STOLEN BABY JESUS RETURNED TO CHURCH AFTER 80 YEARS

A New Jersey church has been reunited with a baby Jesus statue that was stolen eight decades ago. Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph in Hoboken came across the surprise Wednesday when an unknown package was delivered. Rev. Alexander Santora, the church priest, found the statue and a note inside. The note said that the baby Jesus statue was stolen from the church’s Nativity display in the early 1930s. The statue somehow came into the possession of the sender’s grandfather. He gave it to the sender’s mother, and she kept it until her passing. The sender said, “Knowing the story, I felt it should be returned to the rightful owner. Reverend Santora said the plaster statue is in great condition after all these years, with “only a chip on the bottom.” The package’s postal tracking number traced back to Crystal Springs, Florida. Though the parish has been in existence since the 19th century and has old statues and relics in storage, Santora is not sure if there any remnants around of the old Nativity scene that corresponds to the baby Jesus statue.
* Now the baby Jesus statue is an orphan! That is SO SAD!
* That was a pretty good prank.
* Crystal Springs, Florida: Den of Thieves.
* Meanwhile, the statue’s thinking: “Great. From Florida to Jersey. Beautiful.”
* It’s true – if you just wait long enough, Jesus will return.