At the cross her station keeping stood the mournful mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Lo! the piercing sword had ...

From the outset, none of them could account for the sacred mother’s weeping. Early on Jan. 4, 1975, the figurine was found to have wet eyes. The “tearing” phenomenon was reported on a total ...