The Miracle Detectives headed to Northern California to meet a lovely woman, Cora Lorenzo, who claims holy oil seeps from her walls and numerous religious statues in her home. Ever since she brought holy water from her pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, and placed it in her home, this phenomenon had been occurring.   In addition, a woman, Marlene Alberto, believed she had been healed by this holy oil and she spoke with the Miracle Detectives.  It seemed to be a hopeful case for Randall and one that Dr. V could really put to the test. 

The miracle detectives met with Marlene Alberto and did a little research on her condition.  Marlene was convinced that the oil had cured her of a macular hole that was requiring surgery.  She had rubbed the oil on her eyelids everyday.  When the doctor took another look, the hole was gone.  With more research, Dr. V discovered a macular hole can close on its own.  It has happened.  So…science can explain this one. 

Although Randall appeared already convinced, Dr. V had her concerns about the holy oil.  They noticed the seepage from the door which led Dr. V to suspect a natural explanation for the oil.  When that was ruled out, she called in a de-bunker to look more closely at the case.  He cleaned up the statues and set up an overnight video to capture any seeping.  The video showed no oil seeping and the normally soaking statues were dry.  Meanwhile, Randall did some research on the oil.  The belief is that if God had produced the oil, it would be composed of natural elements.  So, they tested the holy oil from Cora’s home.  They wanted to see if it contained any synthetic compounds….and it did! 

So…what did the miracle detectives determine?   With the use of synthetic compounds and the fact that the overnight experiment yielded no holy oil, the miracle detectives had no problem agreeing…there was NO miracle.   Poor Randall…his hope for this to be a miracle was crushed.

As for me…I saw this one coming as soon as the camera panned to the walls.  It reminded me of when I clean my walls. Yes it is rare, but it happens! You know how the liquid runs down in steams.  At that moment, I realized I COULD be the Miracle Detective.  I totally called this one!  I felt badly for Randall.  As soon as the results came back on the oil…he was so bummed.  I could tell he really wanted this one.  Maybe next time!

So this got me thinking……can faith alone heal someone?