On October 19, 1986, she shed bloody tears and, then, thick tears of blood. Theresa, Julia’s 3rd child who was thirteen at that time, found the tears of blood and screamed, “Mommy! There is blood on the Blessed Mother’s face…” She began crying in her mother’s arms. Julia was surprised and rushed to the Blessed Mother’s eyes and felt intense pains in her heart. She could hardly walk. She called the pastor and sisters, who came shortly afterwards.

The bloody tears continued for about one week. As the Blessed Mother mentioned in her message that she would call the religious, many sisters came and saw the weeping.

Tears and tears of blood continued intermittently and continued even after the statue was moved to the newly-built Chapel.

Testimonies on the Blessed Mother's tears of blood

Above: The Blessed Mother shed tears of blood for the first time in Naju. Theresa, Julia's third child, first found the tears of blood. At her screaming, others rushed to the statue and saw thick tears of blood flowing down from Our Lady's eyes. About 5 minutes later, Fr. John Park, pastor of the Naju parish, came and was astonished at the tears of blood. He began praying with two arms raised. (October 19, 1986)

Above: Fr. John Park of the Naju parish had asked that Our Lady's weeping statue be placed in the rectory, Remembering the Blessed Mother's three-month stay with Elizabeth (Luke: 1, 39-56). Julia said to Our Lady, " Mother, please return after three months" During her stay in the rectory, the Blessed Mother did not shed any tears. After she came back to Julia's home on February 2, 1987, she resumed shedding tears of blood. (March 11, 1987)

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The Blessed Mother shed tears and tears of blood for the sake of priests.  The cloth under the statue became wet with the tears and tears of blood.
(April 23, 1987)

Our Lady shed lots of tears of blood and tears, while Fr. Raymond Spies, three Sisters from the Our Lady's Assumption Order who came with Fr. Spies, and other pilgrims were praying the rosary. (August 26, 1989)

Fr. Louis Bosmans from Canada and Fr. Raymond Spies came and saw the Blessed Mother shedding copious amounts of tears of blood. The cloth under the statue became very wet. (October 14, 1989)

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Lots of tears flowed on top of the tears of blood shed on October 14, 1989. Our Lady also gave a message. She said, "My Heart is burning so much that blood is coming up to my throat" (November 26, 1989 - The Feast of Christ the King)

Shedding thick tears of blood from her eyes and blood from her nose and suffering great pains, Our Lady gave us a message, "I am sad. So many of my poor children, who are usually forgetful of me, seek me only during difficult times as if trying to grab a life buoy... Once they receive the grace thet have asked for, they return to their miserable life, forgetting about my love..." (May 8, 1990)

 Above: (October 2, 1990)

  The Blessed Mother was shedding thick tears of blood. (November 1, 1990)

"This world should not be left to be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah..." The Blessed Mother is screaming until her throat begins bleeding. She is shedding lots of tears and tears of blood from her eyes and blood from her nose. Her neck has swollen. (March 25, 1991)