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Yes, this title has the sound of a bad tabloid article,
doesn’t it?
But today I spoke to a man
named William who has been in her house and believes this is true.
William told me at a retreat at the Manresa
Retreat Center in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan that he saw oil oozing from a crucifix,
a painting of the Suffering Christ, a painting of the Virgin Mother, and from other Christian artifacts in this
woman’s home.
It is this phenomenon
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| See the oil oozing from the far left of the painting. |
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| Tray beneath picture is full of oil |
that first draws people's interest to this story, so I'll say a bit about that, before talking about the Virgin Mary's words. The source of the oil has
no scientific explanation.
For example,
the painting is on a thin canvas, there are no hoses or tubes attached to it,
and the reverse side of the painting is completely dry.
Over the course of the past four years (since Aug. 2008), over
three hundred and fifty pounds of oil has emerged from these and other artifacts
in this house.
While the oil is a very puzzling (and convincing) physical
phenomenon, when I hear of something like this that is real (and I’m strongly
leaning in this direction based on having met William and knowing the priest
who informed him, and seen the video… link below), I don’t get caught up in the
physical miracle. When God makes things
like this happen, it’s not stand-alone.
It is done to help people believe in some sort of message.
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Some of the jars of oil collected in three years.
Other oil has been given away to visitors. |
In this case, the message is being spoken by an apparition
of the Virgin Mary.
She is heard audibly
by the Chaldean woman.
