"Image of Pope Seen In Pancake"

A Catholic couple in Grand Rapids, Michigan named their new baby boy "John" after seeing an image of John Paul II on a pancake three weeks before the boy's birth. This was reported by TV8 in Grand Rapids on Oct 10, in an article titled, "Image of Pope Seen in Pancake."

To quote from the article:

"One Sunday morning, (the wife's) life changed with the flip of a pancake. 'Look at my pancake...it looks like, looks like the pope.'"

"'I thought it could very well look like him,' said...her husband. Instead of eating the pancake bite by bite, they stored it in the freezer and scurried to church."

The article did not report any official church reaction, but a teacher from a Catholic college was interviewed:

"Dr Robert Marco is Chair of Theology at Aquinas College. He says the pope in the pancake picture looks pretty accurate. But, he doubts it has a religious meaning. He adds it is probably a fluke."

The couple said they will keep the pancake.

It's sad that this new baby boy will go through the rest of life knowing he was named because of the way butter was spattered on a pancake.

May the Holy Spirit speak to the hearts of this family, grant them repentance from the sin of Catholicism, and born them again to real faith in Christ ALONE.