![]() ![]() Hope can seem discordant and strange-as far from our present circumstances as light in a well of darkness. But the same God who can bring Easter out of Good Fri-day is promising each of us a surprise second act. T is is not the script we signed on for, and it’s not at all what we wanted. Aunt Helen facing her vital challenges, Paul in his season of disillusionment, and Ed still a captive of his past mistakes. Because of what they had understood in the breaking of the bread. In truth, however, he would never be far from them again. T ey remem-bered this feeling from before: T is stranger was no stranger! And then he was gone. T ey were fed, nurtured, and revived in this encounter. T e broken bread somehow took their fractured dreams and made them whole again. Testaments Something about a piece of bread gave this stranger away. Exclusive VHLinks.US Catholic Magazine Promo May 2014:.Quick Navigation VH Fans Meeting Place (Non-Music) Top Glass experts believe the image was created by a chemical reaction and corrosion of the metallic elements in the glass coating, but they could not explain why it took the shape it did. Within weeks, a half million people had been to the site. Worldwide, people have been drawn to images believed to resemble the Virgin Mary seen on windows, fence posts and walls.Īmong the best-known in the United States was an image seen in office windows in Clearwater, Florida. "If that image helps more people feel closer to God than maybe that is a good sign." "I see just a concrete wall and an image that could happen anywhere," Robles said. To them, it reaffirms their faith."īut onlooker Victor Robles, 36, said he was skeptical about the stain's Virgin Mary resemblance. (The meaning) depends on the individual who sees it. "Sometimes people ask us to look into it. "These things don't happen every day," Dwyer said. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago had not received any requests to authenticate the image as of Monday, spokesman Jim Dwyer said. "We're treating this just like we treat any type of roadside memorial," said IDOT spokesman Mike Claffey. The agency does not plan to scrub it off the wall. The stain is likely the result of salt run-off, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. A police officer kept the crowd of about three dozen from getting too close to the traffic but didn't stop them gathering around the stain. Tuesday morning, women knelt with rosary beads behind a police barricade while men in work shirts stood solemnly before the image, praying. "We have faith, and we can see her face." "We believe it's a miracle," said Elbia Tello, 42. Beside the image is an artist's rendering of the Virgin Mary embracing Pope John Paul II in a pose some see echoed in the stain. Police have patrolled the emergency turnoff area under the Kennedy Expressway since Monday as hundreds of people have walked down to see the image and the growing memorial of flowers and candles that surround it. Wednesday, ApPosted: 8:27 AM EDT (1227 GMT)ĬHICAGO, Illinois (AP) - A steady stream of the faithful and the curious, many carrying flowers and candles, have flocked to an expressway underpass for a view of a yellow and white stain on a concrete wall that some believe is an image of the Virgin Mary. This makes me so proud to be living in Chicago: ![]()
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