{"id":3894,"date":"2010-01-12T06:26:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T06:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/jesus-and-mary-in-fruit.html"},"modified":"2010-01-12T06:26:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T06:26:02","slug":"jesus-and-mary-in-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/jesus-and-mary-in-fruit.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus and Mary in fruit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it seems, according to this report<\/a> out of Buffalo: <\/p>\n

\n\"genthumb.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>A Lockport man says he believes an image of Jesus and Mary can be found in an orange he cut open for breakfast Christmas morning.<\/p>\n

Paul Kulniszewski of Lockport, a self proclaimed non-holy man, says as soon as he cut the orange open, he noticed the image of Jesus hanging from a Crucifix with an image of the Virgin Mother just below. Kulniszewski took a picture of the pith, or the white stringy portion that runs down the middle, where he says the image is, to be sure his eyes weren’t playing tricks on him.<\/p>\n

“I quickly called my wife and said, come see this… tell me it’s not my eyes. I mean, am I seeing what I’m seeing?” says Kulniszewski<\/p>\n

Kulniszewski took evidence photos for the New York State Police for 30 years and now enjoys photography as a hobby. He says he’s glad he thought quickly enough to capture the images before the orange wilted.<\/p>\n

Kulniszewski says he knows there are people out there who will think he is crazy but says, he knows what he sees.<\/p>\n

“Apparitions are neither accepted or denied by the Catholic Church. They are based on what the recipient of the apparition believes and to me, I believe that it is Jesus Christ and Mary in the orange.” says Kulniszewski.<\/p>\n

The married, father of 6 says he has no intention of selling the orange that he’s now preserved in resin, to keep within his family.<\/p>\n

Kulnisnewski plans to duplicate the picture of the orange and sell it for around $15.00 including shipping. He says half of the proceeds will go towards his Roman Catholic Church in Lockport.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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