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“Destroy Crosses Desecrate Altar,” Toronto Star. October 26, 1931. Page 2. ----- Vandals Break Open Tabernacle in St. Mary’s at Hamilton ---- Special to The Star Hamilton, Oct., 26. - Vandals who entered St. Mary’s pro-cathedral on Saturday night, broke open the tabernacle of the main altar, desecrated the sacred host, tore the figure of Christ from several crucifixes, and took away a large quantity of the consecrated sacrament, leaving havoc in their wake.

Announcement of the desecration in all the Roman Catholic churches yesterday, sent through the congregations a thrill of horror and at all the masses special prayers were offered in reparation for the sacrilege.

‘There is nothing in the history of the city of Hamilton to compare with this outrage,’ said Rev. John Ryan, rector of the cathedral. The scene which met the priest’s eyes on entering the church almost made his heart stand still.

Some of the crucifixes were found by police a few yards from the church, and a quantity of small crosses wrapped in sacred vestments were discovered near the fence surrounding the church. Inside, the building several crosses, with the mages torn from them, were found twisted and deliberately marred. Among these was a crucifix, valued intrinsically at $1,200, donated by the Women’s Altar Society in 1918 in memory of Rt. Rev. J. T. Mahoney, one time rector of the church.

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"Sacred Host As A Form Out Of Chaos". Álvaro Barcala, November 2020.

For my series of drawings "Wonderful Blood"

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Nothing tells us more about the love in God’s Heart than the Eucharist. Nothing tells us more about the love in God’s Heart than the Eucharist. This union, this consummation of Him in us and we in Him, is this not heaven on earth? 

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“Sacred Host As Veil Of The Presence”. Álvaro Barcala

From my series of drawings “Wonderful Blood”

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Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

A GREAT REWARD WHEN A HAIL MARY IS SAID DURING THE CONSECRATION

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"𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙮, 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙨, 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣."

There is a little-known story told by Saint John Bosco of Our Lady asking us to recite the “Hail Mary” devoutly at the moment of the Consecration of the Host during the Mass. There is a great reward if this is done.

On 4 February 1861, Don Bosco went to preach his Spiritual Exercises in the Seminary of Bergamo. At one point, he said to those present: ”On a certain occasion I was able to ask Mary Most Holy for the grace of bringing thousands and thousands of souls with me in Heaven and Our Lady made me a promise. If you wish for that number, I am happy, provided that every day, throughout your life, you recite a Hail Mary, possibly during the time you are listening to Holy Mass, indeed at the moment of the Consecration.“

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Miracles of the Holy Eucharist

GOD LIVES AMONG US

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𝑨 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒔𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒚'𝒔 𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆.

The dog in the photo was trained to identify life after earthquakes. His posture and the fact of staying fixed as seen in the image is the posture that tells the rescuer that there is life in that place. And look at nothing more and nothing less where and in front of who is placed: in front of Jesus as the Eucharistic bread in the tabernacle, the living God among us.

“On the evening of the last day of his October 1995 visit to the United States, John Paul II was scheduled to greet the seminarians at Saint Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. It had been a very full day that began with a Mass at Oriole Park in Camden Yards, a parade through downtown streets, a visit to the Basilica of the Assumption, the first cathedral in the country, lunch at a local soup kitchen run by Catholic Charities; a prayer service at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore; and finally, a quick stop at Saint Mary’s Seminary.

The schedule was tight, so the plan was simply to greet the seminarians while they stood outside on the steps. But the Pope made his way through their ranks and into the building. His plan was to first make a visit to the Blessed Sacrament.

When his wishes were made known, security flew into action. They swept the building paying close attention to the chapel where the Pope would be praying. For this purpose, highly trained dogs were used to detect any person who might be present.

The dogs are trained to locate survivors in collapsed buildings after earthquakes and other disasters. These highly intelligent and eager dogs quickly went through the halls, offices and classrooms and were then sent to the chapel. They went up and down the aisle, past the pews and finally into the side chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved.

Upon reaching the tabernacle, the dogs sniffed, whined, pointed, and refused to leave, their attention riveted on the tabernacle, until called by their handlers. They were convinced that they discovered someone there.

We Catholics know they were right — they found a real, living Person in the tabernacle!”

— Fr. Arthur Byrne, Garabandal Journal

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“Sacred Host As Flame Of Bleeding Candle”. Álvaro Barcala, November 2020.

From my series of drawings “Wonderful Blood”

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Expose Thyself! (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons) "Like the sick who expose their diseased bodies to the healing rays of the sun, expose miseries, no matter what they are, to the beams of light streaming forth from the Sacred Host." (From "The Holy Eucharist" by Father Jose Guadalupe Trevino)