Miracoli Eucaristici by Beato Carlo Acutis Part 2

Was Nourished Only By The Eucharist For Over 13 Years
BLESSED ALEXANDRINA MARIA DA COSTA

PORTUGAL, 1904-1955
Alexandrina remained
paralyzed at age 21 from a
dramatic incident in which
she fled from the threat of
violence. She did not permit
herself to be overcome by
sadness and by loneliness,
but thought: “Jesus, You are
a prisoner in the tabernacle as
I am here on my bed, so that
we can keep company”.
Following the physical
sufferings from the paralysis, On her tomb are the words she
wished to be placed there:
mystical sufferings were added: “Sinners, if the ashes of my body
can be useful for your salvation,
for four years, every Friday she draw near to them, pass above
them, and trample on them until
they vanish. But sin no more; do A letter of Alexandrina
saw the sorrows of the Passion, Alexandrina Maria da Costa not offend our Jesus any longer!” in her own handwriting
and after this period, for

another 13 years until her
Alexandrina with her Alexandrina with one
death she was nourished only
A
mother and sister of her spiritual directors
by the Eucharist. Her life

became a continuous prayer The Jesuit Father Pinho kept
track of Alexandrina in a special
way, and it was thanks to him Alexandrina likewise relived
for the conversion of sinners. Father Emanuel Vilar, one of
Alexandrina’s spiritual directors
that many of her writings were
submitted to the Pope The home of Alexandrina at Balasar
the sorrows of Jesus’ Passion
every Friday
lexandrina Maria was born in Balasar, Portugal during a period of convalescence at the Foce del Eucharist is the salvation of the world.” Mary also
on March 30, 1904. At age 14, in order to Douro Hospital near Oporto, for forty days and appeared to her on September 12, 1949, with the
escape an attack by three men and to maintain forty nights she was under supervision by several Rosary in her hand, saying to her “The world is in
her purity, she jumped from the window, but did not doctors in her absolute fast and her condition of agony and is dying in sin. My desire is for prayer, my
escape without suffering injury. The consequences anuria (absence of urine). After 10 long years of desire is for penance. I have protected with this, my
were terrible, if not immediate. In fact, several years paralysis which she had offered as Eucharistic Rosary, all those whom I love and the whole world.”
later, she became bedridden from a progressively reparation for the conversion of sinners, on July On October 13, 1955, the anniversary of the last
increasing paralysis, from which she suffered for the 30, 1935, Jesus appeared to her saying: “I have put apparition of the Blessed Mother at Fatima,
remaining 30 years of her life. Yet, she did not despair, you in the world so that you may draw life only Alexandrina was heard exclaiming: “I am happy, for
but entrusted herself to Jesus with these words: “As from Me, to bear witness to the world how I am on my way to heaven.” She died at 7:30 in the
you are a prisoner in the tabernacle and I am a precious the Eucharist is. [...] evening on that very day.
“The strongest chain that keeps souls

prisoner on my bed for doing Your will, so we can
keep ourselves company". As a result, she began to
live through ever more powerful mystical experiences, in bondage with Satan is the flesh and the sins of
and from Friday, October 3, 1938 until March 24, impurity. Never has there been such a spread of
1942, for up to 182 times, she relived the sufferings vices, wickedness and crimes as there is today!
of the Passion. Beginning in 1942 until her death, Never has there been so much sin [...] The
Alexandrina was fed only by the Eucharist, and Eucharist - My Body and Blood - Behold, the
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The Eucharist and
SAINT CATHERINE LABOURÈ

FRANCE, 1830
Catherine Labouré was born on

May 2, 1806 to a family of
farmers. On April 21, 1830,
she entered as a novitiate into
the religious order, Daughters of
Charity, in the motherhouse
of Paris near Rue du Bac.
Here in 1830, Catherine, had
the famous apparition of the
Immaculate Mary, who told
her: “Have a medal of this style Image of the Miraculous
Medal
coined; those who wear it
around their neck will receive
great graces.” During her entire
stay at Rue du Bac, Catherine
Urn containing the body
also had the grace of seeing of Saint Catherine
Jesus in the consecrated Host,

