![]() ![]() This site is protected by reCAPTCHA (for which the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply). ![]() These HTML tags are permitted:, ,, , and. thanks, Kay The RIPS (Researchers In Paranormal Specters) #5 Īll comments are moderated before publication. I have taken the time to denote a page on The RIPS website featuring the whole story and articles stemming from this in our local paper. Somebody should hire Robin Jean, the photographer doing this Rockstars set, to take column mugshots for newspapers.Ī good friend of our organization just gave me the link to this story since we had a kind of miracle sighting here also in Streator, Illinois back in 1999. Augustine.įlickr photos can be grouped into sets and viewed as slideshows. Soap-boxing and the promotion of extremist causes motivated by hate will. Known to the faithful as Our Lady of the Underpass. For good-natured and mutually-respectful discussions of politics and current affairs. His pictures of the Bridge of Lions, Night of Lights celebration, and Intercoastal Waterway are some of the best shots I've seen of St. Vandalized, then completely painted over, then cleaned of paint and restored. You can create an account for free, upload your photos for public viewing, and add tags that describe the subject of the shots.Įvery time I find myself on Flickr, I get lost in the photos, most recently in the work of Justin Hankins. This is exactly the kind of thing for which the Internet was invented.īecause of the visual nature of the underpass and the community that has developed, the ideal place for its web presence is Flickr.įlickr's a terrific photo-sharing community that was recently purchased by Yahoo for 5.2 bajillion dollars. I'm a firm believer in the idea that all religious iconography that develops naturally upon either surfaces or food should have its own site. They wanted advice on setting up a web site. "This is like Our Lady appearing in Chicago in a grotto under the Kennedy," he said.Virgin Mary of the ViaductI received an e-mail from someone affiliated with the Virgin Mary viaduct, the Chicago highway underpass that has a life-size water stain resembling the mother of God. Grzesik compared the image under the expressway to an apparition of the Virgin Mary that appeared more than a century ago in a grotto in Lourdes, France. I think Our Lady is always with us, and this is another sign she is with us." She was said to be with child from the Holy Spirit. ![]() But as I got closer it resembles Our Lady," he said. The gospel of Matthew is the only one to tell us Mary was pregnant before she and Joseph had sex. "I was looking at it and thought it might be an oil spill. Michael Grzesik, who leads people on religious pilgrimages, said that when he first looked at it, he saw nothing unusual. "What is miraculous is that a natural event like a stain from leaking water and a supernatural event like seeing Mary converge." For the maternal shielding blatantly echoes one of the greatest images of the Virgin Mary in Christian art, by Piero della Francesca, of the holy mother protecting an entire community under her. "Most often, the people who see the image interpret it as a sign of affirmation of an event or behavior or a condemnation of an event or behavior," she said. Apparitions of Mary hold different meanings for believers, but people may draw connections to current events, like the death of Pope John Paul II, said Cristina Traina, an associate professor of religion at Northwestern University. ![]()
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