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Faithful Flock to Pay Tribute to Effigy of Virgin Mary That Appeared Near Artesia Church ...
KTLA ^ | December 14, 2018 | , by Erika Martin,

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...


(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 3rdworldproblems; ca; california; immigration; mexifornia; stain; superstition
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To: BenLurkin

Always about something - anything - other than Christ.

...

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”

- Apostle John, at the end of his life.


21 posted on 12/15/2018 7:40:35 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: BenLurkin

Finally! A concrete example of the validity of superstition!


22 posted on 12/15/2018 7:41:37 AM PST by Migraine
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To: sparklite2

Just be glad it didn’t look like a “Q”.


23 posted on 12/15/2018 7:46:38 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Yes, it's a Cold Civil War with Socialists. They don't have the stomach for a hot one.)
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To: BenLurkin

Effigy???


24 posted on 12/15/2018 7:59:23 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: The Cuban

You need to check this out!!


25 posted on 12/15/2018 8:01:39 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: BenLurkin

Looks like a transmission leak or someone dropped their Starbucks and a midget on a unicycle rode thru it.


26 posted on 12/15/2018 8:01:39 AM PST by Delta 21
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To: BenLurkin

meh...still, the faithful will gather and say a public rosary. That’s a powerful sacramental in the church.


27 posted on 12/15/2018 8:15:44 AM PST by exPBRrat (.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nope, not seeing it. An oil leak? A road patch? Someone spilled their purple drank?


28 posted on 12/15/2018 8:16:19 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: BenLurkin

Hmmm I don’t see it.


29 posted on 12/15/2018 8:20:44 AM PST by sheana
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To: Fiji Hill

According to some Catholics Mary provided an image of herself to Juan Diego which has been preserved. The stain vaguely resembles that image.


30 posted on 12/15/2018 8:28:10 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Yes, it's a Cold Civil War with Socialists. They don't have the stomach for a hot one.)
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To: sparklite2

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.


31 posted on 12/15/2018 8:44:09 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: BenLurkin

ThinkGeek.com sells a toaster that will burn the image of a Death Star on your toast.


32 posted on 12/15/2018 8:53:59 AM PST by Tax-chick (Ask me about my Marine!)
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To: BenLurkin

The publisher doesn’t know what “effigy” means.


33 posted on 12/15/2018 8:56:21 AM PST by Tax-chick (Ask me about my Marine!)
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To: Elsie

Illiterate journalists.


34 posted on 12/15/2018 9:10:28 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SaxxonWoods
According to some Catholics Mary provided an image of herself to Juan Diego which has been preserved.

I've seen that in Mexico City.

35 posted on 12/15/2018 9:20:10 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: BenLurkin

Can you imagine God on His throne looking down on His creation who are worshipping a stain on a sidewalk?

Eyerolls or brimstone?


36 posted on 12/15/2018 9:32:16 AM PST by CaptainPhilFan
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To: CaptainPhilFan

[[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


37 posted on 12/15/2018 9:35:43 AM PST by Bob434
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To: CaptainPhilFan

Compassion


38 posted on 12/15/2018 11:01:23 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Bob434

“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. :)


39 posted on 12/15/2018 11:05:11 AM PST by CaptainPhilFan
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To: BenLurkin

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.


40 posted on 12/15/2018 11:24:09 AM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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