#eucharistic miracle

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Ugolino di Prete Ilario, Eucharistic miracle, ca. 1360.

Orvieto, Duomo, Cappella del Corporale

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Reliquary containing the Eucharistic miracle of Santarém, placed on a silver-gilt monstrance.

Also called the Most Holy Miracle (in portuguese, Santíssimo Milagre), this is one of the most remarkable Eucharistic miracles recognised by the Catholic Church, and venerated both national and internationally.

Around 1226 (or 1247, according to some sources), a woman from the city of Santarém was suffering greatly due to her husband's mistreatment and infidelity. In desperation, she sought the help of a witch to cast a spell to win back his love. For the spell to worked the witch demanded a consecrated host as the essential ingredient for the spell. Though initially hesitant, the woman went to the Church of St. Stephen, where she confessed and received Holy Communion. However, instead of consuming the host, she discreetly removed the Sacred Particle from her mouth and wrapped it in her veil.

As she left the church, without her noticing, the host began to bleed, with the blood becoming visible through the veil and seen by several people, which led them to ask the poor woman what injuries she had. In distress, she hurried back and enclosed the Miraculous Host in a chest in a wooden chest at home. That night, she and her husband woke up with the whole house shining. The mysterious rays of light came from the ark, and upon opening it, they found the host still bleeding and radiating a brilliant glow. Filled with remorse, she told her husband her sinful act, and afterwards, they spent the rest of the night knelt down in prayer and worship.

The following morning, the parish priest was informed of the supernatural prodigy. Once the news spread, half the population of Santarém rushed to contemplate the Miracle. The Sacred Particle was then returned, processionally, to the Church of Saint Stephen, where it was preserved inside a kind of ostensory made of wax. Years later, in 1340, when the tabernacle was opened for Eucharistic Adoration, as was customary, but this time, he discovered that the the wax was found torn into pieces, and, in turn, the Sacred Particle was miraculously enclosed in a crystal ambula. This container was subsequently placed in a gilded silver monstrance, where it currently remains.

[jameslmartello]

BREAKING: Reports of NEW EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE - Fr. Mark Goring, CC

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"The Eucharist is seen pulsing like a heart during a recent Catholic Church service in Mexico"

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From a letter by Monsignor Josefino S. Ramirez, on August 21, 1993:

[Sister Agnes Sasagawa of Akita, Japan] went into the convent chapel to pray and saw a glorious light coming from the Blessed Sacrament. Filled with divine love, she went right down on the floor. For hours, no one could even move her. Twenty years after this experience, the very memory of it will move Sister Agnes to ecstasy.

I spoke for hours with Bishop Ito of Akita. He told me that he was there to witness this glorious light from the Blessed Sacrament. It was on the feast of the Sacred Heart in 1973, and it lasted for three days. This apparition has now been approved by the Church. The first one since Fátima in 1916.

At Fátima, 70,000 people witnessed the miracle of the dancing sun. The sun in the sky is a sign of the Son of God in the Blessed Sacrament. One is the natural source of all power and life, the other is the supernatural source. That is why every monstrance is in the form of a sunburst.

The miracle at Fátima foretells the great Eucharistic Miracle that is coming. What happened at Akita tells us the nature of this miracle. In every place where Jesus is adored in the Blessed Sacrament, the light of His love will burst forth like the dawn for everyone to see. As soon as there are enough chapels of perpetual adoration to satisfy God's divine justice, He will show the whole world His Divine Mercy by revealing what is concealed, making visible what is hidden, the light of His love in the Blessed Sacrament.

What Sister Agnes saw, the whole world will one day see. It will be the glorious light of His love.

(picture of the Miracle of the Sun at Fátima, Portugal, taken from: https://epicpew.com/even-catholic-facts-will-make-look-like-smartest-person-ever/)

[donnadarling]

Hey, I'm curious: is there any non-catholic substantiation of Eucharistic Miracles? Like, reputable secular scientists who actually looked at the evidence and went, "wow man, I can't explain this"? Would be very interested in reading about that. Preferably from a non-catholic source.

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Eucharistic Miracle of St. Anthony

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This Eucharistic host still contains fresh blood over 770 years later - On the Feast of Corpus Christi - Latin Calendar - June 20th

The miracle is visible to pilgrims in Santarem, Portugal, and looks the same as it did in 1247.

