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A Virgin Mary statue has been weeping olive oil. Church leaders cant explain it.Inside a Catholic church in New Mexico, a seven-foot-tall bronze statue of the Virgin Mary appears to be weeping, according to church leaders.
The sculpture, known locally as Our Lady of Guadalupe, is not crying human tears; an investigator with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces said her tears have the same chemical makeup as olive oil treated with perfume a substance that, when blessed, would be chrism, a sacred oil used in the Catholic Church to anoint parishioners. But, church leaders say, the rare occurrence has prompted people from all over to come for conversions, confessions and to watch the statue of the mother of God cry.
The question, one expert says, is not merely how its happening (or whether its happening naturally) but how people are responding to the phenomenon and why they may want to believe in it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/07/18/a-virgin-mary-statue-has-been-weeping-olive-oil-church-leaders-cant-explain-it/
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)It was a guided tour through an old and famous church. At one point we stopped in front of a wooden statue of Jesus Christ.
The tour-guide told us that the statue sometimes sheds tears, but that there is a mundane explanation for that: Decades ago, the statue fell to the ground and was glued back together. Now, whenever there's a hot day, a little bit of the glue melts and seeps from the statue as tears.
3Hotdogs
(12,210 posts)I started to write a hymn about it
Oh sacred tortilla,
Were longin to see ya,
I didnt finish it. I should have. I would have been rich today.
edhopper
(33,208 posts)they use oil because water does not act like tears.
Cartoonist
(7,298 posts)A mixture of oil of olives and balsam, blessed by a bishop in a special manner and used in the administration of certain sacraments and in the performance of certain ecclesiastical functions. That chrism may serve as valid matter for the Sacrament of Confirmation it must consist of pure oil of olives, and it must be blessed by a bishop, or at least by a priest delegated by the Holy See. These two conditions are certainly necessary for validity; moreover it is probable that there should be an admixture of balsam, and that the blessing of the chrism should be special, in the sense that it ought to be different from that which is given to the oil of the sick or the oil of catechumens. If either of the last two conditions is wanting the sacrament will be doubtfully valid.
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That's another thing I never learned in Catholic school.
So someone gives me a gift of some chrism. How do I know if it's been blessed by a bishop or a priest?
brooklynite
(93,878 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)You have my personal guarantee. If you don't feel blessed after pouring this on your spaghetti, I'll give you another bottle free!
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)A miracule! Faith made it happen. That and a little bottle of "Tears of Mary Chrism" in the reservoir at the back of that statue's head. But, it's been blessed, so it's OK.
A Miracule!
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Just $10 for 5ml. Want more, get a generous bottle for only $78!