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Coming close to Mother Mary – and the First Miracle
I began working with Mary, the Mother of
Jesus, yesterday. The Blessed Virgin in
the minds of good Christian people.
And in the minds of my Catholic friends she
is highly revered. That is true especially about the Statue that has stood for
so many years in Sacred Heart Church in Peterborough.
If you have followed my story, where I have
been working in the Statues at the Sacred Heart Church, I have completed the
restoration work in Jesus before Christmas 2012. The next in line for me to work on is this
one of Mary.
Now in some circles there is mystery about Statues.
As people focus their attention and pray while standing at the Statue – stuff happens.
‘Stuff’ may not be the best way to say it. Apologies, to my Christian friends. ‘Stuff’
is or could be Miracles… depending on the faith, the circumstances, or the way
that God wants to connect to his people – or the person.
Miracles can be for the larger body, the whole
church, or they can be for the individual.
Last Sunday I was the guest minister at St.
Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Peterborough.
Following the Common Lectionary scriptures for day I spoke from John 5 –
where Jesus makes wine from the water in the foot washing jugs – all 180+
gallons of it. I also had read from 1
Corinthians 12 where Paul speaks about the Gifts of the Spirit… knowledge and
wisdom plus miracles caught my attention for the sermon.
Now remember this is a Presbyterian Church –
rather reserved and sometimes quiet. I am neither. And I was very excited about what God could
do – trying my best to motivate people to see what I saw and what I know to be the
truth.
That is the stage set for what happened to me
personally yesterday… when I was with the Statue of Mary.
Mary was painted over completely with heavy white
paint. That took place somewhere about 45 years ago. Any photos that they have of
the Statue back in her glory days – are Black and White and not at all good
images.
How do I possibly know what is below the
paint? Can I even remotely make this Statue look anywhere near as good as it
must have been? Where do I start?
There was much cracked and chipped paint on
the Statue before they painted it white.
The person that painted the white never removed the cracked and chipped
paint but rather just slathered the white stuff over top.
So I began by breaking loose the white paint
and the old paint down below… right down the plaster base. The Statue is a mess. New paint will only
cover it all for a while – so it needs to go done to base in many places.
As I chipped and scraped the surface around
one area the Blue paint of Mary’s tunic started showing through. Then with one small scrape a tiny piece of
Gold showed through. I worked slowly on that spot and there was way more gold
showing through… but not just covering whole areas the way that the artist had
done with Jesus!!!
Wow! What a moment it was when I started
seeing the remarkable design that had been created by an artist over 100 years
ago. Such love and care had gone into every stroke. The fine detail was over whelming to say the
least.
The entire Blue Tunic that Mary is wearing is
covered with this beautiful design. But
it is not just gold it also maroons and dark reds mixed with deep blue… with
fine lines of white… all in a very small area of perhaps ¾ inch.
As I stared at the art work that was
appearing it literally took my breath away.
If I had painted over the spot to achieve a somewhat
‘restored’ look… new colours and new brightness no one would have ever been able
to see what I saw yesterday. And if I had
not accidentally pushed on that one tiny spot I would never have seen the bit
of gold… and if I had not slowly scraped the outer layer of heavy white away I would
never have seen the design.
Whoa! What a moment. I slid down to the floor and looked at the work
before me. I cannot possibly clean off the whole area. In fact the actual work
and design is in not very good shape at all.
The best I can do is attempt to duplicate the art work as I repaint the
tunic.
But there was more… and moment by moment I then
saw more secrets that Mary had hidden from view.
I thought a lot about what has happened to
me. I experienced a Personal Miracle. I really
did! How and Why I am not sure yet! But something happened to me as I came very
close to this Statue… and I saw the things that only the artist of 100+ years
knew about.
I am heading over to work with Mary again
this morning. I know what I have to look for next. That came early this morning
when my eyes popped open.
I am super charged today and can’t wait to
get started. Hmmm? Will there be other Miracles for other people
that come near Mary in the months to come???
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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