Statue Of Virgin Mary “Blinks” In US Church

A statue of the Virgin Mary that was commissioned more than 75 years ago astonished worshippers in Ohio when it appeared to blink as they looked at it. Photos captured the enigmatic moment.

On August 2, while on exhibit at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima is said to have closed and opened its eyes. The statue is traveling the region as part of a tour.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame and the NFL were founded in Canton, the city where the chapel is situated.

The statue has traveled to over 100 nations, including China and Russia.

Many who have visited the statue have since claimed they’ve witnessed medical miracles, including a young boy some believe was cured of malaria.

Those in Northeast Ohio who claim they saw the gesture snapped a photo, which seemingly shows the idol mid-blink.

‘According to theologians, mystically her presence is there with the statue,’ said Katie Moran, who took the picture to post to social media.

Speaking to Fox affiliate WJW, she said: ‘I took it and thought, ‘that’s really nice’.

‘I took one more to be sure and when I looked at it, the eyes were closed,’ she continued.

‘I [went], ‘wow!”

Others, including Connie Liptak, claimed they saw the statue blink as well.

She told the local news station: ‘I knew it was a miracle because I’d been looking at her all morning.’

Pointing to the photos, she added: ‘They’re really closed. I mean, you can really see her lashes are down.’

Katie, who is also head of the USA branch of the organization that oversees the statues, further claimed the phenomenon was a sort of warning – one consistent with other miracles the idol is supposed to have worked.

‘For those who believe, no proof is necessary,’ she said, as reports of visitors being cured of plights ranging from cancer to infertility remain rife.

‘For those who don’t, no proof is possible,’ she added.

‘It’s faith and I believe.’

‘We know that she’s wept 15 times,’ added the statue’s custodian Larry Maginot, who follows the Holy Mother on her travels and says such occurrences, while rare, are not outside the norm.

Sharing a story about a three-year-old boy with incurable malaria supposedly healed by Our Lady of Fatima, Maginot recalled: ‘He said, ‘the doctors had given up on me.”

But when the boy’s father brought him before the statue during a visit to Vietnam, he said, ‘he ended up recovering.’

Already anticipating backlash from skeptics, Liptak told a reporter of what she might say in response.

‘I just say, ‘I don’t lie,’ she said.

‘I know what I’ve seen and I believe what I’ve seen.’

Taking into account the statue’s history and the occurrences surrounding its creation, there is some indication it is special.

People worldwide often report God performing miracles through the Virgin Mary. May our dear Mother Mary never stop interceding for us all.

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