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....some believe the willow should be preserved and covered in glass, others think the believers are just barking up the wrong tree....Candles and rosary beads have been draped over the stump by prayerful locals with up to 700 holding a candlelight vigil last night and into the early hours of the morning...."While we do not wish in any way to detract from devotion to Our Lady, we would also wish to avoid anything which might lead to superstition."

1 posted on 09/21/2009 8:56:50 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: All
FESTIVAL OF APPARITIONS:

Pretzel Madonna
Funyun Madonna
Chocolate Madonna
Agate Stone Madonna
Tree stump Madonna
Madonna in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Madonna in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, part 2
Madonna in a Grill
Madonna in a Steam Iron
Madonna in a Beach Pebble
Madonna the Kudzu vine
Madonna in a Road Overpass Water Stain
Madonna in a Road Overpass Water Stain, part 2
Madonna on a Samoan church wall, promoting safe driving
Madonna and Jesus in Pancake

God in a Salami

Cheetos Jesus
Jesus on a Consecrated Wafer, at a Hospital Chapel
Jesus on a Laundry Room Door
Jesus in a Hospital Window
Jesus in an MRI
Jesus on a Hillside
Jesus the Kudzu vine
Jesus in a Seat Cushion
Jesus on a Toilet Seat's Bumper Sticker
Jesus in a Tortilla (THO)

Top five unexpected appearances of Jesus [Christ on a pancake, a Kit-Kat, a dog's bottom, and more!]
Make your own "Holy Toast"

2 posted on 09/21/2009 8:58:04 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (...We never faced anything like this...we only fought humans.)
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To: Alex Murphy

How do people know what Mary looked like?


3 posted on 09/21/2009 8:58:20 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Alex Murphy

Sometimes a stump is just a stump.


4 posted on 09/21/2009 8:58:40 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: shibumi

pingaroo


9 posted on 09/21/2009 9:09:25 AM PDT by Salamander (..But I was not all alone. I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone.....)
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To: Alex Murphy

“Ave Maria, gee it’s good to see ya...”


10 posted on 09/21/2009 9:10:37 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Alex Murphy

What’s next, the Virgin Mary in a bar of Irish Spring?


11 posted on 09/21/2009 9:11:38 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Alex Murphy

I am glad to see the Irish finally getting back to that old time religion. Nothing gets much more old timey then worshiping a tree. St Patrick and St Bonniface are both looking at each other sighing and shaking their heads.


12 posted on 09/21/2009 9:12:37 AM PDT by dog breath
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To: Alex Murphy

14 posted on 09/21/2009 9:17:21 AM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Alex Murphy

19 posted on 09/21/2009 9:55:05 AM PDT by stormer
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To: Alex Murphy

Why did they throw trash all over that tree stump?


20 posted on 09/21/2009 10:02:00 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Alex Murphy

I personally found myself trapped in a stampeding mass of humanity when a homeowner in my town identified the Blessed Mother in some wood grain on a closet door on the third floor of her house.

It’s weird stuff like this that gives Catholics a bad name.


21 posted on 09/21/2009 10:02:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Alex Murphy

Irish Whiskey alert...


23 posted on 09/21/2009 10:18:41 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: Alex Murphy
Did you know that the prayer "Hail Mary" is biblical? The first sentence is what the Angel Gabriel said to her and the second sentence is what Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist said to her.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen

24 posted on 09/21/2009 10:20:17 AM PDT by GinaLolaB
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To: Alex Murphy

Well, OK. Assuming this actually is an image of Mary (and I’m not quite certain how anyone knows what she really looked like),what is the purported meaning and significance of this?

Why is it in a tree stump, on a piece of toast or on a rock?

Why do Catholics gather en masse to stare at it?

What is it supposed to do?


25 posted on 09/21/2009 10:28:06 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Alex Murphy

that’s Bigfoot


26 posted on 09/21/2009 10:31:50 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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