GRAIN VALLEY, MO — For over two weeks now, hundreds of people have flocked to a small home in the quiet suburb of Grain Valley to see a hazy image of the Virgin Mary that recently appeared inside an old picture on the wall. For the throng of faithful visitors that clutch their prayer beads and kneel before the apparition, this is a miracle from God that has brought them newfound hope and comforting assurance that she watches over them. For one worshipper, the image has even healed him of male pattern baldness.
Homeowner Agnes Devota Donnelly discovered the likeness of the Holy Mother after a roof leak left water stains on a framed portrait of a bearded, long-haired man that hung in her sewing room. “When I saw the Blessed Virgin within the hair of that portrait, it was like having a big-time celebrity suddenly appear in my home,” explained Donnelly. “Sorta like Angelina Jolie, only much more Catholic.”
Though the archdiocese had no official comment, Father Patrick Kilpatrick of the local parish was hopeful that the Marian apparition would bring a renewed devotion to Christ in the community. “I know some people think that this adoration of Mary usurps the preeminence of Jesus, but I just don’t see it. I mean, am I missing something here?”
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