at both the moment of
Communion and during the
Exposition of the Holy
Sacrament. Statue of Mary as she appeared Pope John Paul II on a visit
C
Fresco in the Church of Rue du to Saint Catherine with the to the chapel in the church of
Bac showing Catherine with the globe, rays and the Sacred Rue du Bac in Paris on May 31,
Virgin Mary Heart of Jesus 1980
Saint Catherine Labouré
atherine herself described the moment of the how sweet it is to pray to the Holy Virgin and sword. Around it, like a frame, there was a regal
apparition: “While making the Eucharistic how generous she is to those who invoke her. crown of twelve little stars. Then I heard a voice
Adoration in deep silence, I seemed to hear And then an oval frame formed around the saying to me: “Coin a medal in this style. All
a sound coming from the side of the tribune, like figure of the Holy Virgin, with a semi-circular those who carry this will receive grace, especially
the rustle of a silk dress. I got up and looked and border of writing in gold above the right hand if they wear the blessed medal around their neck
saw the Holy Virgin. She was of medium build of Mary spelling out: “Oh Mary, conceived and recite this short prayer, they will receive special
and indescribably beautiful. A white veil fell from without sin, pray for us who have recourse to protection from the Mother of God and will
her head to her feet and rested upon a half-globe. thee”. receive great graces. The graces will be abundant
Her hands, raised to waist level in a natural position, for those who wear it with great faith”.
held another small golden globe with a gold cross At this point in the vision, the globe
on top. Her eyes looked beseechingly towards that Mary had offered to God disappeared; her
Heaven. While I was intent on contemplating hands, full of graces, faced the globe that she
her, the Holy Virgin lowered her eyes towards me rested her feet upon, stepping on a green serpent
and said these words: “This globe that you see with yellow spots. Suddenly the frame flipped
represents the entire world, in particular France and I saw the back of the medal, the letter M
and every single person.” And the Virgin added, for Mary and the cross; below the monogram
“The rays symbolize the graces that I shed on there were two hearts: that of Jesus with the
those who petition me”, making me understand crown of thorns and that of Mary pierced by a
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Saved from Shipwreck by the Eucharist
SAINT SATYRUS
4 TH CENTURY
In his work, De excessu fratris

Satyri, St. Ambrose himself
describes this Eucharistic
miracle in which his brother
Satyrus played a key role.
St. Satyrus was able to save
himself from shipwreck
thanks to the Eucharist.
A
Saint Satyrus and the Eucharist
bout his brother, St. Ambrose writes: trust only in the weapons of the faith. Since he consume the Holy Eucharist and receive the
“What shall I say about his reverence was convinced that he was sufficiently protected Eucharistic Christ into the depths of his heart.”
in the worship of God? One episode and defended by this faith, he did not look for
will suffice. Before being fully initiated into the any other help.
sublime mysteries (First Communion), he expe-
“Then, as soon as he was saved from

rienced a shipwreck. When the ship on which he
was traveling ran aground on some reefs and
while, all around, the waves were tearing it apart, the waves and reached land, he paid tribute to
he was not afraid of dying but of having to die the Leader to whom he had entrusted himself.
without having been nourished by the Sacred As soon as he was saved and realized all his
Mysteries. So he asked for the Eucharist from servants had been saved, he went to the church
those whom he knew to be initiated into the of God, without complaining about the goods
Divine Sacrament of the Faithful and placed the he had lost, to thank Him for having saved
Holy Eucharist in a handkerchief, which he hung him and to get to know His Eternal Mysteries.
around his neck. Then he threw himself into the He said there was no more important duty than
sea and looked for a plank loosened from the that of giving thanks… He who had experienced
hulk of the ship to hang on to, but did not try to the great help of the Heavenly Mysteries wrapped
swim away to save himself, because he had put his in a handkerchief considered it important to
The Miraculous Healings Realized During The Procession Of The Blessed Sacrament
LOURDES
FRANCE, 1888
In 1888, a French priest

of the National Pilgrimage
proposed the creation of a Sanctuary of Lourdes Bernadette’s house
procession with the Blessed

Sacrament in Lourdes;
a miraculous healing was then Pius IX proclaimed the Dogma
Statue of Our Lady in the grotto of the Immaculate Conception
realized. Since then the sick where she appeared to Bernadette “Infallible God” in 1854
make pilgrimages to Lourdes,

are blessed by the Holy One of the oldest photos of
Bernadette by the grotto in 1864
Sacrament and countless Saint Bernadette
have been cured of illnesses

during the procession of the
Marie Fabre, was cured during
Blessed Sacrament. Brother Léo Shwager, cured of
the procession of the Blessed
Sacrament, of a strong dyspepsia
a grave case of multiple sclerosis
The Sanctuary of Lourdes is a during the procession of the
Blessed Sacrament
(indigestion) which impeded
normal nutrition, causing serious
problems with anemia
clear example of the Real
Presence of Jesus in the Saint Bernadette decided to
embrace religious life and The incorruptible body of Saint
Eucharist. entered into the convent of

the Sisters of Charity in Nevers
Bernadette in the mother house
of the Sisters of Charity in Nevers
O
Marie-Thérèse Canin, during Marie Bigot, semi-blind and deaf,
the procession of the Blessed recovers her hearing and
Sacrament, was cured of a grave eye-sight during the procession
case of tuberculosis of the Blessed Sacrament
n August 22, 1888, at 4:00pm, the first

procession with the final blessing of the sick
with the Blessed Sacrament took place in
Lourdes. It was a priest who first proposed this
pious initiative and since then it has never ceased.
On this date, when the sick were blessed with the
Blessed Sacrament before the grotto of the appa-
ritions, Pietro Delanoy, who suffered from ataxia
(an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular
movements that is symptomatic of some nervous
disorders which inevitably leads to death) for many
years, was instantly cured when the tabernacle
passed by during the procession. That was the
first Eucharistic miracle that took place in
Lourdes. From that very date, the Eucharistic
procession for the sick has taken place without
Alice Couteaul, is cured of Louise Jamain, is cured of
interruption. multiple sclerosis during the pulmonary and intestinal tuber-
procession of the Blessed culosis during the procession of
Sister Maria Margherite, cured of an incurable kidney disease
Sacrament the Blessed Sacrament
during the procession of the Blessed Sacrament
Sustained For More Than 10 Years Solely By The Eucharist
BLESSED ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH

