Um. How is that possible? - Here's an odd religious news item for today.
Apparently a painting of the Virgin Mary in a church in Romania cried.
As is usually the case with Virgin Mary phenomena, this drew hundreds of people. One person, a 62-year-old woman facing difficult times, thought that if she could get the tear then things would get better for her.
She told National newspaper: "I thought that if I took this tear drop at home all my troubles would disappear.
"I went to the icon, I prayed and then tried to steal the tear with my lips while kissing it. But I couldn't so I used a tissue to wipe the tear and take it with me."
Police were called in and they found her out. But they said they couldn't charge her with anything.
The tissue is now sitting beside the painting.
You know what?
I couldn't help but think about the incident in the Bible where the woman stole a touch of the hem of Christ's garment.
Of course Christ didn't call the police. He told her that her faith had healed her.
