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ysengrin ([personal profile] ysengrin) wrote2007-05-26 11:09 am

Jesus struck by lightning, arm blown off

The nuns at Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden were thanking God on Sunday that no one was hurt when a bolt of lightning shot out of the sky and struck their 33-foot statue of Jesus.

The lightning bolt broke off one of Jesus' arms and a hand and damaged one of his feet, sending marble plummeting to the ground during a Saturday afternoon storm.

And, of course, the disclaimer. Seeing JC's face in burnt toast is a sign from God, but ...
Don't look for any religious symbolism here - it was only a freak act of Mother Nature, says Sister Ilaria.


Read about it here.