WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER. ISLAM WANTS US ALL DEAD.

[Rightfootforward]

It's easy to mock them but I doubt they mean any harm.

I say, let them see what they will. There are worse things they could be doing.

[Dog Gone]

I have nothing against Catholics and nothing against Catholicism.

I do think that Catholics who think an icicle is the Virgin Mary have an overactive imagination.

You apparently think otherwise.

There is room for disagreement at this forum.

[gcruse]

I say it's superstition, and I say the heck with it!