Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[Metro]

The astonishing vision emerged on Good Friday after a website called for oddball religious discoveries.”I was amazed. I just took a bite and then I saw the face of Christ in it,” the finder told the NU.nl Dutch website.

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[From me]

How did I miss this one? Kit Kat? No. Baby Ruth I’d believe it.

[Telegraph]
Toby Elles, 22, made the discovery after burning the food when he fell asleep while cooking.
After lifting off the scorched bacon Mr Elles, from Salford, Lancs, could not believe his eyes when the Christlike image stared back at him.
The face is complete with eyes, nose, a beard and is framed by long flowing hair.
Mr Elles, a cashier for Halifax Bank, said: “I fell asleep cooking some bacon and it had burned this face onto the pan, it’s some kind of miracle.
“If it wasn’t for the smoke of the bacon burning this onto the pan it could have been a very bad situation, perhaps someone’s looking over me.
“My housemates and I had a few beers earlier in the evening I thought I would snack before going to bed and as it was cooking I decided to take a rest on the couch.
“When I woke up about an hour later the room was full of smoke.
“Luckily we have an electric hob so I just turned off the heat, but then I lifted up the bacon and there was JC looking back at me.
“I’m not going to scrub it clean though, just in case I get struck by lightning, it’s going to take pride of place on a wall instead.
“It’s become quite a talking point for people who come round to the house and I have even thought I might get a glass cabinet to put it in.
“I’m going to keep it for the rest of my life, perhaps it can watch over me.”

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[From me]

Since Jesus was Jewish, could he really appear on Pork?

[Times Tribune]
When Mary Louise Salerno saw Jesus Christ in a bucket of pizza sauce, her instinct was not to alert the media or even to tell many friends.

She did not want people descending on her family’s West Scranton pizzeria, and she did not want to invite critics or doubters of what she felt was a clear sign.

“To us, it was something special,” Ms. Salerno, 65, of Old Forge said. “God smiled on us that day.”

The image of Jesus has a history of unexpected appearances, from rocks and windows to medical X-rays and a tortilla. Add to that a sauce bucket at Brownie’s Famous Pizzeria, a long-standing eatery on Luzerne Street. It happened on the first Friday of Lent.

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[From me]

Looks more like Sir Walter Raleigh…in a can. We better let him out before he suffocates.

[HT] Steve Thompson

[Times 24]

WHEN Rob Millist lit a fire in the lounge of his Old Hatfield home as he set up for a party, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.But after a few minutes he was stunned to see the face of JESUS CHRIST staring back at him from the flames.

The defining features of a gaunt face are clearly visible in this snap he took on Friday night.

And Rob, a freelance video editor, reckons it bears the resemblance of the son of God.

The 29-year-old, of Church Street, said: “We were taken by surprise.

“On the corner of one of the logs, the ash part was the face. You can see two eyes, a nose and moustache.”

“It’s very spooky, and very profound.”

Rob is a member of the Welwyn Hatfield branch of Friends of the Earth, and is currently campaigning against an incinerator being built in the county.

He said: “Maybe Jesus is opposing incineration too!”

And Rob added friends and neighbours who had seen the fire, or his photos, were equally shocked.

“Everyone I’ve shown them to do not say anything. They just stare and their jaws drop open.”

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[From me]

“It only takes a spark to get a fire going,
And soon all those around can warm up in its glowing;
That’s how it is with God’s Love,
Once you’ve experienced it,
Your spread the love to everyone
You want to pass it on.”

[HT] Steve Thompson

[Belief Net]

On October 5, 1977, Maria Rubio was making fresh tortillas for her husband’s breakfast when she came across a startling discovery: while cooking, the face of Jesus had been burned onto the surface of a tortilla by the heat of the skillet. Maria’s husband, Eduardo, and their daughter, Rosy, recognized the image as well.

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[From me]

I think it is important to teach our children the classics. This is one sighting that we must never forget!