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    Divine Images? Sightings of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary in Everyday Life

    Offbeat
    Does this look like Jesus?
    CBS
    By IE Staff

    10:37 AM PDT, April 22, 2019

    From food to tree stumps, believers have seen the images of Christ and the Virgin Mary in a variety of mundane objects, over many decades. Click through this gallery to see some of the more interesting sightings. 

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    Jesus in a Pancake

    CBS

    Employees at a California restaurant claimed they saw Jesus in a flapjack. 

    9/11 Lights and Jesus Christ

    Richa6d McCormack

    In New York City, some believe they have seen Jesus in the blue lights of the annual 9/11 Tribute in Light.

    Jesus and the Horseshoe Crab

    Cathy Rader

    A devout Christian woman in Florida said she saw Jesus in a crab shell after asking God for a sign. 

    Holy Crab!

    Cathy Rader

    Cathy Rader found the crab while walking along a Florida beach.

    Do You See Jesus in This Crab?

    Cathy Rader

    Cathy Rader says she has no doubt this crab was a sign from God. 


    Is This the Face of God?

    University of North Carolina

    A University of North Carolina survey shows most Americans think God is an average white guy.

    A Scorched Iron and Jesus

    CBS

    A Massachusetts woman said she was doing the laundry and happened to look down at her iron, and saw the image of Jesus in a scorch mark. 


    The Shroud of Turin

    Getty

    For ages, the faithful have believed the face of Jesus Christ is imprinted in the Shroud of Turin. 


    Jesus in the Ultrasound

    Aley Meyer

    Indiana mom Aley Meyer saw Christ on the cross in her son's sonogram and took it as an omen her child would be born healthy and happy. 


    Another Couple Sees Jesus in Their Baby's Sonogram

    Alicia Zeek

    A Pennsylvania couple interpreted a fuzzy spot on their daughter's ultrasound as the image of Jesus Christ, keeping an eye on their little one. "It was perfectly clear," said dad Zac Smith.  


    Mary on an Expressway Underpass?

    Getty

    The Virgin Mary appeared on an expressway underpass in Chicago, believers said, prompting a steady stream of the faithful and curious bearing flowers, candles and cameras. 


    Mary and Jesus Seen in Tree Stump

    Getty

    A religious fervor took root in Ireland after workmen claimed the Virgin Mary's visage appeared in a felled churchyard tree. People traveled from across the country to gaze upon what they claimed was the Holy Mother holding the baby Jesus. 


    A Blurry Specter Believed to Be Mary

    Getty

    In the 1970s, a blurry image appeared nightly in Denver that many believed was the Virgin Mary.

    Mary in Another Tree

    Inside Edition

    Parishioners at St. Kevin Catholic Church said they saw a three-dimensional depiction of Mary in a tree outside the house of worship.

    Mary Survives Hurricane Harvey

    Inside Edition

    This statue of Mary was the only thing left after Hurricane Harvey destroyed a Texas home. 


    Mary in the Window

    CBS

    Parishioners in Georgia said an image on their church window was the Virgin Mary. One worshipper said the smell of roses permeated the church when the outline appeared. 

    Jesus Amid the Flames of Notre Dame?

    Getty

    As Notre Dame Cathedral burned, some said they saw the figure of Jesus Christ amid the flames.


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