Another frustrated virgin?
People have been making a pilgrimage to Milton Hospital (in Milton, MA) recently to view what they believe is the image of the Virgin Mary in a window. According to the Boston Globe the "image formed when a sealant around the window ruptured and allowed heat and moisture to seep through, leaving a chemical deposit." Hospital officials have also been encouraging people to visit from 5:30 to 8:30 PM, an encouragement, which has gone unheeded which has led the hospital to cover the image with a tarp (honestly, I am not making any of this up). In one report I read this week some spectators believe the Virgin Mary has appeared as an anti-abortion message.
As my boss said, you can see just about anything in the clouds, as well. I'm inclined to agree with that assessment. I mean, if you really need to go looking for idols and visions in hospital windows, then one can claim the disappearance of the Old Man of the Mountain as a sign that America is doomed. The great thing about signs and visions is that the visionary is free to interpret them as they so choose. Pretty soon there will be a web site devoted to the "Virgin in the Window" and a cult to interpret what it means.
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People have been making a pilgrimage to Milton Hospital (in Milton, MA) recently to view what they believe is the image of the Virgin Mary in a window. According to the Boston Globe the "image formed when a sealant around the window ruptured and allowed heat and moisture to seep through, leaving a chemical deposit." Hospital officials have also been encouraging people to visit from 5:30 to 8:30 PM, an encouragement, which has gone unheeded which has led the hospital to cover the image with a tarp (honestly, I am not making any of this up). In one report I read this week some spectators believe the Virgin Mary has appeared as an anti-abortion message.
As my boss said, you can see just about anything in the clouds, as well. I'm inclined to agree with that assessment. I mean, if you really need to go looking for idols and visions in hospital windows, then one can claim the disappearance of the Old Man of the Mountain as a sign that America is doomed. The great thing about signs and visions is that the visionary is free to interpret them as they so choose. Pretty soon there will be a web site devoted to the "Virgin in the Window" and a cult to interpret what it means.
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