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TSElya
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Is transubstantiation considered a ‘miracle’?
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Edmundus1581
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MarcoPolo
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The Eucharist, according to Pope Paul VI in Mysterium Fidei, “surpasses the laws of nature and constitutes the greatest miracle of its kind.”
He also quotes Pope Leo XIII:Indeed, in it alone are contained, in a remarkable richness and variety of miracles, all supernatural realities.
He also quotes St. Ambrose: Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, dealing with the Eucharistic change, says: “Let us be assured that this is not what nature formed, but what the blessing consecrated, and that greater efficacy resides in the blessing than in nature, for by the blessing nature is changed.” To confirm the truth of this mystery, he recounts many of the miracles described in the Scriptures, including Christ’s birth of the Virgin Mary, and then turning to the work of creation, concludes thus: “Surely the word of Christ, which could make out of nothing that which did not exist, can change things already in existence into what they were not. For it is no less extraordinary to give things new natures than to change their natures.”
He also quotes Pope Leo XIII:Indeed, in it alone are contained, in a remarkable richness and variety of miracles, all supernatural realities.
He also quotes St. Ambrose: Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, dealing with the Eucharistic change, says: “Let us be assured that this is not what nature formed, but what the blessing consecrated, and that greater efficacy resides in the blessing than in nature, for by the blessing nature is changed.” To confirm the truth of this mystery, he recounts many of the miracles described in the Scriptures, including Christ’s birth of the Virgin Mary, and then turning to the work of creation, concludes thus: “Surely the word of Christ, which could make out of nothing that which did not exist, can change things already in existence into what they were not. For it is no less extraordinary to give things new natures than to change their natures.”
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Lasting_faith
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Yes it is, and the most Holy one.
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patrick457
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If by miracle you mean something that occurs supernaturally out of the laws of physics, then yes. In fact, it is probably the most frequently-occurring and the most-witnessed miracle in the world, only it’s so mundane and intangible that we tend to bypass it.
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TSElya
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Thank you. It’s hard to convince people that God performs miracles every day. I can now point to the Eucharist which is performed every day all over the world as the greatest of all miracles.
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TSElya
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For every saint, there has been at least one miracle performed right? Adding to the number of miracles performed regularly. How many saints are there? I googled it and there are many different numbers; some 800 some 10,000+
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MarcoPolo
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The miracles are associated with “canonized” saints. As I understand, some saints have received that label from Christian communities without any formal or Magisterial declaration. The title saint for them may or may not include miracles. Canonization has had a certain process and a history and you can read about it at Catholic Encyclopedia.
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