Lacrymations of the blood in the Pouilles at
Alberobello
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Examination of
Images of the Madonna and Jesus shed blood and the scientists say:
"AN
EXTRAORDINARY
By
Renzo Allegri
Every now and then one reads in the news that some
Image of the Madonna is weeping. Sometimes these tears are blood and the news are then much more impressive. The skeptics smile; the
ecclesiastical authorities evaluate the event with great prudence, with good
reason, and they avoid making definite judgments; science does not get
involved, and if it does, it is at the level practiced by amateurs. Then, as
time passes, the event becomes less interesting, fades from memory, and is soon
forgotten. Only in very rare cases is the event of such importance that it is
acknowledged as true and real and is then certified as authentic and of a
supernatural origin. An example is the research that was carried out on the
"Weeping Madonna of Syracuse." [It was declared authentic and of
supernatural origin.]
We will now tell
you of a recent similar event, still unknown, which reveals itself
to be truly astounding because the
first judgment released came from science, science at the highest level, a
judgment that opens viewpoints to amazing hypotheses.
The event involves two Sacred Icons that
shed tears of blood on two separate
occasions. The two Icons belong to Padre
Pietro Maria Chiriatti, 59 years old, a priest since 1990, founder of a
small Congregation called "The Missionnaries of Our Lady of the
Quarry," who lives in a modest dwelling in
"It was on the 3 of May 2003, around 6 in the evening, I had gone
to my room to
take some medication when I noticed that the
Icon which represents the Madonna
with Child, hanging above my prayer kneeler, had
spots on its face. Because I
have poor eyesight I touched the Image and felt
that it was wet. I called my
fellow members (Confreres) and all of us could
see that she was shedding tears."
The phenomenon
lasted thirty minutes and was witnessed by other persons whom Padre Pietro had
immediately called. This event was recorded on video tape. Padre Pietro wiped
the blood with a handkerchief and sent it to a laboratory to be tested.
Approximately one year later, on the
Once again, Padre
Pietro collected some of the blood and sent the sample to the same laboratory
where he had previously sent the blood that had appeared on the Face of the
Virgin. And it was here, in this scientific laboratory, where the extraordinary
characteristics of these related events became known. It must be made very
clear that this laboratory is one of the most prestigious in
This
laboratory has Scientific Authority,
therefore a verdict released by this laboratory is of indisputable [unquestionable] value.
After carrying out all the tests, the laboratory
researchers sent Padre Pietro an official document stating, in resume, "the
blood is human blood, of group AB, male, and was found to be identical in the two samples tested, the blood from the
tears from the Icon of the Virgin and the blood that appeared of the Face of
Jesus are the same." But there is more, the document continues from
its evaluations to something that seems really incredible: "the
configuration of the genetic features found in the Y chromosome does not
correspond to any of the
configurations present in the world wide data bank where the data of
22,000 male subjects from 187 different populations is kept."
And further on we read: "This
blood is so rare that it must be considered as almost unique. By
calculation, the statistical probability of finding, in the course of
millennia, a typology of the same blood type, is almost nil, the
mathematical probability of this happening is in the order of 1 in 200 billion
possible cases." [In other words 1 on
200,000,000,000.]
What does all this mean? In the first place, the
data obtained excludes in an absolute manner any case of fraud, deception or
deceit: there is no one in the world who could be in a
position to produce blood with similar characteristics. On the other hand,
because we are dealing with a unique type of blood, the data indicates that it
belongs to only one single Person and to no other person in all of humanity's
history. Therefore it comes from a Man who has no ancestor and no descendant
[offsprings]. Therefore it becomes quite clear and if we go to the Gospels and
see what is written there about Jesus, [we learn there that He was] a Man
unlike all others (unique) with these characteristics. While on this subject,
it is quite significant that the blood which appeared on the Image of the
Virgin is identical to the blood which appeared on the Face of the Image of
Jesus. We could say from these results that we possibly could have for the
first time ever the scientific data concerning the physical Person of Jesus:
the
It is still too
early to arrive at a final conclusion, but the verdict from science is, for all
purposes, precise, public and without ambiguity. The scholars [researchers] who
released this information did it in a cold [controlled], mathematical, but very
clear language. They have specifically affirmed that they found themselves in
front of something unique. And they are the ones, accustomed to scientific
precision, to show with wonder, the extraordinary nature of these results. In a
private letter to Padre Pietro, one of the researchers wrote: "these are
results to stun with amazement even a statue." And again: "faced with
the results of these analyses is incredible to me, and that is not saying much
to say this, I could not even succeed in hiding my tears." And another one
told him: "This is real human blood, but it seems to really come from
another world."
The ecclesiastical authorities are naturally
aware of these facts and are presently investigating and evaluating them. Their
prudence [caution] will be tremendous, and with good reason, for it is right
that it should be so. But the scientific results lead one to think that we are
perhaps faced with a supernatural Sign of exceptional importance.
Sourced from http://www.pdtsigns.com/icons.html
See original text in italian
at medjugorie
bolzano.it.