Eucharist
The Archdiocese of Detroit's Weak Response
12 14 , 01:16 Filed in: News
If you have not yet seen the Vortex on Tuesday, December 16th which features a young lady that was denied Holy Communion because she was kneeling and desiring to receive the Eucharist on her tongue. Take a look at the Vortex:
So how does the Archdiocese of Detroit respond? Take a look (my comments are in RED) : Read More...
So how does the Archdiocese of Detroit respond? Take a look (my comments are in RED) : Read More...
Archbishop Cupich on Pro-Abortion Politicians
12 14 , 22:43 Filed in: News
The New Archbishop of Chicago, Archbishop Cupich appeared on the CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday November 30, 2014. He was asked by Norah O'Donnell if he "would give communion for politicians who would support abortion rights?" The Archbishop of the second biggest diocese in the United States said "I would not use the Eucharist, or as they call it 'the communion rail,' as a place to have those discussions or a way in which people would be either excluded from the life of the church. The Eucharist is an opportunity of grace and conversion. It's also a time of forgiveness of sins, so my hope would be that grace would be instrumental in bringing people to the truth."
The Archbishop would ignore Canon law 915 which states: "Those upon whom the penalty of excommunication or interdict has been imposed or declared, and others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin, are not to be admitted to Holy Communion."
This Archbishop will not only defy Canon law but also defy the Holy Scriptures. St. Paul's Letter to the Corinthians tells us that no one unworthy should take the Eucharist. "Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you, and many sleep (emphases added)." 1 Corinthians 11:27-30
The Archbishop said "[t]he Eucharist is an opportunity of grace and conversion. It's also a time of forgiveness of sins, so my hope would be that grace would be instrumental in bringing people to the truth." Is the Archbishop suggesting that God's Grace is increased in people who receive the Eucharist unworthily and somehow their sins are forgiven? A soul who takes the Eucharist unworthily is not acting in accordance with God's will but that of Satan. The unworthy person will be guilty of the sin of Sacrilege. St. Thomas Aquinas taught “Holy Communion ought not to be given to open sinners when they ask for it (emphasis added)[.]"
THE EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE AT LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE
02 14 , 00:36 Filed in: Eucharistic Miracles
During Easter in 1461, Bertrand, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. Jehan Leclerc, was in attendance at Holy Mass at the church of St. Bartholomew, where in 1257 two drops of blood collected at Calvary had been brought and preserved. Bertrand indicated that he wished to receive Holy Communion but, since he was paralyzed and mute since the age of 7, the priest objected because the boy was unable to go to Confession. Bertrand pleaded with the priest and ultimately the priest was convinced to give him Communion. At the reception of Holy Communion, the boy was shaken by an unexplainable force and able to move and speak. He was cured. Bertrand's first words were "Our help is in the name of the Lord!" based on a manuscript collected after the miracle occurred.
www.therealpresence.org
eucharistjesuswithus.blogspot.com
<THE EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE OF ALCALA, SPAIN
02 14 , 01:23 Filed in: Eucharistic Miracles
By Joan Hartzell
In 1597, the confession of a penitent thief at the Jesuit church in Alcala, revealed that he, with other marauders, had sacked churches, stealing monstrances and other sacred objects in various towns, thereby committing many sacrileges. In tears, the penitent turned over consecrated Hosts. The priest, in conference with his superior, decided to place the Hosts in a silver casket to allow them to decompose naturally and eliminate the possibility of the Hosts having been poisoned, which had occurred in other towns.
Eleven years later, the 24 Hosts were found to be still intact. They were placed in an underground cellar along with some unconsecrated Hosts. Six years later, the unconsecrated Hosts had decomposed but the consecrated Hosts remained intact.
Academic and medical tests were held, at which time this was declared a true miracle.
Sources
www.sansecondodasti.org
therealpresence.org
fromoceantoocean.org
In 1597, the confession of a penitent thief at the Jesuit church in Alcala, revealed that he, with other marauders, had sacked churches, stealing monstrances and other sacred objects in various towns, thereby committing many sacrileges. In tears, the penitent turned over consecrated Hosts. The priest, in conference with his superior, decided to place the Hosts in a silver casket to allow them to decompose naturally and eliminate the possibility of the Hosts having been poisoned, which had occurred in other towns.
Eleven years later, the 24 Hosts were found to be still intact. They were placed in an underground cellar along with some unconsecrated Hosts. Six years later, the unconsecrated Hosts had decomposed but the consecrated Hosts remained intact.
Academic and medical tests were held, at which time this was declared a true miracle.
