"The thought of the loss of so many souls is the
cause of my sadness."
To give an example... a credible report of a weeping statue occurred in 1972, with the world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima (left) that was witnessed by large crowds to weep human tears in Louisiana. A few years later in 1978, the same statue again wept... but in the second occurrence, it did so in Las Vegas, Nevada. How significant that this statue - a tangible representative of the Fatima Message of Conversion, Prayer, and Sacrifice - has traveled the entire United States only to weep so copiously in two areas in our country that are well-known for unrestrained hedonism. New Orleans and its notorious Mardi Gras is in Louisiana, and we all know that Las Vegas capitalizes on the fact that it's popularly nicknamed the "Sin City". The locations in these two separate cases involving this miraculous statue were definitely prophetic factors as to why Our Lady shed tears.In regards to the type of tears, the sight of a statue weeping normal, watery tears must be impressive enough and effectively conveys a sense of sadness, and perhaps even frustration... but to see bright red blood streaming from a statue's eyes must be downright upsetting and probably a little frightening. Surely, bloody tears bear a much greater weight compared to normal tears... and I believe they express something much more serious - a terrible pain in Our Lady's Immaculate Heart caused by the fact that she knows what self-imposed chastisements are headed our way, but hardly anyone is paying her messages - or more importantly, her Divine Son - any serious attention. This brings to mind what was shared with me over a decade ago by an elderly lady-friend from the island of Maui (now deceased) who was a reputed mystic/visionary. Her name was "Christina" and we became quite close friends, and I personally believed she was the real deal.
The oil-weeping icon of Our Lady of Soufanieh in Syria. Countless cures
have been attributed to the oil from this Church-approved miracle.
have been attributed to the oil from this Church-approved miracle.
Weeping Rosa Mystica statues from around the globe. They are the most
prolific weeping images reported in the world today.