Virgin Mary appears on school baking tray

UPI ^ | Feb. 24

[Magic Sam]

When I joined the RCC a few years back, I was under the impression that the present-day Church frowned on the object-veneration that had been a cause of so much Catholic-bashing in the past. I love my Church, but this kind of stuff is embarrassing.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Do not confuse popular veneration with official Church sanction.

There are many things the Church rejects - or at least, doesn't accept. Even making saints has been an arduous process.

[the OlLine Rebel]

What is so terrible about people being attached to something that REPRESENTS to them, at least, something that God actually did?

If God dropped a Duesenberg in your back yard from the sky, would you be awed and be interested in keeping it or at least showing it to tell people how God had interacted with you? Or would you just discard it as "just another object"?

[ArrogantBustard]

I wasn't sure what your point was, so I went for the most humorous guess.

Fair enough ... my point was the ease of mistakenly seeing faces.

[leilani]

The church heirarchy certainly doesn't endorse it, but what are they going to do if rank & file Catholics get a kick out of this stuff?

Hey, I'm interested in art. Sometimes I might see The Thinker in a cloud formation.Does that mean the director of Musee Rodin should come over here & slap a gag order on me? The RC Church is most certainly not a democracy but it's hardly a repressive dictatorship that controls members' thoughts & actions around the globe.

I don't think it's really fair to extrapolate from this that these people are seeking validation for their faith in the cookie sheet or that they're venerating it in any way either.

In fact, to 'see' that here would require an imagination at least as overactive as these folks', I dare say.

[Alex Murphy]

If God dropped a Duesenberg in your back yard from the sky, would you be awed and be interested in keeping it or at least showing it to tell people how God had interacted with you? Or would you just discard it as "just another object"?

Well gee, it is a Duesenberg. And it depends on how badly the car was damaged in the fall.

[ArrogantBustard]

For how many people is Carl Sagan an easily recognised figure?

"It's a face" is step one ... "Whose face is it?" is step two.

Or so it seems to me ...

[xzins]

Obviously a cookie sheet, isn't it a sin to eat chocolate chip cookies on the sly from the bottom?

[Palladin]

God Bless these people of simple faith. If it brings so many hundreds together in prayer, it's a good thing. I wish I could have that childlike faith again.

[ArrogantBustard]

there's a connection between the Cydonia "face" and the Shroud of Turin.

Oh, my ... that site is astonishing. Amazing. Astounding. Fantastic. Startling. Stirring. Unusual. It has to be an Analog of something, but I don't know what.

[highlander_UW]

What is so terrible about people being attached to something that REPRESENTS to them, at least, something that God actually did?

What does it say about someone's faith that they need a baking sheet to be reminded of God? And you're assuming without a shred of proof that God is behind a food stain on a baking sheet. Now if you pointed to a rainbow or the intricacies of a tree I'd say God's hand is evident...a baking sheet...sorry, no.

If God dropped a Duesenberg in your back yard from the sky, would you be awed and be interested in keeping it or at least showing it to tell people how God had interacted with you? Or would you just discard it as "just another object"?

Without a doubt, that is the most bizarre question I've ever been asked on a message board. I'll let you know once a Dusenberg drops in my backyard...until then it remains just an irrational question.

[irishtenor]

You never know when someone will pop up, eh :>)

[ichabod1]

Diane Duyser, from Florida, says the sandwich has never gone mouldy since she made it 10 years ago.

Incorruptible!

[ArrogantBustard]

What does it say about someone's faith that they need a baking sheet to be reminded of God?

What does it say about someone's faith that even so mundane an object as a baking sheet reminds them of God? Matt. 18:2-4

[highlander_UW]

please remember, catholics worship only God. the word veneration doesnt denote worship.

Veneration CAN denote worship, but even taking veneration to mean a high degree of respect and honor...well, I submit that a baking tray is not an appropriate focus. Honestly, don't you see why people think it's nuts to give reverence to a baking tray?

[ichabod1]

It's just a doosie.

[ichabod1]

Yeah, how come they never say "MaDOHna mia, it's Sr. Mary Elephant from Parochial School!"