Catholics believe that the bread and wine at Mass are transformed into Jesus’ body, blood, soul and divinity. It is a mystery known as “transubstantiation,” which means that while the appearances of bread and wine remain, the underlying substance is changed (through the power of God) completely to the body and blood of Christ. It is a teaching based on scripture and tradition and has remained unchanged in its essence since apostolic times.

However, the Church recognizes that on rare occasions both the substance and the appearance is changed into Jesus’ body and blood. These are identified as “Eucharistic miracles,” and testify to the words Jesus gave to his disciples at the Last Supper (“This is my body”).

One such miracle occurred in Santarem, Portugal, in 1247, when a young woman, jealous of her husband, went to a sorceress in hopes of making a love potion. The sorceress instructed the young woman to obtain a consecrated host from a Catholic Church. The young woman followed the instructions and hid the host in a linen cloth.

Shortly after she enclosed the host in the cloth, it began to bleed. She was frightened by what she saw and quickly shut the host in a drawer in her bedroom. At night, brilliant rays of light came from the drawer and she was forced to tell her husband everything.

The next day she brought the miraculous host to the parish priest, who enshrined the bleeding host in a reliquary. It has remained there in Santarem ever since, and canonical investigations were undertaken in 1340 and 1612. On both occasions the miracle was found to be authentic.

Over the centuries the host will appear like fresh bloody tissue, or dry up and harden. According to those who have seen it, the host remains irregularly shaped and has veins that run from top to bottom. The fact that the host has remained intact all of these years is a “second miracle,” and continues to baffle skeptics.

It is a sign for all of Jesus’ real presence in the Eucharistic host and has reinvigorated the faith of many Catholics around the world. __________

Another Story:

The miracle of the Eucharist in Santarem, Portugal (1225) - An ongoing miracle

Around the year 1225 there was a woman living in Santarem, who was very unhappy with her marriage. She was convinced that her husband did not love her, and was unfaithful. She initially tried numerous things to win back the affection of her husband, but to no avail. As a desperate last attempt, she went to a sorceress. The sorceress promised the wife that her husband would return to his loving ways, if the wife would bring her a Consecrated Host.

This of course greatly frightened the woman, because she knew it was sacrilege, but nevertheless she finally gave in. She went to Mass at the Church of St. Steven, and received Communion, but did not consume the Host. Instead, she left the Church immediately, and took the Host out of her mouth, putting It into her veil. She then went to the sorceress.

Along the way, the Host began to bleed inside the veil. The wife was not aware of it until passersby brought it to her attention, thinking she herself was bleeding. Panic struck the woman and instead of going to the sorceress’ house, she rushed home. She then put the bloody veil containing the Host into the bottom of a trunk, not knowing what else to do. When her husband came home, she said nothing.

Later in the night they were awakened by mysterious bright rays of light coming from the trunk, penetrating the wood and illuminating the entire room. The wife then confessed her sin to her husband and both of them knelt in adoration for the remaining hours until dawn, when the parish priest was summoned.

News of the mysterious event spread quickly and attracted countless people who wanted to contemplate the miracle. Because of the furor, an episcopal Church investigation was promptly organized.

A miracle upon a miracle

The bloody Host was taken in procession to the Church of St. Stephen, where it was encased in wax (to contain the blood and the Host) and secured in the tabernacle. Some time later when the tabernacle was opened, another miracle was discovered. The wax that had encased the Host was found broken into pieces, and the Host was found miraculously enclosed in a crystal pyx, along with the precious Blood. This was later placed in a gold and silver pear-shaped monstrance with a "sunburst" of 33 rays, in which it is still contained today.

After the investigation and approval by the Church authorities, the Church of St. Stephen was renamed "The Church of the Holy Miracle." The little house where the miracle occurred was on Via delle Stuoie in Santarem.

From the time of the miracle until now, every year, on the Second Sunday of April, the incident is re-enacted by local actors. The actual Eucharistic Miracle is processed from the house, which was converted into a Chapel in 1684, to the Church. Miraculously, after 750 years, the precious blood still remains in liquid form, defying the natural laws of science. The Host is somewhat irregularly shaped, resembling real flesh with delicate veins running from top to bottom, where a quantity of blood is collected in the crystal.

From: www.pamphletstoinspire.com