With liquid dripping from one knee, the bronze sculpture of the Risen Christ has been a mystery in Medjugorje since 2001. While the nature of the liquid is itself mysterious, the mystery as such has just increased, for these days the unknown substance flows from both legs of the sculpture.
Pilgrims standing in line with
handkerchiefs, ready to collect drops of the liquid that flows from the Risen
Christ sculpture
Almost 11 years
after one of the knees of the Risen Christ sculpture in Medjugorje first started
to shed a tear-like liquid, even returning pilgrims are surprised by the
sculpture these days: Now the watery substance comes from both legs.
“Yes, it is true.
Water is coming from both legs now. The new drip is actually just above the
knee, on the lower thigh. The new drip is stronger than the older
one” film-maker and Queen of Peace Productions founder Sean Bloomfield reports
from Medjugorje.
The right leg of the sculpture from where
liquid started dripping in 2001
“With all the
people in Medjugorje now, having both knees dripping sure helps in the crowd
flow!” he adds on the discussion board at where another pilgrim just back from
Medjugorje likewise tells to have witnessed the substance dripping from both
sculpture legs.
The sculpture has
shown to be unpredictable on previous occasions as well. Several times, the
dripping has stopped for extended periods of time. One such occasion in 2010
coincided with Medjugorje receiving large amounts of rain, weakening a theory
that the watery substance could be rain dripping out from inside the
sculpture.
On another
occasion, a large group of pilgrims witnessed how the substance was suddenly red
and no longer clear:
“My friend Drago
who lives in Medjugorje has informed me that this past week a man took a paper
napkin and reached to take a drop of oil from the Risen Christ statue. When he
looked at the napkin it is reported that the napkin was full of blood. A minimum
of 50 people witnessed this. Some screamed in fear and some said, “It’s a
miracle” reported by that time.
Gallons of mysterious liquid have been
gathered by Medjugorje pilgrims in the course of the almost 11 years when the
substance has been flowing from the Risen Christ sculpture behind the outdoor
altar of St. James Church
Vatican experts
have been rumored to have analyzed the substance, but neither Rome nor the
parish of Medjugorje have ever confirmed such analysis to have taken
place.
The statue is a
replica of the 277 centimeter silver sculpture “The Resurrection”, sculpted by
Andrej Ajdic and presented to Pope John Paul II on the occasion of his 1996
visit to Slovenia
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