Posted on 12/15/2018 6:54:48 AM PST by BenLurkin
Full Title: Faithful Flock to Pay Tribute to Effigy of Virgin Mary That Appeared Near Artesia Church on Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Crowds have been gathering near a church in Artesia the past few days after an unusual stain that bears a resemblance to the Virgin Mary appeared on a sidewalk on Wednesday — the same day Catholics celebrate the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The image was spotted on the 1800 block of Clarkdale Avenue by parishioners returning to their car of from an early morning mass at the Holy Family Catholic Church in celebration of the feast day, according to Father John Cordero, the church's pastor.
On the first day, the image was contained within a puddle that never fully evaporated despite bright, sunny weather, Cordero said.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the title given to a series of appearances the Virgin Mary is believed to have made to a peasant in Mexico...
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Always about something - anything - other than Christ.
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“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”
- Apostle John, at the end of his life.
Finally! A concrete example of the validity of superstition!
Just be glad it didn’t look like a “Q”.
Effigy???
You need to check this out!!
Looks like a transmission leak or someone dropped their Starbucks and a midget on a unicycle rode thru it.
meh...still, the faithful will gather and say a public rosary. That’s a powerful sacramental in the church.
Nope, not seeing it. An oil leak? A road patch? Someone spilled their purple drank?
Hmmm I don’t see it.
According to some Catholics Mary provided an image of herself to Juan Diego which has been preserved. The stain vaguely resembles that image.
Scoff at an effigy but welcome an image of a crucifix in a jar of urine.
Someday we shall have to pay the price for this blasphemy.
ThinkGeek.com sells a toaster that will burn the image of a Death Star on your toast.
The publisher doesn’t know what “effigy” means.
Illiterate journalists.
I've seen that in Mexico City.
Can you imagine God on His throne looking down on His creation who are worshipping a stain on a sidewalk?
Eyerolls or brimstone?
[[Can you imagine God on His throne looking down on His creation who are worshipping a stain on a sidewalk?]]
No different than worshiping a golden calf i suppose
Compassion
“No different than worshiping a golden calf i suppose”
No, LOL, I guess not. But at least it’s a GOLDEN calf: arguably more seductive than a sidewalk stain. :)
A few years ago, I was going to use a chunk of summer sausage to create an image of Mary on my shower wall and let it mold for a few days. Figured I could make lots of money.
Even when I was wrapped up in Catholic ideology I thought this stuff was idolatry.
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