STATE : ‘Miracle’ at Colfax Church Seen
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COLFAX, Calif. — Hordes of Roman Catholic faithful are flocking to a church here to see an image on the wall that many believe depicts the Virgin Mary.
“I think it’s a miracle,” said Marie Cammarota, 60, of Sacramento after filing through St. Dominic’s Church on Thursday.
She waited with about 5,000 others Thursday in a line that extended a quarter of a mile at its peak and turned the chief of the small police force into a traffic cop. Competition for parking in the Sierra Nevada town of 1,000 was fierce. A Christmas tree lot next door charged $5 per car.
The image appears about 9:30 a.m. above a statue of Jesus on a wall that faces the sun. It starts as faint, curved lines of mostly red, blue, green, purple and pink light. The lines darken and extend into a shape that looks like the top half of a figure. Then it gradually fades.
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