I have no desire to argue this out to a conclusion.
We know that there are many miracles that the vatican refuses to affirm. Without that confirmation it is strictly rumor, or the work of a charlatan .
I adore God, not a piece of bread, I trust Jesus to save me, not a piece of bread .
God illuminates through His word. To that end I would like to suggest that you read the account of the staff of Moses.
That staff which God used as a visible instrument became sin when there was more emphasis on the rod than on the one that ordained it.
2Ki 18:4
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
2Ki 18:5
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [any] that were before him.
A consecrated host is NOT a piece of bread and you especially, as a former catholic, know better than to post that comment.
That staff which God used as a visible instrument became sin when there was more emphasis on the rod than on the one that ordained it.
During the 13th century St. Anthony of Padua was reported to have converted a hardened heretic through a rather unique contest. The heretic, by the name of Bononillo, was unmoved by the reasoning of the "hammer of heretics," as St. Anthony was called. Bononillo was as stubborn as the mule that stood beside him.
Eyeing the mule, Anthony made an offer to Bononillo. He asked him whether he would give up his heresy if the mule were to bow down and adore its Creator present in the Blessed Sacrament. The heretic answered he would, provided he could lay down certain conditions: for two days the mule was not to be fed, and on the third day it was to be led into the public square. On one side of the square would be placed a tempting pile of fresh feed, on the opposite side Anthony could stand with what Bononillo contemptuously called the "body of Christ." Anthony agreed, but in all humility made one condition. If the animal did not kneel before the Blessed Sacrament, his sins alone were to be blamed.
The day arrived for this strange contest and the square was crowded with people. When the derisive Bononillo arrived with his half-starved mule, he was fully confident that his mule had sense and appetite enough to go after the feed. But he was wrong. Anthony had implored his Lord in the intervening two days for the soul of this heretic. God did not let his faithful servant down. When turned loose, the mule without the least hesitation advanced towards Anthony and knelt in an attitude of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. With much emotion and contrition the heretic too fell on his knees and gave up his heresy. Of course the greatest miracle of all, transubstantiation, has to be viewed with the eyes of faith.
Good for you. Have a nice day.
There are plenty of scientifically verified miracles of the Eucharist, which is NOT mere bread, but rather, the REAL Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTxaMbTODyk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbg_dhI4XCs&feature=related