Ellenita Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 On a recent pilgrimage to Fatima, I celebrated Mass at a church where there is a Eucharistic miracle. There has been some interesting questions and answers in the Q&A forum about Eucharistic miracles. What do people think about them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archangel Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Eucharistic miracles reinforce my belief in the Real Presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katholikos Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 A close friend of mine went to Betania, Venezuela, a couple of years ago and saw the Eucharistic miracle that had occurred there on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 1991. A priest from Columbia, Father Otty, was celebrating a midnight vigil Mass for the Feast. At the time of the Consecration, about 15,000 people present saw a bright rose light over the Host. No one on the altar saw it. Father Otty broke the Host in half and broke off a small particle to put into the chalice. The remaining portion of the Host had begun to Bleed. For three days the Blood on the the Host was fluid, and then it began to dry up. The Blood didn't seep through the wafer thin Host. The opposite side of the Host shows no sign whatsoever of Blood. The Blood on the Host is not a very large spot, only "two centimeters in quadrangle." The importance is not in the miracle itself, but in the sign. It is a sign that Our Lord is truly present in the Eucharist. It is a sign of Our Lord's mercy and love for his children. I have a book with a photograph of the Bloody Host, preserved in a monstrance and attested as a genuine miracle by the Bishop. It is kept in the Bishop's residence. The Host has been tested at the local police departent and found to contain human blood. Neither my book nor a copy of the Bishop's certificate of authenticity says which type. Perhaps the test didn't reveal that, since it was not done at a laboratory but at a police department. Other Eucharist miracles have been tested and found to be type AB Blood -- the same type found on the Shroud of Turin. Ave Cor Mariae, Jay (Likos) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Man, Eucharistic miracles ... of all the miracles that can occur, they seem to be the most profound! But let's not forget the chief Eucharistic miracle of all -- that the bread and wine, while still looking like bread and wine, becomes the Body and Blood of Christ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted May 25, 2004 Author Share Posted May 25, 2004 [quote]The importance is not in the miracle itself, but in the sign. It is a sign that Our Lord is truly present in the Eucharist. It is a sign of Our Lord's mercy and love for his children.[/quote] I agree Likos! The story of the Eucharist Miracle I saw is truely amazing. It happened in 1200's and has been verified by numerous investigations since then. A woman was bothered by problems in her marriage and went to a sourceress to cast a spell over her husband, who told her she would need a consecrated Host. She then went to communion, received the Blessed Sacrament but instead of eating, she placed the Host into a hanky and then set off to the sourceress. En route she was stopped by neighbours who asked if she was OK - blood was coming from the hanky. Terrified she went home and placed it in the linen chest in the bedroom. That night a bright light came from the chest and woke her and the husband up - she told him what had happened, they both fell to their knees and asked forgiveness. In the morning they took the Blessed Sacrament, wrapped in a wax surround for protection which immediately crystalised, to the priest who placed it in the monstrance. It was incredible to see. How awesome our God is, and what an incredible gift the Eucharist is to us..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I love to read the accounts of the Miracles of the Eucharist. One of my favorite books is Eucharistic Miracles by Joan Carroll Cruz. It's fantastic. Each short chapter covers a different miracle of the Holy Eucharist, and tells where (and when) these miracles are to be seen today. They certainly do increase my awe in this Most August Sacrament. Remarkable, also, that they remain for us all to witness, over the centuries. No mere wafer of bread would do that. But Christ the Lord, who is beyond all limits of time and space, reveals Himself to us in the Eucharist, even till the end of time. Pax Christi. <>< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphRC Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 Pax Iesus I remember one, where a Jesuit Priest I believe started to lose faith in the Eucharist, he struggled for a time, begged Christ for help, then during a Mass he was saying, he came to the Eucharist consecration, raised it, his arms jolted and shaked, and it rose from his hands. I remember two stories like this, but its very vague, obviously, just look at my statements Pax Iesus Christi Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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