(Western Journal) Where some see a fluke, others see faith as a statue of the Virgin Mary has been videoed with wet trails running down from the statue’s eyes.
What local residents are proclaiming as a miracle took place at a church in El Canal in the Mexican state of Colima, according to U.K.’s Daily Mail.
Video posted to X shows liquid dripping from the face of the statue.
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— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 15, 2023
Some residents say what they believe is a miracle goes further than that.
“Similarly, when we cry, and our eyes become red, the same happens to the image,” resident Victor Ramos said.
“We can associate it with… the violence rates that are being experienced here in the state of Colima, also here in the community,” Ramos said, according to The Sun.
Through October, the Colima Prosecutor’s Office has logged 702 murders.
The violent world surrounding the statue led visitor Maria Mercedes Hernandez to say, “Peace, may she give us peace in Colima and throughout the world, that we may return to the Colima of before.”
Professor Luigi Garlaschelli told the Mail that some statues will absorb water depending on the materials from which they are made.
“You need a hollow statue made of plaster or ceramic,” Garlaschelli said. He said a hole at the top of the statute would be filled with water, but if there is the slightest crack in the outside waterproof layer, water can drip.
There have been other reports of weeping statutes of Mary over the years. One noted by the Catholic News Agency took place in 1953 in Sicily.
Tests found the liquid shed by the state of Mary to be very similar to human tears, leading local bishops to later proclaim the statute wept.
