A group of neighbours got an Almighty shock when a statue of Mary miraculously transformed into Jesus after a deep clean. The grotto to "Our Lady" at Leo Fitzgerald House in Dublin has long been a focal point for residents of the tight-knit community.
But a lockdown cleaning spree at the complex this week has uncovered that it isn't Mary at all. The community came together to trim bushes, weed gardens and replace broken stonework in a blitz that left the area spotless.
The spring clean also included a chemical scrubbing of the statue they thought represented Holy Mary, Dublin Live reports. But as the years of grime were washed away, the neighbours realised it wasn't the Blessed Virgin, but her immaculately conceived son Jesus.
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