Posted on 03/22/2006 6:39:08 AM PST by NYer
CLAIM THAT HOST TURNED TO FLESH AND BLOOD IN DALLAS
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"You may have already heard but if not, there appears to be an incredible Eucharistic Miracle that occurred March 19th (feast of St. Joseph) in the church of St. James in Dallas, Texas," writes Candy Grove, board member of the Queen of Peace Center in Dallas. "The pastor there is Msgr. Mario Magbanua. It's in a very poor section of Dallas across the street from the Sisters of Charity Convent.
"My family and I just returned from the church. The Bishop has been out of town and unavailable. The custodian from the church told us the story in broken English. It seems that about thirty days ago during Communion, a young boy received the host. For some reason he did not swallow it, but spit it out on the floor of the bathroom. The priest followed him and picked the precious Sacred Host up from the floor. The priest placed it in water to dissolve it. After thirty days the host had still not dissolved, so he added more water and the Sacred Host moved from the side of the container to the middle and immediately became bloody flesh. It is on display, but not many people know about it yet. While we were there there were a few nuns and a priest who came to venerate the 'Eucharistic Miracle.'"
A similar claim was claim in 1996 in Barbeau, Michigan, where there were spectacular photos of a Host that seemed to have turned into actual flesh and blood. During Mass at the Church of the Holy Family on February 4, it seems an inexperienced Eucharistic minister dropped a Host onto a paten. "Believing that this Host had to be placed in an ablution cup, the minister informed the priest of this despite the fact that the Host hadn't touched either the ground or a communicant," notes one website. "The Host remained in the cup for a week because inclement weather prevented any weekday Masses. The following Sunday, February 11th, a dime-sized red coloration was seen on the surface of the Host. The Host, which had been in water to help dissolve it, was engorged with water but otherwise retained its shape. The local bishop, who was advised of these developments via telephone, suggested to the parish priest, Father Mark A. McQuesten, that the coloration was probably due to a fungus growing on the Host and that it should be disposed of in the approved manner."
Latest word is that the diocese picked up the Host for study. This comes from a secretary at the church, who said the diocese picked up the Host late Tuesday morning.
Notes another e-mailer, Lori Ehrman of Saint William the Confessor Parish, Greenville:
How come we never hear the results of these tests of miracles? I recall recently a statue of Mary that allegedly cried tears of blood. Samples were taken for testing (probably as part of the Vatican's miracle confirmation process?)...yet no word on those results.
I wonder if we'll ever hear the results of this alleged miracle. Appears that they have a good sample for testing anyways. I'm curious of the results.
If it is a fraud they will usually announce that very quickly. If they aren't sure they keep testing. They are very very reluctant to pronounce anything is a miracle until they are as sure as they can be.
Some bishops would not pronounce a miracle if the Blessed Mother came and put them in her lap and said, "Be a good boy."
Why would the priest do this?
Hahahahahaha, too true. Sad, but true (funny delivery too).
If the miracle is truly "incredible", what's all the fuss about?
From your link - the Amsterdam miracle was similar. http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/holland.html
What are we to learn from this one in Dallas?
I get your point, but if this happened I'd question if it were really the Blessed Mother. Her lap is a throne, after all, and there's only one King.
"This just in, The eucharistic host becomes flesh and blood everytime. "
LOL! Good point. The miracle of Transubstantiation isn't really a new one to Catholics (or it shouldn't be).
That is the proper procedure for disposing of consecrated hosts. The water is then poured down the Sacrarium.
THAT may be a miracle in itself!
An affirmation of the Real Presence. Who knows why our Lord chooses to physically manifest Himself in such a visible manner, at a given moment in time.
Hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally.
They are loveletters from Jesus to remind us of what the Eucharist is, and that he still is with us, IMHO. And they happen more than people realize.
It is? This was not "particles" this was virtually a completely intact Consecrated Host.
When our chapel was broken into a few years ago, the tabernacle was ripped from the altar. The Consecrated Hosts that had been within were found desecrated outside in the mud. My priest got down on his hands and knees in the mud and consumed each Host and particle, then he consecrated the ground.
Perhaps that Lord does not appreciate being plopped into a glass of water to "dissolve" like a tablet of Alka-seltzer.
That had been vomited by the boy.
Proper Disposal
Could you please give me the correct procedure for the disposal of a soiled consecrated Host? I bring Communion to a care home. Twice, one gentleman who has indicated he wished to receive Jesus has become so confused that he fails to take the Host completely in his mouth. I have had to retrieve it, wrap it in a tissue, and bring it to the sacristy to dispose of it.
Two deacons have told me I should break it up in small pieces and wash it down the sacrarium. However, I’m sure I have read somewhere — but I can’t remember where — that it should be placed in a glass of water until it dissolves, then be poured into the sacrarium. Can you verify this for me?
Mary F. Michalsky
Tucson, Arizona
Response:
Pouring our Lord’s Body or Blood down a sacrarium is a very grave abuse. As we read in Redemptionis Sacramentum: “Anyone, therefore, who acts contrary to these norms, for example casting the sacred species into the sacrarium or in an unworthy place or on the ground, incurs the penalties laid down”. (RS 107)
A defiled Host that cannot be consumed must be broken into small pieces and so thoroughly dissolved in water that the integrity of the matter no longer exists, just as in cleansing vessels after Mass that may contain fragments of the consecrated elements. Only then is it poured into the sacrarium (or on the ground).
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