Virgin Mary appears outside a Sanger liquor store?

ABC 30 ^ | October 01, 2011

[Alex Murphy]

SANGER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A holy sighting at a liquor shop? Some people say they have seen the image of the Virgin Mary appear outside Johnny Liquor store in Sanger. Those believers claim to see the outline of the Virgin on the side of the store but some say the image is nocturnal.

"Word is they see the image of the Virgin Mary, however only at night," said Santiago Aguilar in a video he posted on YouTube. Santiago took nighttime video of the wall where you can see what appears to be an oval shape reflection coming from the light post. But is it an image of the Virgin Mary?

"I didn't seem to see anything just about a bright, shining light. It could have been from the camera or the light that's just above the wall," said Melissa of Sanger.

But Catholics we showed the video to say the so-called "appearance" is somewhat miraculous. "She's trying to tell us something, she's trying to tell us 'believe in me' because something is coming," said Mona Sanchez.

"The part that I thought I saw was from her rope, that was right here, and the rest turned into like black," said Gloria Perez-Gomez.

[SNIP]

And the Valley is no Stranger to holy apparitions. In 2005, dozens of people flocked to Merced to witness what many say was the image of the Virgin Mary on the side of a tree. And although this "appearance" hasn't received that much attention, it has received coverage in the town newspaper.

"I don't think it's anything, but I don't know. People tell us, so many, I believe it maybe later," said Bob Randhawa, the liquor store owner.

Randhawa has no idea why the Virgin Mary would appear on the side of his store but he's not complaining

[Alex Murphy]

"Word is they see the image of the Virgin Mary, however only at night," said Santiago Aguilar in a video he posted on YouTube. Santiago took nighttime video of the wall where you can see what appears to be an oval shape reflection coming from the light post. But is it an image of the Virgin Mary? ....But Catholics we showed the video to say the so-called "appearance" is somewhat miraculous. "She's trying to tell us something, she's trying to tell us 'believe in me' because something is coming," said Mona Sanchez.

Just for the record, sometimes you can also spot the Virgin Mary inside a liquor store:

[smvoice]

I think I read somewhere, can’t remember where, that an apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared on a Sauerkraut Perogie. Well, they couldn’t EAT it, obviously, so they placed in on a plate and just watched it. The sauerkraut went bad, so they needed to get rid of the perogie. They couldn’t just throw it in the garbage, so they decided to bury it outside. After a few days, they went and dug it up, to see if the apparition was still there. It was gone! The whole perogie was GONE. They don’t know if it was an Assumption or a Consumption by animals that was the cause of the empty hole. They lit candles, just to be safe...

[fungoking]

I’ve seen Jesus outside a liquor store....hangin with Juan and Carlos.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

How do they know what Mary looked like?

[count-your-change]

Somebody has been in that store a wee bit too much lately.

[mc5cents]

Well I have heard of burying statues of St. Joseph, upside down, in the front yard of your house in order to sell the house quickly, but perogies? Not so sure. :-))

[smvoice]

Hey, I’m pretty sure I saw an apparition of Bartholomew on a Frosted Flake, but you don’t see ME running to a reporter, taking pictures of it, or placing it in a glass box to show to just anybody...

[Natural Law]

"Well I have heard of burying statues of St. Joseph, upside down, in the front yard of your house in order to sell the house quickly, but perogies? Not so sure. :-))"

The Church has been very clear that this practice is superstition:

CCC 2111 - Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior dispositions that they demand, is to fall into superstition.

[Gargantua]

"Somebody has been in that store a wee bit too much lately."

Yeah? That's nothing... You don't even want to know what I've been seeing outside the Psilocyben Store!

8^D

[smvoice]

..but loading up and going to Lourdes to be “healed” because a “vision” of the Virgin “appeared” there isn’t considered superstitution?

[Scythian]

Calling all Catholics, please form a single file line and board the mothership peacefully, all is well, all is well ...

[count-your-change]

Psilocyben? Wasn’t that what those metal men robots were called in Battlestar Galactica?

[Gargantua]

Maybe... I had read somewhere on the internet that it was a strong hallucinogenic mushroom. But I never took any. And, if I did, I didn't inhale.

I never saw the corners of the room breathing, or the wall turn into a mirror and dribble like mercury all over the floor under the pterodactyls, either...

8^D

[Alex Murphy]

I think I read somewhere, can’t remember where, that an apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared on a Sauerkraut Perogie. Well, they couldn’t EAT it, obviously, so they placed in on a plate and just watched it. The sauerkraut went bad, so they needed to get rid of the perogie. They couldn’t just throw it in the garbage, so they decided to bury it outside. After a few days, they went and dug it up, to see if the apparition was still there. It was gone! The whole perogie was GONE. They don’t know if it was an Assumption or a Consumption by animals that was the cause of the empty hole. They lit candles, just to be safe...

Gotta love that last line - "just to be safe...."

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

FROM LEFT: Lucha Libre wrestlers Renegado and Mr. Tempest look at an image of the Virgin Mary said to have appeared on a griddle at Las Palmas restaurant in Calexico. “I follow Our Lady of Guadalupe," Mr. Tempest said after the viewing. “This is amazing. It’s a true miracle.”

Pretzel Madonna
Funyun Madonna
Chocolate Madonna
Agate Stone Madonna
Block of ice Madonna
Tree stump Madonna
Another Tree stump Madonna
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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
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Madonna in a Steam Iron
Madonna in a Beach Pebble
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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
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Madonna in a Road Overpass Water Stain
Madonna in a Road Overpass Water Stain, part 2
Madonna on a Hospital Window, fading from view
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Jesus on a bar-be-que concrete foundation
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Jesus in a Holy Land photo
Jesus in a Hospital Window
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Jesus in an MRI
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Jesus on a Hillside
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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

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Make your own "Holy Toast"

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[count-your-change]

The psilobins are the mushrooms that have the mind twisting drugs in them.

[Alex Murphy]

How do they know what Mary looked like?

I'm guessing this is how:
Virgin Mary is 165 centimetres tall, a visionary says in a new book

[COBOL2Java]

How do they know what Mary looked like?

Duh! They asked for her ID. Then they went on to eVerify and found out she was an illegal... :0)

[RnMomof7]

"Word is they see the image of the Virgin Mary, however only at night," said Santiago Aguilar in a video he posted on YouTube. Santiago took nighttime video of the wall where you can see what appears to be an oval shape reflection coming from the light post. But is it an image of the Virgin Mary?

Maybe she is a secret drinker?