Citrus Heights Man Claims He Saw Virgin Mary In Palm Tree Branch
He Says It's A Message From God
March 17, 2008
CITRUS HEIGHTS —
It's Holy Week, and as worshippers are preparing for Easter Sunday, a Citrus Heights man believes he's received a message from God, through a palm tree, on Palm Sunday.
"I was going like this and I looked at it and said, Holy... it got me," said Manny Duenas who believes he found the image of the Virgin Mary in a palm tree branch.
"This is her hair, and I see her forehead. I see her neck, her chin is right here."
He was doing yard work last week when he came across it.
Duenas says if you look closely, you can see the Virgin Mary cradling baby Jesus in her arms.
It was just seconds away from becoming yard waste when the homeowner says something stopped him and he noticed what he believes is the image of the Virgin Mary.
"When I'm doing my work I'm just cutting it up putting it in here. But for some reason when I got to the second branch. I don't know if it was looking at me or what. But when I saw it I had the goose bumps. I said, let me share that with the family. I'm getting the goose bumps now." he laughed.
"He was all just like, girls, get out here. Come look at this. I was like, wow. I was speechless. I didn't know what to say," said Manny's daughter Marissa.
Duenas is convinced this is the real deal and not just a coincidence, especially since Easter is coming up.
"God is out there and maybe these are one of the messages that they send," said Manny.
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