I just read up from the website of the
Catholic Bishops' Conference of India how blood oozed out from the eyes of a Statue of our Lady in India. The report says:
"A statue of Mother Mary with tears of blood is attracting
thousands of Christians and people of other Faiths in Ghaziabad, Uttar
Pradesh.
The event has occurred in the community chapel of the CMI
Bhavan of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in Mariam Nagar, 14
July.
The event was first noticed by a maid called Sunita
who works in the institution on Saturday around 11. 30 am when she came to
clean the chapel.
“Today when I was about to wipe and clean the statue of
Mother Mary with a cloth I found tears of blood rolling from Mother Mary’s
eyes. I cried aloud. I couldn’t believe my eyes so I rubbed the blood from the
statue but the flow continued” Sunitha said.
The priest in charge of the house, Fr. Joy Kizhakkayil CMI,
said, “As I came inside the chapel I could see Sunitha holding the statue and
shivering, praying and crying aloud to Mother Mary”.
Ms. Mary, a Senior staff nurse at New Delhi’s All India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)i, who was present in the monastery when the event
took place said, she could see the tears of blood of Mary and she touched it
with reverence and fear.
“The news spread quickly and soon people started
rushing to the chapel” said Brother George CMI. Some 65 catholic families
living in the surrounding areas also rushed to see the miracle. By evening some
three thousand people had visited the statue. “Due to the rush the police
had to be called”, he added.
Another flow of blood was seen Sunday when Fr. Kizhakkayil
came to the chapel to offer the Holy Mass.
“Now the flow was heavy and the blood was falling on the
table where the statue was kept,” he said.
He said that they have also took the blood samples and got
it tested at the St. Joseph Hospital nearby.
“The result has shown that the blood group is B+ve,”
he added.
Visitors and faithful are bringing and keeping the rosary on
the blood clotted statue and praying rosaries continuously in the chapel.
The event took place at the personal chapel of CMI
Bhavan where at present a new wing for the Christ College, Bangalore is under
construction. The statue was bought from St. Paul’s Centre, New Delhi few
months ago."
Reported by Ramesh Matta
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