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Vatican display exhibits eucharistic miracles
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| January 2007
| KATHRYNNE SKONICKI
Posted on 01/19/2007 11:12:09 AM PST by NYer
NAPERVILLEThe Great Hall of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Naperville was filled Jan. 13 with posters propped up on easels likening an art exhibit. The silence, which typically permeates an art museum, filled the air in the room with approximately 5,600 square feet.
Interested onlookers read about the 120 eucharistic miracles described on 160 panels of the Vatican International Exhibition of the Eucharistic Miracles of the World. The accounts ranged from well-known visions such as Our Lady of Guadalupe to lesser-known ones such as the eucharistic miracle that occurred in 1412 in Herentals, Belgium. A variety of miracles, including healings and visions, have been attributed to eucharistic adoration.
Its one of those things where all this information
seeing all these miracles presented to me right here
it really hit me as I walked into the room. I had heard of a couple, I just didnt realize there were all these, commented Alex Gervacio, a parishioner of St. Mary Parish in West Chicago.
Sue Gorski, a parishioner of SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Naperville, acknowledged that she has been fascinated with eucharistic miracles for years, yet this display enlightened her on some that she had never known about. She added, This is overwhelming evidence of eucharistic miracles
how anybody can not believe in it, I dont know.
More than 1,000 people visited the exhibit while it was on display Jan. 13-14, according to Margaret Gilmore. The member of St. Elizabeth Setons eucharistic adoration chapel core team of coordinators explained that they requested the exhibit to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the parishs eucharistic adoration chapel. Through e-mail correspondence after the event, she commented, Each and every (guest) came away with a new appreciation for the gift of the real presence of the Eucharist.
The visitors from across the Midwest were engaged in the stories that were shared in the traveling exhibition. The Real Presence Association, Inc., presented the exhibit. The Chicago-based organization is dedicated to spreading eucharistic adoration around the globe, explained Michael Mortimer, board member of The Real Presence, during a telephone conversation with the Catholic Explorer.
The Real Presence received exclusive permission from the Vatican to exhibit the display in the United States. The Real Presence has made three duplicate exhibits of 140 Vatican-approved eucharistic miracles available for exhibitionone on the East Coast, one in the Midwest and one on the West Coast. The Real Presence is also working on publishing a book about the miracles.
The Naperville display was one of the first for the exhibit in the United States; previous showings occurred in Kankakee and Chicago. According to Mortimer, the organization recently started to accept scheduling events from throughout the country through contacting Carol J. Seydel at 815-609-7331 or e-mail at trp@svs.com. More information about the exhibit is available at www.therealpresence.org.
TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Theology
KEYWORDS: catholic; eucharist; il; miracle; miracles; naperville
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Interested individuals pour over the miracles associated with the Eucharist Jan. 13 at St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Naperville.
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01/19/2007 11:12:09 AM PST
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NYer
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01/19/2007 11:12:32 AM PST
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NYer
(Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
To: NYer
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posted on
01/19/2007 11:14:37 AM PST
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: All
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posted on
01/19/2007 11:15:03 AM PST
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NYer
(Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
To: NYer
It's a shame that this isn't better known, and better taught. I went through CCD without having heard of any Eucharistic miracles.
The most amazing to me is the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano.
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posted on
01/19/2007 11:16:27 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: NYer
Old [and not so old, like Ambrose Bierce] sources have very interesting accounts of miracles. When St. Dennis was beheaded, he picked up his severed head and walked with it several miles on the road, striking the fear of God into all passersby he chanced to meet. On another occasion, the feather from the wing of Annunciation angel once escaped from its reliquary and tickled the noses of the congregation so that they woke up and sneezed as a chorus with great vehemence three times each.
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01/19/2007 11:21:38 AM PST
by
GSlob
To: Aquinasfan
I still get goosebumps when I look at the Lanciano miracle.
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posted on
01/19/2007 11:40:40 AM PST
by
Rutles4Ever
(Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna)
To: Rutles4Ever
I still get goosebumps when I look at the Lanciano miracle. You'll get The DaVinci crap, The Jesus Seminar and UFOs on Discovery and The History Channel, but you'll never get an even-handed presentation of the Eucharisitic miracle of Lanciano or the Shroud of Turin. It really ticks me off.
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01/19/2007 12:30:56 PM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: NYer
"Pore," not "pour."
No, you're homophones!
(Ahem)
That aside, I wonder what makes Our Lady of Guadalupe a Eucharistic Miracle.
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01/19/2007 12:45:51 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("I don't know you, but I love who you seem to be.")
To: NYer; All
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01/19/2007 1:29:03 PM PST
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stfassisi
("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
To: Rutles4Ever; Aquinasfan
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01/19/2007 1:46:15 PM PST
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stfassisi
("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
To: Rutles4Ever; Aquinasfan; NYer; All
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01/19/2007 2:02:21 PM PST
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stfassisi
("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
To: stfassisi
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01/19/2007 3:05:45 PM PST
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P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: P-Marlowe
What does your link have to do with this thread?
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01/19/2007 3:15:19 PM PST
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stfassisi
("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
To: NYer
"Interested individuals pour over the miracles associated with the Eucharist Jan. 13 at St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Naperville." I certainly hope not--it'll spoil the paper. Now if they PORE over them, it'll be OK.
To: P-Marlowe
Do you know that Every Single Early Church Father (without even one exception)believed Jesus is truly present -Body Blood Soul and Divinity in the Eucharist?
Do you realize that if you called yourself a Christian during the first 1500 plus years of Christianity that you would believe the same thing,and if did not ,you would be a heretic?
Many of these same Saints and Early Father,s gave there very lives for Christ and the Eucharist Sacrament.
Do you know that the Bible is a Book of Typology and the Eucharist is Typed throughout Scripture.
Here is something to help you.
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0092.html
Are you willing to stake your life and your Salvation to deny that Christ is NOT Truly present in the Eucharist?
I,m willing to stake my life and my Salvation that Christ IS Present in the Eucharist.
Dear Brother ,Are you willing to stake your 500 year belief system against all the martyr's who died for Christ?
I wish you a Blessed night!
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01/19/2007 4:53:56 PM PST
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stfassisi
("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
To: stfassisi
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01/19/2007 4:55:43 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: P-Marlowe
Fastinating.
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01/19/2007 5:03:33 PM PST
by
HarleyD
("...even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near Himself." Num 16:5)
To: P-Marlowe
Mock the Holy Eucharist at your own peril.
To: stfassisi
I,m willing to stake my life and my Salvation that Christ IS Present in the Eucharist. Me too! And, in an extraordinary way, He affirmed that.
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01/19/2007 5:05:13 PM PST
by
NYer
(Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
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