After Pope Benedict XVI stopped in New York over the weekend to speak at the U.N. and hold an enormous mass at Yankee Stadium, there are plenty of people around the city feeling blissed out by papal beneficence.

However, the pope isn't the only reason New Yorkers are seeing religious portents these days. Staff and patients of St. John's Queens Hospital are also rolling holy over another recent sign from above: a hospital tile water stain above the bed in room 232 that looks strikingly (or at least vaguely) like the face of Jesus Christ.

"I was freaking out," Junior Rodriguez, a cabbie who first saw the image above his hospital bed, said to the New York Post. "There was Jesus, looking down on me."

Hospital staff have reportedly agreed with Rodriguez's assessment, and have taken to calling 232 the "Jesus room."

An anonymous blog post on Crowncitee.com (seemingly by Rodriguez, based on the information given) outlines a dispute over who will now get to keep the blessed ceiling tile. The blogger believes it's his, but administrators claim it's hospital property.

Questions raised: If this is really a sign from above, why would Jesus pick a ceiling tile to spread the word? Look closely at that bearded visage: Couldn't this also be a portentous omen from the ghost of Jerry Garcia?

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