Posted on 04/22/2005 7:25:38 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A wall stain that some believe depicts the Virgin Mary drew scores of faithful on Thursday to a gritty highway underpass that has become a shrine with flowers, candles and prayers.
The image, which highway engineers said was probably formed by leaking water and winter road salt from the highway above, first began drawing visitors last week. Their numbers grew daily, causing traffic tie-ups in the vicinity and police later blocked-off part of the area.
Some visitors said the yellow, white and gray mark resembles Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe, a figure popular in the neighborhood northwest of downtown Chicago where the Kennedy Expressway crosses Fullerton Avenue.
"It's a miracle," said one woman, claiming she could see the face of the woman many Christians revere as the mother of Jesus Christ. Some knelt in prayer, others touched the image on the wall and many took pictures using cellular phones.
The Virgin of Guadalupe has been venerated by successive generations of devout Mexicans since she is said to have first appeared to a shepherd in 1531. She is generally depicted in a gown fringed by rays of light.
Highway officials said they planned to leave the wall as it is.
I wonder what it would be like to be a psychologist giving ink blot tests to these people.
LOL! That was a good one -- would love to see the results of that test.
Looks like a Georgia O'Keefe "flower petal", or whatever Bill Clinton thinks that it might be!
Our Lady of Division St.
Highway officials said they planned to leave the wall as it is.
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Amazing! Bureaucrats make a logical decision !!! ;-))
Looks like a spot where street bums have been peeing on the wall. "We aim to please". "You aim too please".
Ping.
Have you seen this yet? Posting # 4 has the picture.
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Because Sacrifice begets Sacrifice:
MEL's -PASSION- was sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-
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My wife asked the question (a few years ago, regarding a similar siting), "What makes anyone think we know what Mary looked like?" 'Tis true we have no photos or paintings of Mary or Jesus the Christ - but people keep on seeing "them" in stains and tortillas. Makes me wonder about lots of stuff.
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Pope BENEDICT XV = Receiver of 3rd FATIMA Secret
Pope BENDDICT XVI = Implementer of 3rd FATIMA Secret
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