Miracles of the Eucharist
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Miracles of the EucharistMiracles of the Eucharist is an exhibit created by the young Blessed Carlo Acutis who had a devotion to the Holy Eucharist. Blessed Carlo researched and compiled the history of approved miracles of the Eucharist, and the fruit of his two-and-a-half years of work can be viewed on his website. There is also a traveling display of the miracles he researched. Blessed Carlo died in 2006 at the age of 15. -
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June 4: Netherlands, 1380
"Boxtel is particularly famous for a Eucharistic miracle that occurred around 1380. A priest named Eligius van der Aker was celebrating Mass at the altar of the Three Kings. Immediately after the consecration he inadvertently knocked over the chalice containing consecrated white wine, which immediately changed into Blood and stained the corporal and the altar cloth. The relic of the Blood-stained corporal is still kept in Boxtel, while the altar cloth was given to the town of Hoogstraten. The most authoritative document describing the miracle is a decree issued in 1380 by Cardinal Pileus."
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May 28: Belgium, 1374
"This Eucharistic miracle goes back to 1347. In St. Peter’s Church in Middleburg, during Communion, the consecrated Host changed into bleeding flesh. A portion of the Host, to this day, is kept in Louvain by the Augustinian Fathers. The monk, Jean de Gheest, confessor of the Archbishop who approved its cult, asked for It as a gift. Instead, the other portion is in St. Peter’s Church in Middleburg."
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May 21: Belgium, 1370
"In the Cathedral of Brussels there are many artistic testimonies to a Eucharistic miracle verified in 1370. Desecrators stole Hosts and struck at them with knives as a way of showing their rebellion. From these particles came a flow of living blood. This miracle was celebrated up until some decades ago. There are many reliquaries of different eras that were used to contain the miraculous Hosts of the miracle of the Blessed Sacrament that have been kept to this day in the museum close to the cathedral in an ancient chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. There are tapestries of the 18th century which represent the miraculous event."
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May 14: Spain, 1370
"In the year 1370, the pastor of Cimballa was assaulted with a strong doubt during the Mass about the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. The Host then transformed into flesh and from it began to flow blood onto the altar-linens. The episode reenforced the wavering faith of the priest who penitently retired to a monastery dedicating himself to a life of penance and prayer. Every year, the 12th of September, the memory of the miracle in the parish church is celebrated where even now the Relic of the corporal soaked in the Blood is kept."
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May 7: Spain, 1348
"In 1348, a priest while on his way to visit some sick people in order to bring them Communion, slipped in the waters of a small river that he was crossing and overturned the ciborium which contained some consecrated Hosts. The poor priest, who had by now resigned himself to the loss, heard himself being called by some fishermen a short distance away inviting him to come closer to the shore in order to see several fish with discs in their mouth which appeared to be Hosts. The particles were immediately recovered and brought back to the church in a solemn procession in which the whole village participated."
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April 30: Italy, 1356
"On April 25, 1356, at Macerata, a priest whose name is not known was celebrating Mass in the chapel of the Church of St. Catherine, owned by the Benedictine monks. During the breaking of the bread, before Communion, the priest began to doubt the Real Presence of Jesus in the consecrated Host. Precisely in the moment in which he broke the Host, to his great surprise, he saw flow from the Host an abundance of Blood which marked part of the cloth and the chalice place on the altar."
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April 23: St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380
"Jesus appeared to St. Catherine of Siena to assure her that a great flame does not diminish, even if it is used to light many candles. Such is the flame of the Holy Eucharist, because it does not weaken while enflaming the loyal faithful who come with their strong or weak faith. The stronger and weaker charity of each of the faithful is symbolic only by the flame’s dimension of the candles."
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April 16: Poland, 1345
"The Eucharistic Miracle of Krakow relates to consecrated Hosts that emitted an unusual bright light when they were hidden by thieves in a muddy marsh. The thieves had stolen a monstrance containing consecrated Hosts from a church in the village of Wawel (outside of modern-day Kracow). They ultimately abandoned the monstrance and Hosts in a marsh outside of the village, where the miracle took place. The Church of Corpus Christi in Krakow, Poland contains paintings depicting the miracle as well as documents and depositions relating to the matter."
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April 9: Netherlands, 1342
"In the Eucharistic miracle of Stiphout, consecrated Hosts were preserved from a raging fire that destroyed the whole church, which was later rebuilt. In addition to the many documents describing the miracle, one can admire a painting depicting the miraculous episode in the parish church where it occurred. This event is venerated each year by the residents of Stiphout especially on the feast of Corpus Christi."
