Posted on 12/16/2011 12:10:28 PM PST by JoeProBono
ESCONDIDO, Calif.,The owner of a California landscaping company is selling a tree cutting from a church grounds with an image in the grain resembling a cross.
Jim Rants, owner of Star Landscape Maintenance, said the wood was cut from a pine tree at the 1st Congregational Church of Escondido, and one of his workers, Salvador Maya, noticed the image of a cross in the wood, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
Rants said a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the "miracle wood tree cross" will go to the church.
I like the toasted cheeze virgin Mary better.
I hope these people got a permit before cutting down the tree.
eBay won’t like that. They’re highly PC and don’t allow anything lefties don’t like.
That one looks more like the first wookie’s big butt, to me.
Hmmm.....I'd say that it qualifies!
FESTIVAL OF APPARITIONS!
These appearances (called apparitions) have occurred with increasing frequency since the nineteenth century, and have attracted widespread attention. Pope Pius XII, in calling attention to the apparitions, referred to the nineteenth century as the "century of Marian predilection [i.e., preference]." And the present century cannot be far behind: one leading Marian scholar notes that there have been more than 200 reported apparitions since the 1930s alone.[2] With the various shrines dedicated to the particular apparitions attracting millions of pilgrims each year, it is easy to see that this phenomenon is having a substantial impact on the almost one-billion-member Roman Catholic church.
From the thread Apparitions of the Virgin Mary: A Protestant Look at a Catholic Phenomenon: Part One
Pretzel Madonna
Funyun Madonna
Chocolate Madonna
Agate Stone Madonna
Block of ice Madonna
Tree stump Madonna
Another Tree stump Madonna
Madonna the Kudzu vine
Madonna inside a bar of soap
Madonna in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Madonna in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, part 2
Madonna in a Grill
Madonna on a Cookie Sheet
Madonna in shirt wrinkles
Madonna in a Steam Iron
Madonna in a Beach Pebble
Madonna in a football-sized rock
Three virgins on one palm tree
Madonna in a window pane
Madonna in a hospital floor stain
Madonna hanging around outside a liquor store
Madonna on a wall, "beamed from the heavens" during a storm
Madonna as a shiny outline on an apartment building wall
Madonna in a Road Overpass Water Stain
Madonna in a Road Overpass Water Stain, part 2
Madonna on a Hospital Window, fading from view
Madonna on a Samoan church wall, promoting safe driving
Madonna on a Samoan church wall, promoting safe driving warning of an earthquake
Madonna and Satan on a Texas home's exterior
Madonna and Jesus in Pancake
Madonna and Jesus on a fried tortilla
God in a Salami
Cross on a cow
Cross on an egg
Cheetos Jesus
The Sacred Heart Chicken Nugget of Jesus
Jesus, the Pizza Hut Miracle
Jesus chooses a three-cheese pizza as His medium
Jesus on a Nintendo Gaming System console
Jesus on a Consecrated Wafer, at a Hospital Chapel
Jesus on a Laundry Room Door
Jesus on a bar-be-que concrete foundation
Jesus on a stained post-laundry dishrag
Jesus in a Holy Land photo
Jesus in a Hospital Window
Jesus on a foggy truck window
Jesus in an MRI
Jesus in another MRI
Jesus on a Hillside
Jesus inside of a log
Jesus the Kudzu vine
Jesus the Kudzu vine, crucified
Jesus the Kudzu vine, crucified AGAIN!
Jesus in a wheat field
Jesus in a garden shovel blade
Jesus inside a jelly jar lid
Jesus in a burned fry pan
Jesus in a Ukraine factory wall stain
Jesus in a Presbyterian Church spackle patch
Jesus on a drainpipe stain
Jesus in a Seat Cushion
Jesus on a rocking chair
Jesus on the bottom of a Steam Iron, pt 1
Jesus on the bottom of a Steam Iron, pt 2
Jesus on a Bathroom Door
Jesus on a Bathroom Floor Tile
Jesus on a Toilet Seat's Bumper Sticker
Jesus in an 8th grader's Thumbprint
Jesus in a comedian's spit-take
Pope John Paul II appears on fire, in the flames of a bonfire
Mother Teresa, the Nun Bun
Mother Teresa on a coffee shop cutting board
Steven Spielberg's ET on a fence
Screaming face in the water at the Pearl Harbor Memorial
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"
I’d like a polished slice to hang on the wall.
Who knew the Romans handed out little tutus and big shoulder pads.
That’s KNOT a cross.
I have a painting of the Virgin Mary. If you look closely at one corner of the painting, you can clearly see the unmistakable image of a croissant.
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