Host Turns To Blood Salt Lake City Utah

[Guest]

KEARNS, Utah -- The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City is investigating an event that some are calling a miracle inside the Saint Xavier church in Kearns.

 

Last week, during the holy communion, a host was returned to the father overseeing the service. A host is the small wafer handed out as part of the communion. The father placed the host in glass of water near the head of the church. Typically, the host will dissolve away in a few minutes.

 

Three days later, members of the church say the host was still floating and it appeared to be bleeding. Word spread, and the church filled with people. For a short time, the host was on display.

 

The Salt Lake City Diocese has taken possession of the host, appointing a committee to look into the incident. The head of the committee, Monsignor M. Francis Mannion issued this statement:

 

"Recently, reports of a bleeding host at St. Francis Xavier Church in Kearns have been circulating within the diocese. Monsignor Colin F. Bircumshaw, Diocesan Administrator, has appointed an ad hoc committee of individuals with various backgrounds to investigate the matter. The work of the committee is now underway. The results will be made public.

 

The host is now in the custody of the Diocesan Administrator. Contrary to rumor, there are NO current plans for public exposition or adoration.

 

Whatever the outcome of the investigation, we can use this time to renew our faith and devotion in the greatest miracle -- the Real Presence of Jesus Christ that takes place at every Mass.

 

There are no plans to make the host available for public view or adoration, according to the Diocese. However, the results of the investigation will be made public when it is complete.

 

 

[Guest]

https://youtu.be/rF54I_hsV34

Edited November 26, 2015 by Guest

[Guest]

"Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world." 1 Corinthians 11:27

[Guest]

Investigation is underway. Chances are it will have natural causes. Would be cool if there was a miracle.

Edited November 26, 2015 by Guest

[Gabriela]

Why would someone leave a host sitting alone in a glass of water for three days? It sounds like negligence. Am I missing something?

[NadaTeTurbe]

10 minutes ago, Gabriela said:

Why would someone leave a host sitting alone in a glass of water for three days? It sounds like negligence. Am I missing something?

from my understanding, someone bring the host to the priest (why ?) and then he put it in a glass of water to test a potential miracle ? 

[Gabriela]

7 minutes ago, NadaTeTurbe said:

from my understanding, someone bring the host to the priest (why ?) and then he put it in a glass of water to test a potential miracle ? 

I know. The whole thing is bizarre. Who returns a host to a priest? If you get an extra one, you just consume Him. But if you did return one, wouldn't the priest just put Him back in the Tabernacle or consume Him himself?

[CoffeeCatholic]

Usually,  if a host drops to the ground,  it is consumed,  but if the minister doesn't feel that is appropriate,  dissolving it in water is appropriate too.  Perhaps somebody coughed it up?   Anyway,  it was most likely locked in the sacristy.  

[chrysostom]

This reminds me of another incident in Pope Francis' old diocese in the 90s in Argentina, where a dirtied host was brought to the priest who placed it in water, and they found that instead of dissolving it started to bleed, then turn into flesh.  A scientist in charge of the investigation sent a sample to labs in the US without informing them of its origin, and was told that it was heart tissue from a man of Middle Eastern descent, and that the heart had been under severe stress, as if its owner had been beaten severely about the chest.  Moreover its examiner could not explain why the tissue still appeared to be alive and beating.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qbg_dhI4XCs

http://www.loamagazine.org/nr/the_main_topic/eucharistic_miracle_in_buenos.html

Edited November 26, 2015 by chrysostom

[Ash Wednesday]

3 hours ago, Josh said:

Investigation is underway. Chances are it will have natural causes. Would be cool if there was a miracle.

Even if it were declared a miracle, it's not likely everyone would believe it. I just imagine it being in the news and people saying "those Catholics are crazy."

Which makes me grin a little.