Family Sees Virgin Mary On Living Room Wall - Portland News Story - WMTW Portland
Donna Quintana, of Meadow Lake, N.M., said it’s a much-needed blessing that appeared right before her family’s eyes Christmas Eve. Her husband saw it first.
“He noticed an image there. He said, ‘That looks like an image of the Virgin Mary,’” Quintana said.
She said the image appeared during a home construction mishap. Quintana said her husband was putting a special texture on the wall. The spray bottle he was using broke twice, which meant the texture couldn’t be wiped off fast enough. This is how it dried.
“I feel like it’s telling us something, like it’s protecting us,” Quintana said. “It’s like a miracle.”
Her family concurs.
“I think God is trying to tell us something, like a message from heaven,” said Mariah Quintana, Donna Quintana’s granddaughter.
You see that pathetic example of pareidolia up there on the left? That’s what passes for a “Christmas Miracle” these days. It’s like the Virgin Mary isn’t even trying in her art anymore. That could be a picture of my big toe for all that it looks like Jesus’ mom, but these True Believers™ are all excited about it. You’d think they’d won the lottery with the way they’re running around ascribing divine intent to a stain on the wall. You’d think a God capable of anything could come up with something a bit more impressive as a sign to his followers that their luck is about to change.
Posted on 01/04/2008 at 01:18 AM 
I find it funny that the husband created it when he was trying to apply a texture (orange peel?) to the wall and messed up/can didn’t work.
So I’ll file this as even less miraculous then the water stain that appeared to be the virgin Mary after some guy couldn’t patch his roof properly. Or the whole virgin Mary toast incident. Funny thing is after being tricked by a friend into viewing a Goatse image. I realized the water leak in our garage looks an awfully lot like St. Goatse.