Miracle cries out in the Philippines, statue of Our Lady weeps (unpublished photos)
On March 6, around one million people gathered in a small Filipino town north of Manila to witness the visit of the Virgin Mary. Many people in the crowd, including senior Filipino government officials, reporters and the local Catholic bishop - acting as the Pope's representative - attested to seeing a Virgin Mary-like silhouette appear above a guava tree for about five seconds. This was followed several minutes later by flashes of red, yellow and blue lights moving towards a "dancing sun".
The events took place at Apparition Hill in the small town of Agoo, in the province of La Union. A visionary boy, 1989-year-old Judiel Nieva, says the Virgin Mary appeared to him and gave him messages on the first Saturday of each month and on special religious holidays since 6. Pilgrims gathered in Agoo on March XNUMX because the boy said Virgo would appear in that particular place and time.
The phenomenon was witnessed by thousands of people
About a month earlier, a statue of the Virgin Mary owned by Judial Nieva's family began to cry tears of blood regularly. The phenomenon was witnessed by thousands of people during a midday mass in February. An aide to the nation's president said the statue was brought before his seriously ill wife on two occasions, and both times it recovered unexpectedly. There are also reports that the Communion hosts turn into flesh and bone in Nieva's mouth. Another local resident said his Virgin statue was also "shedding tears, which will later turn blood red."
The day before the Virgin's visit to Agoo, thousands of Marian devotees in the area witnessed the phenomenon of the "dancing sun". A Manila Bulletin reporter who was covering these events said he personally witnessed a "rotation and dance of the sun for about 15 minutes". During a night vigil preceding Agoo's visit, witnesses said that three bright stars appeared to be facing each other just below the Big Dipper constellation to the east. At dawn that day, the sun again "moved or danced" for a few seconds, witnesses said.
the Virgin Mary appeared for a few seconds above a guava tree.
On March 6, with the large crowd present, Father Roger Cortez held a midday mass at Apparition Hill. After Cortez appealed to the silence of the crowd and called them to feel the presence of Christ in their hearts, a silhouette of the Virgin Mary appeared for a few seconds above a guava tree. About 10 minutes later, when Judiel Nieva was reading a message he had received from the Virgin Mary, "lights of different colors came from various directions and moved towards the sun," according to the Manila Bulletin. The young seer said that the Virgin Mary in her message asked Catholics to pray for the children of Somalia devastated by famine. Nieva said the next apparition will be on September 8, and then "the Blessed Mother will disappear forever".
Top officials of the Philippine government, including the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Pro Tempore, attested to the demonstration in Agoo. A radio reporter, Mon Francisco, told Manila radio station DZXL that he saw the silhouette of a woman wearing a dark belt. Francisco said he did not expect to see the apparition and that he "had no hallucinations". Bishop Salvador Lazo, Catholic bishop of the province, also experienced the phenomenon and created a commission to investigate, collect evidence and testimonies and report to the Vatican on the event.