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Could rocks "cry out" when human voices fail to praise God? The mysterious image at Las Lajas shrine in Colombia suggests exactly that. Unlike any painting or artwork, this image of the Virgin Mary penetrates three feet deep into solid rock with no paint, pigment, or chemical treatment - the image is somehow part of the rock itself.

The timing couldn't be more prophetic. In 1754, as this miraculous image appeared in Colombia after healing a deaf-mute child, Scottish philosopher David Hume was publishing works subtly undermining religious authority in Europe. Jesus once told the Pharisees, "If these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out." As intellectual atheism began its rise, a stone literally cried out with divine imagery on another continent.

This pattern continues today. While many church leaders remain silent on matters of faith and tradition, we see unexpected manifestations breaking through - weeping statues, Eucharistic miracles, and profound spiritual experiences connected to our liturgical heritage. When a bishop like Robert Reed publicly shares that he "knelt and wept" after celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass for the first time, he reminds us what's truly at stake: understanding the Mass as the ultimate sacrifice rather than merely a communal meal.

The Mass is the only moment when time travel and bilocation become possible - where we stand truly present at Calvary alongside saints in heaven and souls in purgatory. When we lose this understanding, we lose everything that makes our worship sacred. Share this episode with someone struggling to understand why tradition matters in our modern age of faith.

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