From what I’ve read, the Icon of the Inexhaustible Cup is a Eucharistic Miracle depicted on an Icon. The story goes that after the Epiclesis the priest looked in the Chalice and there was a little Baby inside. I’m no expert though.
(Back for another shot at this!
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But see, that kind of miracle doesn’t bother me so much, and perhaps now that I’ve had time to think about it, I can explain why.
My understanding is that the Eucharist, once consecrated, is Jesus
in His entirety - Body
and Blood
and Soul
and Divinity. A vision like this one, where you look in the chalice and see the baby Jesus, or any vision of Jesus
in His entirety, makes sense in that context.
However, from my POV, the miracles which
only show the Body
or the Blood (
or the “spiritual presence”) may actually
diminish the reality of transubstantiation for some (not all!). (“Is Christ divided?”)
Not saying those
private visions don’t occur but they’re not for everyone, and those who don’t find them useful or compelling shouldn’t be made to feel like “bad Catholics”.
Now does that make any sense at all or am I still a bad Catholic?
