So called image of Mary in a cut tree branch....hundreds flocking to this to pray and Dozens of candles and flowers are being put daily in place at the foot of the tree..'as an offering to the image'... that they consider a miracle.
... though it is nothing more than a pattern created by the tree rings.
The residents have planned 'a festival around the tree' (Dec.12). They are also going to ask the regional bishop if the image in the piece of wood could be considered as an official miracle.
Here we have a tree stumb adorned and 'offerings made to it as being declared an image of Mary..
Link to the above images
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/11/05A84E50000005DC-2870078-image-m-57_1418306753316.jpg
I would NOT want to explain to God after I die why I would have worshipped such things.
Idol worship plain and simple.