po18guy
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Nothing to forgive, Holly! I could have worded my reply a little differently. Christ’s peace be with you.
I believe I experienced a personal Eucharistic miracle at Mass this morning!
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Holly3278
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And also with you Po18guy.
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St_Gabriel
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Holly,
Regardless of how the Eucharist tastes, I believe you experienced a very special grace.
Regardless of how the Eucharist tastes, I believe you experienced a very special grace.
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DL82
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That’s a very odd site. I gotta say, I don’t get it.
Why online adoration? It’s a bit like watching mass on TV, the sacrament only ‘works’ if you’re there in the flesh.
Christ makes the effort to come to us in the flesh, it seems only fair that we do the same for Him. I understand not everybody can do that, but I don’t understand how online adoration helps. We can all make a personal act of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament reserved in the tabernacle of every church in the world, wherever we are, webcam or no webcam.
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DJgang
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I don’t find it odd at all…with modern technology…why not?
I mean, you can watch Lourdes live, via webcam, Jersulam, the Wailing Wall, a lot of other places…
Anyway, there is a little section on the website that talks about online adoration and that very first thing said is that this is not to take the place of physically going to Adoration.
God bless.
po18guy
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Shut-ins. The homebound. The hospitalized and bedridden. It’s a blessing to them.
Christ’s peace.
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PraiseGodxJMJ
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Isnt it amazing Holly, I too have experienced Jesus in some way too. I had my own private healing and I said confession face to face with Jesus.:extrahappy:
Jesus said] "My Mother and I will appear in the sky. "I will heal My people.
"Since the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Calvary until today, a number of people have claimed to have had visions (and indeed personal conversations) with Him and with Saint Mary in person. Discussions about the authenticity of these visions have often invited controversy. The Catholic Church endorses but a fraction of these claims, yet some of these visionaries have received beatification and some have achieved sainthood.
The very first visions of Christ, and personal conversations with Him, after His Resurrection and prior to His Ascension were recorded by the apostles in the Bible. One of the most widely recalled Resurrection appearances of Jesus is the doubting Thomas conversation (John 20:24-29) between Him and Saint Thomas the Apostle after His death. The last book of the Bible itself is simply based on a series of visions. In the Book of Revelation the apostle Saint John the Divine recorded visions that became part of the New Testament.
Despite the expected controversies (and the somewhat regularly appearing imposters), the post-Ascension visions of Jesus and the Virgin Mary have, in fact, played a key role in the direction of the Catholic Church, e.g. the formation of the Franciscan order and the devotions to the Holy Rosary, the Holy Face of Jesus and the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Some visions have helped maintain the strength of the Catholic Church through the centuries before being accepted by the Vatican.
For instance, Saint Juan Diego’s reported vision of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico in 1531 was instrumental in adding almost 8 million people to the ranks of Catholics between 1532 and 1538, right in the midst of the Protestant Reformation of 1521 to 1579 which saw a large number of people leave the Catholic Church in Europe. The fact that Juan Diego was declared venerable only in 1987 is an example of how some visions strengthen the Church long before the Vatican takes a position on their authenticity.
After some time and detailed examinations, some visions are clearly accepted by the Vatican. For example, in his 1928 encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor Pope Pius XI stated that Jesus Christ had “manifested Himself” to Saint Margaret Mary
Alacoque in the 17th Century. The encyclical refers to the conversation between Jesus and Saint Margaret several times.
The Bible includes primarily pre-Ascension visions of Jesus. However, in addition to the road to Damascus voice heard by Saint Paul, the Acts of the Apostles includes a conversation between Jesus and Saint Ananias in Damascus in which Saint Ananias is ordered to heal Saint Paul. The Damasucus appearance is the last reported vision in the Bible until the Book of Revelation was written. However, in the following centuries, many saints reported visions of both Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary.In 1205, while praying in the Church of San Damiano just outside Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi reported a vision in which an image of Jesus came alive and told him: “Francis, Francis, go and repair My house which, as you can see, is falling into ruins.” This vision lead Saint Francis to renounce the outlook of his merchant family, embrace poverty and form the Franciscan order. For several centuries thereafter, the Franciscans became a key force in the renewal of the reach of Christianity. During another vision in 1224 Saint Francis reportedly received the very first recorded case of stigmata.
In 1251 the English Carmelite priest Saint Simon Stock reported a vision of the Virgin Mary at Cambridge England. According to Saint Simon, in this vision the Virgin Mary had a scapular in her hand and told him: "whoever dies in this garment, will not suffer everlasting fire.” Saint Simon instituted the confraternity of the Brown Scapular. Also known as the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the brown scapular is perhaps the best known, and most widespread of all small scapulars.
In her early life, Saint Catherine of Siena was a withdrawn Dominican tertiary who lived, fasted and prayed at home in Siena Italy. In 1366, when she was 19 years old she reported her first vision of Jesus after which she started to tend to the sick and the poor. In 1370 she reported a vision in which she was commanded to abandon her life of solitude and to make an impact on the world. She corresponded with Pope Gregory XI and other people in authority, begging for peace and for the reformation of the clergy, writing over 300 letters. Her arguments, and her trip to Avignon, eventually became instrumental in the decision of Pope Gregory XI to return the Avignon Papacy to Rome where she was summoned to live until her death. She is one of only three female Doctors of the Church.
