The Eucharist

Please pray for all the people I will be praying over tomorrow that our Eucharistic Lord bless them all in a very special way.

Let humanity kneel in fear, let the whole universe tremble, and let heaven rejoice when Christ the Son of the Living God is on the altar in the hands of the priest!

O wonderful ascent, O stupendous ascent! O sublime humility! O humble sublimity, that the Lord of the Universe, God and Son of God, should humbly hide himself, for our salvation, in what seems to be only a small piece of bread! Look, then, upon the humility of God! And pour out your hearts before Him. Humble yourselves that He might exalt you. Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves, that He may receive your all who gave His all for you!

Saint Francis of Assisi
Letter to the Whole Order

You're welcome Chris. Though I must admit, I shared my experiences somewhat out of pride.

Thank you for sharing, Holly!

Sometimes during the Consecration, God allows me the "Gift of Tears." It comes on very gently and thus I am able to conceal it from my fellow parishioners, allowing me not to make a show of self-aggrandized piety.

When it comes upon me it overwhelms me and fills me with a peace that I can find and experience nowhere else. My eyes fill with tears but my heart and soul are enraptured with unspeakable joy.

My prayer is that all of my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus experience this "Gift of Tears" at least once in their lives!

I must humbly apologize to all of you for posting what I just posted. I believe that maybe I didn't really experience miracles at all but just made them out to be miracles in my own mind in order to get attention. I have been prideful. Please forgive me.

I have experienced a number of Eucharistic miracles. Let me tell you all about them. I share these with you in order to strengthen your faith. I don't share them out of pride. I know there are other Catholics who have experienced much more profound Eucharistic miracles.

The first one occurred when I was in the behavioral health ward of the local hospital. I was in there due to a lack of sleep. I had been hallucinating because I had so little sleep. Or at least I thought I had been hallucinating. I'm honestly not entirely sure. Anyway, on the third day that I was there, the Eucharistic ministers came. Well, I had just struggled to get Catholic put on my name band instead of Baptist because I was in the middle of RCIA and didn't want people thinking I was still loyal to the Baptist faith. So anyway, they told all the Catholics to line up. Well, I did so because I had Catholic on my name band. Pretty soon, I got to the front of the line and they handed me the most Sacred Eucharistic Host. I didn't know what to do since I wasn't yet a Catholic. I knew I couldn't just pocket it or treat it badly and I would have felt weird handing it back to them. So I received it. It caused me to feel the most wonderful feeling of ecstasy I had ever felt in my life. This was my first time ever of receiving the Eucharist. I was literally on cloud 9 for the rest of the day or at least that morning. I got out of the hospital that day.

The second Eucharistic miracle that I experienced happened when I went to Mass one time after having been fully received in to the Church. I received the Eucharist and immediately it tasted like what I would perceive to be human flesh and blood. Of course, I don't really know what that tastes like because I am not a cannibal but it tasted like what I perceived it to taste like. I told my priest and he told me that this experience was fairly common in the middle ages.

The third Eucharistic miracle that I experienced happened one time when I went to the perpetual Eucharistic adoration chapel in another town. As I adored Jesus, I noticed what appeared to be the face of Jesus hanging low in the lower right hand corner of the Sacred Host. It was like as though He was hanging from the cross and had just died or something. Needless to say, it was an awesome experience.

Then today I received what I believe to be the fourth Eucharistic miracle of my life. I received the Eucharist and it tasted so wonderful to my taste buds. As I swallowed it, I felt a warmth in my stomach and I received a surge of energy and strength that lasted for a good couple of hours. The feeling of warmth only lasted a few seconds though. But regardless, it did strengthen my faith and praise God for that!

Praise God for all the Eucharistic miracles that I have experienced!

I encourage you all to share about the Eucharistic miracle that you have experienced as well.

Father Stan Fortuna
(Franciscan Monk)
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
The Franciscan University of Steubenville
Youth Conference

ENJOY!

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I have discovered that an inordinate number of cancer victims I pray for before the Blessed Sacrament receive God's healing touch, particularly those who are deemed terminal.

Please join me in prayers for our brothers and sisters in Christ...

The Eucharist : The Source and Summit of our lives.... Once when I was before Him for my adoration time, I was drawn to look at Him , exposed at the altar, and asked Him: "Did you really die for me?" How can I explain the sensation I felt when He answered ""Yes." And there was a sense of indescribable peace. From then on, the passion to proclaim truly present in the Blessed Sacrament has grown more and more. Indeed, He is there. And how many, many people fail to see and encounter Him. He is alive!

Reflection:

I was sitting in front of the Blessed Sacrament during adoration today just amazed at the humility God has shown us. How when he came down and was incarnate he chose to be born in a stable! Clothed in rags, and made his company the poor shepherds. I think of how He has done this even now in the Eucharist which is displayed no more than 2 feet away from me. The very same God those shepherds adored is the One True God I adore in this small chapel connected to the Church. What kKing in all of. History has humbled himself in such a manner that His servents no matter who they are can approach Him in such a way? To be pardoned of wrongs when they are confessed with true contrition, or to implore His help and know that no matter what happen I will have His answer and that it will be perfect!

Then I think of how sad it is when the whole world is looking for God they need to look no further than the tabernacle in the catholic chruch. Oh St. John your inspired words in the Gospel especially in the beginning ring truer today then they ever have; "And the world was made through Him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But to as many as received him he gave the power to become sons of God; to those who believe in his name; Who were born not of the blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, bur of God." Thank you God for giving me the light so I may escape the darkness. Thank you for keeping your promiss to be with us all days until the end of the world (matt 28:20). Thank you keeping this promiss by way of the Blessed Sacrament. Please help others come to your loving Sacrament so they too may have a fuller relationship with you!

Deo Gratias