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April 2: Netherlands, 1345
"The Eucharistic miracle of Amsterdam regards a consecrated Host that was preserved from flames. Ysbrand Dommer was gravely sick and vomited a Communion Host he received. His maid threw it into the lit fireplace. The consecrated Host was found the next day completely intact and suspended in air in the middle of the fireplace. There were many witnesses to the miracle, and the bishop of Utrech, Jan van Arkel, immediately authorized devotion. Even today in Amsterdam every year, there is a procession in honor of the miracle."
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March 26: France, 1331
"The Eucharistic Miracle of Blanot took place during the Easter Mass of 1331. During Communion, a Host fell to a cloth that was held below the communicant’s mouth. The priest tried to pick it up, but it was not possible. The Host had transformed into Blood, resulting in a stain – the same size as the Host – on the cloth. That cloth is preserved today in the village of Blanot."
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March 19: Germany, 1330
"One of the most complete documents about the Eucharistic Miracle is told of the Eucharistic Miracle of Walldurn Germany in the year 1330 was written by the Monk Hoffius in 1589. During the Mass a priest accidentally overturned the species of the consecrated wine onto the corporal it then transformed into Blood and formed an image on the corporal of the Crucified Christ. The relic of the corporal with the Blood is preserved today, placed on the side altar in the minor basilica of Saint George in Walldurn. Every year, several thousands of pilgrims visit Walldurn to venerate the sacred relic."
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March 12: Italy, 1330
"In 1330, at Cascia, a gravely ill peasant called the priest to receive Communion. The priest, partly through carelessness and partly through apathy, instead of taking with himself the ciborium to carry the Eucharist to the house of sick man, took a Host and placed it irreverently in a prayer book. When he reached the peasant the priest opened the book and with astonishment saw that the Host was transformed into a clot of blood and the pages of the book were marked with blood."
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March 5: Belgium, 1317
"In the Cathedral of St. Quintinus in Hasselt is exposed the relic of the Eucharistic miracle that took place in Herkenrode in 1317. During the course of the centuries, many tests were done to ascertain the miraculous preservation of the consecrated Host from which blood came forth. We recall the one done in the 18th century by the Apostolic Nuncio Carafa and the Bishop of Liège or the one done by the Archbishop of Malines during a visit of the Archduchess Isabel. In the cathedral we also find numerous paintings depicting the miracle, done by a pupil of Jordaens, Jan."
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February 26: Austria, 1310
"The little village of St. Georgenberg-Fiecht, in the Inn Valley, is very well known, especially for a Eucharistic miracle that took place there in 1310. During the Mass, the priest was seized with temptations regarding the Real Presence of Jesus in the consecrated elements. Right after the consecration, the wine changed into blood and began to boil and overflow the chalice. In 1480, after 170 years, the sacred blood was “still fresh as if it had come out of a wound,” wrote the chronicler of those days. It is preserved intact to this day and is contained in the reliquary in the Monastery of St. Georgenberg."
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February 12: Spain, 1300
"In the Eucharistic Miracle of O’Cebreiro, during the Mass, the Host that changed to Flesh and the wine to Blood was expelled from the chalice and stained corporal. The Lord performed this prodigy in order to sustain the little faith of the priest that did not believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. To this day, the sacred relics of the miracle are guarded near the church where this prodigy took place and numerous pilgrims go there annually to give them praise."
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February 5: Spain, 1297
"In the Eucharistic miracle of Gerona, during the celebration of the Mass, a priest doubted the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. But when the time for Communion arrived, the priest did not succeed in swallowing the Host which had transformed into Flesh in his mouth. Unfortunately the relic of the Host transformed into Flesh was destroyed in 1936, during the civil war."
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January 29: Italy, 1294
"Among the most authoritative documents which describe the Eucharistic miracle which took place at Gruaro in 1294 is that of local historian Antonio Nicoletti (1765). A woman was washing one of the altar linens of the Church of St. Giusto in the public wash house of Versiola. Suddenly she saw the altar linen become tinged with Blood. Observing more closely, she noted that the blood was flowing from a consecrated Particle remaining among the folds of the cloth."
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January 22: France, 1290
"During Easter of 1290 a non-believer who harbored animosity toward the Faith and did not believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist was able to gain possession of a consecrated Host with the intent to desecrate it. He stabbed the Host and threw it into boiling water. The Host came out of the water by itself right in front of the man who was distressed by this and so put the Host in the basin of a pious woman. The woman immediately brought the Host to her pastor."
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January 15: Poland, 1290
"In 1290, due to the invasion of the Lithuanians, a priest from the village of Glotowo, buried in a field a silver ciborium plated in gold with a consecrated Host still in it which he missed by mistake. The Lithuanian ’ s troops destroyed the village and the church. None of the survivors knew about the hidden Host. Only a number of years later, while plowing the field in the spring, a farmer found it by chance, thanks to the strange behavior of his oxen. They had bowed to the ground in adoration of the Host which was emanating a very bright light."
