Some see Virgin Mary in underpass stain

Can You See My Miracle Now?

Wow, it’s in my backyard! I had no idea these types of “miracles” happened in the US. I’ve always heard of them happening in Mexico and other countries but never in the US.

I don’t quite understand why so many people flock to these sites, these apparent “miracles”. I guess you’d have to be a part of the Catholic church to understand the strong attraction to Mary. Why they call these images “miracles” I’ll never know…

What do you think, does that look like Mary?

**EDIT**
I read this on a message board (www.theooze.com) posted by Anne Goodrich. It was very insightful in helping to understand the fascination/attraction with Mary by the Catholic Church.

“The Ecumenical Council held at Nicaea in 787 considered the issue of veneration which is not directed to the Divine persons in relation to sacred images. At this Council, the Church taught that the special type of worship called adoration may only be offered to God: Latria from the Greek term for enslavement. However, the Church also acknowledged that certain persons, though only creatures of God, are entitled to honor or veneration of a qualitatively lesser degree than the absolute allegiance owed to God. The Conciliar Fathers termed this lesser devotion: Dulia. Such veneration was proper for Mary and the Saints. In view of Mary’s important role in salvation history as Mother of Jesus, the Church recognized that Mary warranted a special degree of honor among the Saints. For this class of devotion, St. Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) suggested the term hyperdulia.

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