Sources
www.sansecondodasti.org
therealpresence.org
fromoceantoocean.org
THE EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE OF AUGSBURG, GERMANY
02 14 , 01:43 Filed in: Eucharistic Miracles
By Joan Hartzell
In 1194, a woman from Augsburg who was particularly devoted to the Most Holy Sacrament and wanted to have a consecrated Host in her home, received Holy Communion and, without being noticed, placed the Host in a handkerchief, took it home, and placed it between two pieces of wax inside a cupboard. Five years passed and on the 11th of May 1199, the woman, tormented by remorse, confessed to the superior of the convent of the Heilig Kreuz, Father Berthold, who returned the Host to the Church of the Holy Cross. The wax covering that enclosed the Host was opened where it was discovered that the Holy Eucharist had appeared “divided into two parts connected together by the thin threads of the bleeding flesh.” Father Berthold went immediately to the bishop of the city of Udalskalk who ordered that the Miraculous Host be “transferred into the cathedral and exhibited in an ostensorium of crystal for public worship.”
The Host began to grow and to swell up and this phenomenon lasted before the eyes of all from Easter Sunday until the Feast of St. John the Baptist. It cracked the wax casing and separated from it. Following this, Bishop Udalskalk had the Host brought back near the convent of the Heilig Kreuz and proclaimed that “in memory of such a memorable and extraordinary event,” there should be a special commemoration each year in honor of the holy relic. The miraculous Host has been kept under glass in the Church of the Holy Cross in perfect condition for over 780 years.
Besides the Eucharistic miracle, other extraordinary incidences took place, such as the apparition of the Host with Baby Jesus dressed in white with radiant face and His forehead encircled with a crown of gold, or in another case the bleeding of the crucifix of the church, or the apparition of Jesus blessing the assembly of worshippers.
Over the centuries various analyses were done which have always maintained that it is flesh and human blood.
www.therealpresence
digilander.libero,it/rexur/miracoli/inglesi/index.htm
Eucharistic Miracles, Joan Carroll Cruz
In 1194, a woman from Augsburg who was particularly devoted to the Most Holy Sacrament and wanted to have a consecrated Host in her home, received Holy Communion and, without being noticed, placed the Host in a handkerchief, took it home, and placed it between two pieces of wax inside a cupboard. Five years passed and on the 11th of May 1199, the woman, tormented by remorse, confessed to the superior of the convent of the Heilig Kreuz, Father Berthold, who returned the Host to the Church of the Holy Cross. The wax covering that enclosed the Host was opened where it was discovered that the Holy Eucharist had appeared “divided into two parts connected together by the thin threads of the bleeding flesh.” Father Berthold went immediately to the bishop of the city of Udalskalk who ordered that the Miraculous Host be “transferred into the cathedral and exhibited in an ostensorium of crystal for public worship.”
The Host began to grow and to swell up and this phenomenon lasted before the eyes of all from Easter Sunday until the Feast of St. John the Baptist. It cracked the wax casing and separated from it. Following this, Bishop Udalskalk had the Host brought back near the convent of the Heilig Kreuz and proclaimed that “in memory of such a memorable and extraordinary event,” there should be a special commemoration each year in honor of the holy relic. The miraculous Host has been kept under glass in the Church of the Holy Cross in perfect condition for over 780 years.
Besides the Eucharistic miracle, other extraordinary incidences took place, such as the apparition of the Host with Baby Jesus dressed in white with radiant face and His forehead encircled with a crown of gold, or in another case the bleeding of the crucifix of the church, or the apparition of Jesus blessing the assembly of worshippers.
Over the centuries various analyses were done which have always maintained that it is flesh and human blood.
www.therealpresence
digilander.libero,it/rexur/miracoli/inglesi/index.htm
Eucharistic Miracles, Joan Carroll Cruz
THE EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE AT LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE
12 13 , 01:02 Filed in: Eucharistic Miracles
During Easter in 1461, Bertrand, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. Jehan Leclerc, was in attendance at Holy Mass at the church of St. Bartholomew, where in 1257 two drops of blood collected at Calvary had been brought and preserved. Bertrand indicated that he wished to receive Holy Communion but, since he was paralyzed and mute since the age of 7, the priest objected because the boy was unable to go to Confession. Bertrand pleaded with the priest and ultimately the priest was convinced to give him Communion. At the reception of Holy Communion, the boy was shaken by an unexplainable force and able to move and speak. He was cured. Bertrand's first words were "Our help is in the name of the Lord!" based on a manuscript collected after the miracle occurred.
www.therealpresence.org
eucharistjesuswithus.blogspot.com
www.therealpresence.org
eucharistjesuswithus.blogspot.com