Just Another Jesus Image?

Greetings, Sisters, Brothers, and Friends of the Community!

I pray that this note finds you all well and wrapped in the arms of Christ!

Speaking of Christ, a South Bend, Indiana, couple recently reported that they saw an image of Jesus on the fur of their cat.

Seeing the image of Jesus is not a new phenomenon. Here is a small sampling of sightings over recent years:

12-21-01 Jesus image appears on a car windshield. (England)

10-27-05 Couple says fish bone bears Jesus image. (Chicago)

11-7-06 Jesus image appears in the fur of a dog’s bottom. (England)

1-3-07 Residents see Jesus image in tree. (Florida)

8-14-07 Jesus image appears on kitchen cabinets. (Connecticut)

2-11-08 Jesus image found in a tree log. (Pennsylvania)

3-21-08 Man finds Jesus image in a cheesy snack (calls it “Chessus”). (Georgia)

4-17-08 Girl finds sweet Jesus image in a piece of candy. (Florida)

4-30-08 Pregnant woman sees Jesus image in ultrasound. (Ohio)

6-27-08 Jesus image seen in granite slab in Dallas. (Texas)

He has also been seen on a shower wall, on a turtle, and in a split potato.

70,000 hits when I Google “Jesus Image” and I couldn’t find one report of a person seeing the image of Jesus in another person. Once, just once, it would be uplifting to see a story that went something like this: “AP – A man in the small town of Belleville recently reported seeing the image of Jesus in another person. When asked about the incident, he said, “You know, I decided to look past the other fellow’s ego and into his heart, and there it was – the likeness of our Lord and Savior. I realized that this person was truly a good, loving person!”

Maybe this will happen one day. It seems that the incidents of seeing the image of Jesus in all sorts of things are getting more frequent. Perhaps this is just practice for the real thing.

Well, I have to go brush my cats now. Maybe, just maybe…

Br. Daniel-Joseph, CTG
Guardian