In 1372 Saint Julian of Norwich was on her deathbed and had been given her last rites when she reported a series of visions of Jesus, followed by a sudden recovery. Almost twenty years later she wrote about these visions in her book “Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love” perhaps the first book in the English language written by a woman, presumably because she was unfamiliar with Latin. Her book mentions her illness and her recovery as she saw the shining image of Christ. The sixteen revelations start with the crown of thorns and proceed through the death of Jesus, ending with His resurrection and how Christ still dwells in the souls of those who love Him. She is also celebrated in the Anglican Church.
In 1531, Saint Juan Diego reported an early morning vision of the Virgin Mary in which he was instructed to build an abbey on the Hill of Tepeyac in Mexico. The local prelate did not believe his account and asked for a miraculous sign, which was later provided as an icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe permanently imprinted on the saint’s cloak where he had gathered roses. Over the years, Our Lady of Guadalupe became a symbol of the Catholic faith in Mexico. By 1820 when the Mexican War of Independence from Spanish colonial rule ended Our Lady of Guadalupe had come to symbolize the Mexican nation. Today it remains a strong national and religious symbol in Mexico.
On St. Peter’s Day in 1559 Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jesús) reported a vision of Jesus present to her in bodily form. For almost two years thereafter she reported similar visions. In some visions she suffered bodily pain which led to the motto often associated with her: “Lord, either let me suffer or let me die.” Saint Teresa’s visions transformed her life and she became a key figure in the Catholic Church eventually being recognized as one of only three female Doctors of the Church. One of her visions is the subject of Bernini’s famous work The Ecstasy of St Theresa in the basilica of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
From 1673 to 1675 Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque recalled a series of visions of Christ speaking to her. In December 1673 she reported that Jesus permitted her to rest her head upon His heart, and then disclosed to her the wonders of His love. This led her to the founding of the Devotion of the Sacred Heart. Initially, her life, actions, beliefs and writings became the subject of extreme scrutiny by the Catholic Church. However, she was eventually declared a saint in1920 and the Feast of the Sacred Heart is now officially celebrated 19 days after Pentecost.
I too have seen Jesus in my own special way. You must be a speacial person Holly to have experienced this Eucharistic miracle. Did you tell the Priest. Or anyone?
I also feel Jesus too just like St. Padre Pio. My father is a doubting Thomas. The Franciscan Italian priest Saint Padre Pio reported visions of both Jesus and Saint Mary as early as 1910. Which I did too…:bounce: :bounce:
For a number of years he claimed to have experienced deep ecstasy along with his visions same thing with me for four years I had been experiencing this deep ecstasy along with my visions.
Spread the Good News That is Jesus our Lord…
In 1918, while praying in the Church of Our Lady of Grace he reported ecstasy and visions which this time left him with permanent and visible stigmata, the five wounds of Christ. The stigmata remained visible on his hands and feet for the next fifty years. Padre Pio was examined by many physicians, none of whom could offer an explanation for the fact that his bleeding wounds were never subject to infection. See I have invisible stigmata which means only I could see them and other people cant. So you see I believe you others may be having a hard time to believe but dont worry take your prayers to God he will always provide.
The eucharist is a sacrament that is not to be toyed with I am glad God showed you that he is with in the host and wine. Did you taste the wine as blood too? I was born in 1986 I am 22 years old called to become a Cistercian nun… Pray for me and I will pray for you…
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Holly3278
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Hello PraiseGodxJMJ. I did tell a priest what had happened. He told me that this same thing happened a number of times in the Middle Ages and that is what prompted the Church to prohibit chewing of the Eucharist. That almost leads me to believe that what I experienced was not necessarily a good thing. However, my priest agreed with me that what I experienced was probably some form of grace from God to help me believe.
I did not taste the wine as Blood because I did not receive the Sacred Blood of Christ. It was a daily Mass that I experienced this at and so the laity did not receive the Sacred Blood of Christ.
I did not taste the wine as Blood because I did not receive the Sacred Blood of Christ. It was a daily Mass that I experienced this at and so the laity did not receive the Sacred Blood of Christ.
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Lief_Erikson
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You are right about this. The Catechism says that Jesus Christ is wholly, completely present in the Eucharist, which means his biological flesh is there too and we are eating it. If God chooses to enable us to taste or see the flesh part of who he is in the Eucharist, this in no way contradicts the nature of the Sacrament.
And I think that that’s entirely valid. It’s rather like an experience I’ve had at the Eucharist the last couple Sundays. During the last two Masses, when the Eucharistic prayer was spoken, I felt these waves of heat coming from the front of the church. The first Mass this happened, I smelled fire as well. I don’t know if this was miraculous or was just something funny in the air currents that started at that time for some natural explanation (though what it would be, I can’t think), but I do know that God used it to increase my faith in the fact that God’s love and Spirit in the Eucharist are a burning fire. He could have started something miraculous or used something natural to achieve that result.
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Holly3278
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I totally agree.
Thank you!
Also, that is awesome that you experienced a personal Eucharistic miracle as well. - Status