Mary's tears: the great miracle

The tears of Mary: On 29-30-31 August and 1 September 1953, a plaster picture, depicting the immaculate heart of Mary, placed as the bedside of a double bed in the house of a young married couple, Angelo Iannuso and Antonina Giusto, in via degli Orti di S. Giorgio, n. 11, shed human tears. The phenomenon occurred, at more or less long intervals, both inside and outside the house.

Many were the people who saw with their own eyes, touched with their own hands, collected and tasted the salt of those tears.
On the 2nd day of the lacrimation, a filmmaker from Syracuse filmed one of the moments of the lacrimation. Syracuse is one of the very few events so documented. On 1 September a Commission of doctors and analysts, on behalf of the Archbishopric of Syracuse, after having taken the liquid that gushed from the eyes of the picture, subjected it to microscopic analysis. The response of science was: "human tears".
After the scientific investigation ended, the picture stopped crying. It was the fourth day.

Mary's tears: the words of John Paul II

On November 6, 1994, John Paul II, on a pastoral visit to the city of Syracuse, during the homily for the dedication of the Shrine to the Madonna delle Lacrime, said:

«Mary's tears belong to the order of signs: they testify to the presence of the Mother in the Church and in the world. Thus a mother cries when she sees her children threatened by some evil, spiritual or physical.
Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Lacrime, you arose to remind the Church of the crying of the Mother. Among these welcoming walls, let those who are oppressed by the awareness of sin come. Here they experience the richness of God's mercy and his forgiveness! Here let the tears of the Mother guide them.

The live video of the tearing

Tears of pain for those who reject the love of God, for families broken up or in difficulty. For the youth threatened by the civilization of consumption and often bewildered. For the violence that still makes so much blood flow, for the misunderstandings and hatreds that dig deep gaps between men and peoples.

Prayer: Mother's Prayer who gives strength to every other prayer, and stands up suppliant even for those who do not pray. Because they are distracted by a thousand other interests, or because they are stubbornly closed to the call of God.

Hope, which melt the hardness of hearts and open them to the encounter with Christ the Redeemer. The source of light and peace for individuals, families, the whole of society ".