Hail Mary

Another appearance of the Virgin Mary! This time she has revealed herself to us in the form of chocolate drippings found beneath a vat at a chocolatier in Fountain Valley, California.

I am fascinated by the whole Virgin Mary appearing in random places phenomenon, partly because I have to wonder why she would choose to do so, and why exactly it would be categorized a miracle. I mean, is that really on par with giving a blindman sight, or not getting burned up in a fire? The other reason is that it seems that the Virgin only appears miraculously in this manner to hispanic people, and since I am hispanic, I am always on the look out personally for that time when the oil drippings below my parked car will coalesce before my eyes into her shape, signaling me to pull over, get out of the car and drop to my knees and pray, or when driving about the city, I will recognize her face in the huge piles of garbage that still litter the streets here, offering hope that one day someone will clean this crap up. Of course, if that were to happen, I suppose that pile would have to remain, as it would now become a shrine, with all the requisite flowers, candles, and weeping women showering it with glorious adulation.