En 1905, a concierge living in Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, noticed that the statue of the Virgin Mary she had purchased seemed to be miraculous. The statue would regularly and inexplicably shed tears.
In the early 20th century, Marie X brought a statue of the Virgin Mary from the Lourdes sanctuary. She placed the devout statue in her quarters on the Cours du XXX-Juillet. She soon noticed that the statue was intermittently covered with droplets of water.
Intrigued by this phenomenon, she carefully observed the statue and concluded that the droplets definitely came from the statue's eyes. She invited several friends over to witness the prodigy. All were astonished by what they saw.
In 1910, at the request of ecclesiastical authorities, Marie X moved the statue to a religious house for the miracle to be officially confirmed.
Mysteriously, the statue stopped weeping altogether.
In 1911, the woman received a statue of "Santissima Bambina." She placed it in her home, and this new statue also began to weep. Word quickly spread, and curious crowds began to gather.
Could this miracle have been caused by the particular humidity in her home? It's possible.
However, two years later, in 1913, she moved to the Boulevard du Bouscat and took her statue with her. There, the statue stopped weeping, but another unexplained phenomenon occurred: delightful fragrances began to emanate from the statue. Once again, no explanation could be found...
Sources
- La Petite Gironde, La statue qui pleure, January 10, 1920
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