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January 8: Germany, 1280
"In 1284, in the small city of Kranenburg in the district of Kleve, there was a Eucharistic miracle known under the name of “Miracle of the Miraculous Crucifix.” A sacred Host was thrown near a tree by a shepherd who was not able to swallow it because of an illness. Later, the tree was cut in half and a perfectly carved crucifix fell on the ground. On the place where the crucifix was found, a church was built. That church is still there to this day and numerous pilgrims come to visit it."
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January 1: Germany, 1255
"In the Eucharistic miracle of Regensburg, a priest was assailed by doubts concerning the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist during the Holy Mass. At the moment he was elevating the chalice, the wooden crucifix above the tabernacle came to life, and the Lord slowly extended his arms to the priest, took the chalice from his hands and exhibited the Holy Eucharist for adoration of the faithful."
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December 25: Italy, 1273-1280
"In Offa, near the Church of St. Augustine, are kept the relics of the Eucharistic miracle which took place in 1273, in which the Host was converted into living Flesh. There are many documents which describe this miracle, among which is an authentic copy on a parchment of the 13th century, written by the notary Giovanni Battista Doria in 1788. There are also many official decrees of the Popes beginning with that of Boniface VIII (1295), to that of Sixtus V (1585), discourses of Roman congregations, Episcopal decrees, communal statutes, votive gifts, memorial stones, frescoes and testimonies of notable historic figures, among whom we recall the Antinori’ s and Fella."
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December 18: Italy, 1264
"In 1263 a German priest, Peter of Prague, stopped at Bolsena while on a pilgrimage to Rome. He was celebrating Mass in the Basilica of Bolsena, and when the moment of consecration arrived, the Host was transformed into Flesh. This miracle strengthened the wavering belief of the priest in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The Sacred Body was inspected by [Pope] Urban IV and by St. Thomas Aquinas. This miracle helped convince the Pope to extend the feast of Corpus Christi to the universal Church so that everyone could recognize the love God has for those who love and worship him."
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December 11: France, 1254
"In the Eucharistic Miracle of Douai, a consecrated Host was unintentionally dropped to the ground while a priest was distributing Communion to the faithful. Immediately he bent down to pick it up, but it lifted Itself up in flight and went to place Itself on the purificator. In Its place, a little later, a wonderful child appeared, who all the faithful and religious present in the celebration could contemplate. Although more than 800 years have elapsed, even today it is still possible to admire the Host of the miracle. All Thursdays of the month, in the Church of Saint Peter of Douai, many faithful gather in prayer before the miraculous Host."
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December 4: Portugal, 1247
"The Eucharistic Miracle of Santarem, together with that of Lanciano, is considered among the most important. Numerous studies and canonical analysis were carried out on the relics. The Host changed into bleeding Flesh[,] and Blood flowed out of it. Both relics are preserved to this day in the Church of St. Stephen in Santarem.”
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November 27: Spain, 1239
"The Eucharistic miracle of Daroca was verified shortly before one of the numerous battles sustained by the Spanish against the Moors. The Christian commanders asked the priest in the field to celebrate Mass, but a few minutes after the consecration, an improvised enemy attack obliged the priest to suspend the Mass and hide the consecrated Hosts amid the lines of the celebration. The Spanish left the battle victorious and the commanders asked the priest to communicate the Hosts previously consecrated. However, they were found completely covered in Blood. Even today, it is possible to venerate the blood-stained linens."
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November 20: Florence, 1230-1595
"The reliquaries of two Eucharistic miracles which took place in 1230 and 1595 are held in Florence’s Church of Saint Ambrose. In the 1230 miracle, a distracted priest left several drops of consecrated wine in the chalice after Mass. The next day, returning to celebrate Mass in the same church, he found in the chalice drops of living Blood coagulated and incarnated. The Blood was immediately kept in a crystal cruet. The other Eucharistic miracle took place on Good Friday in 1595, when several fragments of the Host were miraculously unharmed in a church fire."
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November 13: In 1228 in Italy, a young woman consulted a sorceress who told her to steal a consecrated host to make a love potion. The host became flesh. The miracle is recorded by Pope Gregory IX, and a reliquary of the Eucharistic miracle is still kept at the Cathedral of St. Paul the Apostle in Alatri, Italy.
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November 6: In 1227 in Italy, St. Anthony of Padua fought against a heretic who challenged the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. After St. Anthony's mule had fasted for three days, the mule ate the Eucharist instead of its regular food. The miracle converted the heretic.
