[Alex Murphy]

In the last 149 years, only 67 miracles have been officially acknowledged by the Church. Therefore, less than 1 percent are recognized as genuinely miraculous.

I want to know why it was necc. to make the Mary figure glow-in-the-dark, and to have her suspended in the Lourdes water. Does she suddenly start glowing, a.k.a. functions like a dosimiter (radiation monitoring device) if the vial springs a leak?
-- Alex Murphy, February 6, 2007

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[married21]

I don’t know why it glows in the dark, but if it had “snow” in it, it would even be cooler.

Honestly, I don’t think kitsch manufacturers/purveyors give a lot of deep thought to these things.