A big blue cross is always going to garner attention. Why is it blue? Putting aside the opinion that maybe more crosses should be blue, the famous spot of worship on Apparition Hill is one of the most powerful places for prayer in the town. One story goes that Our Lady told a young boy to avoid the ‘blue angels’, by which she meant socialist police, but reality is a little more down to earth than that. A chap called Ivan built a cross, he wanted to paint it, he only had blue paint. Sometimes, two plus two does equal four.