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October 30: This is a double miracle. In 1222 a host was broken during Mass, and blood dripped down and stained the corporal. In 1456 there was a fire in the church, and a farmer was able to rescue the blood-stained host.
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October 23: St. Thomas Aquinas was part of a theological dispute about the Holy Eucharist while teaching at the Sorbonne University in Paris. After writing his defense of the real presence, Our Lord appeared to St. Thomas and approved his writings.
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October 16: In 1240 Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament saved St. Clare and her nuns from the Saracen invasion of Assisi.
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October 9: In 1231 during the celebration of a Mass in front of a Muslim king, the cross which ahd been forgotten for the celebration of Mass appeared. And after the consecration, in place of the host, the king saw a baby. The king and his family converted to Christianity.
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October 2: St. Francis of Assisi's affection for lambs inspired in them to reverence the Holy Eucharist: Jesus, the Lamb of God.
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September 25: Germany, 1216
"In 1216, the village of Benningen was the location of a Eucharistic miracle in which the Host bled [on the feast of St. Gregory]. A few years later in 1221, the citizens of Benningen began the construction of a chapel in honor of this miracle which is known as Riedkapelle zum Hochwürdigen Gut. From 1674 to 1718 the Riedkapelle was rebuilt and enlarged to accommodate the large number of pilgrims. Each year, during the Feast of Corpus Domini (CorpusChristi), the parish of Benningen makes a procession to the Riedkapelle, to celebrate the commemoration of the miracle."
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September 18: France, 12th Century
“Saint Bernard was the central character of an important Eucharistic miracle. The Duke of Aquitania separated himself from the Catholic Church, and he had absolutely no intention of returning to it. Saint Bernard, after he celebrated Mass, went outside the door of the church to the duke and presented the Blessed Sacrament to him. The Duke, deeply moved by a mysterious force, fell to the ground on his knees, begging forgiveness for having left the Catholic Church.”
Eucharistic Miracles of St. Bernard of Chiaravalle & St. John Bosco
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September 11: In 1194 a woman in Augsburg, Germany who was devoted to the Eucharist put a host in a handkerchief and brought it home. A number of years later, she confessed to the priest that she had taken the host. The host became bleeding flesh. This miracle is called "The Miraculous Good."
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September 4: On Easter Sunday in 1171 AD in Ferrara, Italy, during the Fraction Rite at Mass, blood gushed from the host and onto the ceiling above the altar. The stains are visible today.
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August 28: In 1125 AD in Germany, a pious farmer stole a consecrated host and embedded it into his walking stick so he could adore the Eucharist while he worked. One day he threw down his stick and the Eucharist fell to the ground. No one could pick up the Eucharist except the bishop.
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August 21: In 1010 AD in Spain, a priest doubted the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. At a Mass he celebrated, the wine became blood. The relics are kept in a reliquary.
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August 14: Around 1000 AD, an unbelieving woman took a Sacred Host during Mass and went home. When she attempted to fry the Host in a pan of oil, the Host became bloody flesh, and the blood spewed out of the pan, onto the woman, and all over her house. Padre Pio has commented on the miracle, and the Sacred Host has been verified by a number of tests.
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August 7:
A) In 1050 AD a woman stole a piece of the Eucharist to be used for sorcery. A priest caught her. When she showed him the Eucharist, half of it was transformed into Flesh. The miracle was described by St. Peter Damian.
B) For three months in 1732, there appeared signs of the passion of Christ in the Eucharist when it was exposed for adoration at the Italian monastery in Scala (founded by Ven. Maria Caleste and St. Alphonsus Ligouri).Eucharistic Miracle of St. Peter Damian | Eucharistic Miracle of Scala
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July 31: The Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano occurred in 750 AD. At the consecration during Mass, the host became miraculous flesh and the wine became miraculous blood. Modern scientific experiments have verified the miraculous nature of the Eucharist.
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July 24: During the 7th century, St. Mary of Egypt lived as a penitent in the desert. She is said to have walked across the Jordan River to receive the Eucharist. .
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July 17: This week's Miracle of the Eucharist happened in Rome in 595 with Pope St. Gregory the Great. The consecrated bread appeared as Flesh and Blood, thus converting a woman skeptical of the Real Presence. The relics of the Eucharistic miracle are preserved in Andechs, Germany.
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July 10: This week's Miracle of the Eucharist is the story of St. Ambrose's brother, Satyrus, who was saved from shipwreck in the 4th century.
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July 3: This week's Miracle of the Eucharist is handed down from the desert fathers of Scete, Egypt who lived sometime between the 3rd-5th centuries.
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