Mom's Heart
Longtime devotee, Angela Urquia of Kearney, N.J., snapped this photo of Michael Mangan, president, as he was leading the Rosary at the Pentecost Vigil on Saturday, June 2, 2001. Michael’s mother, Ruth Marie, had just passed on, so before Angela took the photo, she asked the Blessed Mother if She would have Michael’s mother send him a message. As you can see, it couldn’t be more plain and simple: Mom sent her heart of love to Michael (and to all the Bayside family)! Michael was unaware of all this until Angela showed him this miraculous photo. What a priceless treasure that stunned even the pilgrims. Interestingly, Ruth passed on May 14, or 5/14, the same number as our P.O. Box. What is incredible, too, as Angela explained, is that she used a broken camera to take the photo. She had run out of film so she asked Alexandrina Soto of The Bronx, N.Y., if she could borrow her Polaroid. Alexandrina said that she was sorry, but her camera was broken. Angela said, “Let me try it anyways.” So she took the camera and snapped the picture of Michael and there was a prolonged pause before the miracle-photo finally emerged a few minutes later. Hey, we understand. It takes Heaven or Mom a little while to draw a heart!

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