I need some stories of miracles

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I am teaching Religeous Ed to 7th graders and recently read them some accounts of documented miracles.

Lanciano and Sister Therese (who lived 36 years eating nothing but the Eucharist).

They were amazed.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I can find similar stories of well documented church approved miracles to share with the kids.

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Do you mean other than the Bible? The gospels are full of 'em.
 
There is one story in the Bible, I think its in the Book Acts, where someone fell off a building, and an apostle raise up from the dead. I think it was Peter… The personal fell asleep and fall off a building…
 
Sugar_Ray said:
All:

I am teaching Religeous Ed to 7th graders and recently read them some accounts of documented miracles.

Lanciano and Sister Therese (who lived 36 years eating nothing but the Eucharist).

They were amazed.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I can find similar stories of well documented church approved miracles to share with the kids.

Thanks
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I love this story of Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa, although paralyzed, she would regain the full use of her limbs during the Passion scenes.

And yes she survived on the Eucharist alone for somewhat 10-12 years, sometimes under the watchful eye of the hospital staff to make sure she wasn’t a fraud, she is sometimes referred to as the fourth seer of Fatima.
 
The fact that JC saved some us, myself included. Ask my parents they will call it a miracle.
 
Check your library for,

Dictionary of Miracles Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic By Ebenezer Cobham Brewer.

This work presents the stories of one thousand miracles in three sections: miracles of saints in imitation of scripture miracles; realistic miracles; and miracles related to Christian dogma. An introductory overview provides background information on authoritative sources, ecclesiastical symbols, instruments used to torture Christian martyrs, and important dates in Christian history and when specific beliefs were proclaimed dogma.

amazon.com/Dictionary-Miracles-Imitative-Realistic-Dogmatic/dp/1558889000/sr=1-37/qid=1171462428/ref=sr_1_37/102-8563271-8458565?ie=UTF8&s=books

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There is one story in the Bible, I think its in the Book Acts, where someone fell off a building, and an apostle raise up from the dead. I think it was Peter… The personal fell asleep and fall off a building…
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Yeah, that was actually paul in acts 20
 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_%C3%81greda

You could try her, Maria de Agreda. While not yet a saint her body remains uncorrupt (400 years and counting) and she bilocated to evangelize native americans before missions were sent (she was already known as the blue lady before her arrival there).

There’s also the Tilma of the Virgin of Guadalupe which shouldn’t even be around anymore because of the material it’s on. In the same basilica there in Mexico city there is a bent crucifix that was standing in front of the Tilma (before it got moved), a person put a bomb in front of it, hidden inside a vase of flowers and when it detonated not even the glass of the frame shattered but the bent cross bears witness to the power of the blast.
 
Sugar_Ray said:
All:

I am teaching Religeous Ed to 7th graders and recently read them some accounts of documented miracles.

Lanciano and Sister Therese (who lived 36 years eating nothing but the Eucharist).

They were amazed.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I can find similar stories of well documented church approved miracles to share with the kids.

Thanks
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I can’t believe that Lanciano and Sister Therese story. That seems a bit far fetched.
 
bingbang said:
I can’t believe that Lanciano and Sister Therese story. That seems a bit far fetched.
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Eucharistic miracles are very common, and many have been scientifically scrutinized. In my opinion, they prove the existence of God and the truth of Catholicism beyond a doubt. Atheists and other non-Catholics should have a look at some of them. As far as the particular miracle of Lanciano goes, you would have to believe that someone removed a part of a man’s heart, preserved it for over a dozen centuries, etc. and it is all one big conspiracy sanctioned by the Church. Now, maybe that is more probable for you, but I actually have a hard time believing all that. In any case, here is an interesting bit for you: there was a similar Eucharistic miracle that happened in Argentina in 1998. Among other remarkable things, it was found that the heart tissue examined in the Argentinian miracle belonged to the same man from the miracle in Lanciano in the 8th century. Now, this is incredible, but if you insist on a sham, that would have to be some kind of massive conspiracy indeed.
 
Windfish said:
Eucharistic miracles are very common, and many have been scientifically scrutinized. In my opinion, they prove the existence of God and the truth of Catholicism beyond a doubt. Atheists and other non-Catholics should have a look at some of them. As far as the particular miracle of Lanciano goes, you would have to believe that someone removed a part of a man’s heart, preserved it for over a dozen centuries, etc. and it is all one big conspiracy sanctioned by the Church. Now, maybe that is more probable for you, but I actually have a hard time believing all that. In any case, here is an interesting bit for you: there was a similar Eucharistic miracle that happened in Argentina in 1998. Among other remarkable things, it was found that the heart tissue examined in the Argentinian miracle belonged to the same man from the miracle in Lanciano in the 8th century. Now, this is incredible, but if you insist on a sham, that would have to be some kind of massive conspiracy indeed.
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Do you have any proof that this dna was the same person? And to be honest something like this miracle doesn’t have to be a church wide conspiracy, just a conspiracy of a few that convinced the church.
 
bingbang said:
Do you have any proof that this dna was the same person? And to be honest something like this miracle doesn’t have to be a church wide conspiracy, just a conspiracy of a few that convinced the church.
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The full literature on the investigation is privileged (this is standard, by the way, between investigators and their clients), but the results have been divulged from the investigators and scientists involved through conferences, books, and reports. A few others and I are petitioning for their first-hand reports, but, in the mean time, the lead investigator (a former atheist, by the way) can be seen here:

youtube.com/watch?v=qbg_dhI4XCs

He confirms that the two samples belong to the same man. Sure, we don’t have the first-hand studies, yet, but the information we do have confirms the event of the miracle itself and the results of the scientific studies. There is no reason to doubt the investigation. Otherwise, we have another conspiracy, which I am always very suspicious of. Conspiracies unravel, and the Church, which you may or may not know, has historically been very, very, very skeptical of miraculous claims - a conspiracy simply would not go undetected by the Church, and I have been studying this for long enough to know that, indeed, the Church is very critical in its investigations.

Watch the video. I think you will find there’s far more substance to this particular miraculous claim than others.

I think this is rather remarkable, and I if I were an atheist or non-Catholic, I would attend Mass the first thing this coming Sunday!
 
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