GERMANY, 1774-1824
Anne Catherine Emmerich

was forced to abandon
the monastery in which
she lived because it was
being appropriated by the
government. In that period,
her health declined and
the mystical experiences
increased: she received the
stigmata and had numerous
visions. One of these allowed
the finding of the house House where Catherine was born
of Our Lady in Ephesus.

In fact, according to antique
traditions, it seems that
House where Our Lady lived
Mary settled, together with in Ephesus, found thanks to
the visions of Anne Catherine
John the Apostle, in this city.

The miraculous aspect of
the life of Anne Catherine is
A
that for years she fed only
on the Eucharist.
Portrait of Portrait of
Clemens Brentano Anne Catherine Emmerich Drawing by Clemens Brentano
nne Catherine Emmerich was born in was suppressed. Anne Catherine found hospitality, Sacrament with extended arms, and sometimes I
Germany on September 8, 1774 into a as a housekeeper for a priest; but soon she became would enter into ecstasy”. Anne Catherine always
family of farmers and began to work very ill and was bedridden. joined her suffering with that of Jesus, and offered
Dr. Wesner, a young doctor,

early. Later on, a religious vocation matured and it for the redemption of men. The most famous
she asked to be admitted in several monasteries, biographer of Anne Catherine was the German
but she was always rejected because she was very visited her and remained very impressed by the writer, Clemens von Brentano, who wrote all her
poor and had no dowry. Only when she was stigmata. During the eleven years that followed, visions. Brentano compiled thousands of pages
twenty-eight years old she was accepted in the he became her friend and faithful assistant, about the Blessed, many of which must still be
monastery of Agnetenberg, where she joined the having also a diary in which he would transcribe published. In one of his most famous passages he
monastic life with fervor, always ready to take the her visions. Meanwhile the nun had practically wrote: “Anne Catherine stands like a cross at the
most difficult tasks. One night while she was stopped eating: a little bit of water and the side of the street, to indicate the right direction to
praying, Jesus appeared and offered her a crown of Consecrated Host were enough to keep her alive the faithful. That which she says is brief but
roses and a crown of thorns. She chose the crown for years. She was very devoted to, and wrote simple, full of depth, warmth and life. I understood
of thorns and Jesus put the crown on her head. many pages about, the Holy Eucharist: “My everything. Always happy, affectionate, dignified,
Suddenly, around her forehead appeared the first desire for the Holy Eucharist was so vehement marvelous; always ill, agonizing, but at the same
stigmata. Later on, after another apparition of and irresistible that, at night, I would often leave time delicate and fresh, chaste, tried, lucid. To be
Jesus, the wounds also appeared in the hands, feet my cell to enter the Church... Often I would seated at her side meant to occupy the most
and side. In 1811, the monastery of Agnetenberg, genuflect and prostrate towards the Blessed beautiful place in the world”.
Our Lord Appears to
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

1224-1274
During the years of his

theological maturity, from
1269 to 1272, St. Thomas
Aquinas was called to Paris
to resolve the complicated
question of the nature
of the Eucharistic Sacrament.
Before St. Thomas started The miracle consists in the
Crucifix animating Itself to
confirm to St. Thomas that his
his dissertation, he went in writings were righteous
church to pray and then

finally wrote the actual text.
Once the exhibit was
concluded, St. Thomas
returned to church and that
is when Our Lord Jesus G. Francesco Barbieri, called:
appeared to him to confirm “Guerelino”, St. Thomas Aquinas

writing while assisted by Angels
(1662)
the righteousness of his
writings.
D
Church of St. Dominic
in Naples, Italy
Thomas then, as he usually did, retreated

uring his second tenure as professor in Paris, St. something that is not in tune to the truth revealed
Thomas found himself in the middle of a and alien to the mystery of the sacrament, stop me
dispute taking place among the professors at himself to prayer and contemplation and started to from inferring anything that could deviate from the
the Sorbonne University in regard to the Eucharistic pray with great fervor and devotion. Soon after, he Catholic faith.” This was the humble prayer of the
sacrament. The dispute was about two points: a) if quickly jotted down in writing the least amount of theologian who understands that he is dealing with
the senses perceive the presence of the so-called “acci- words with the most precise clarity possible, what things much higher than himself and that he has a
dent”, such as color, taste, durability and quantity, it his mind was able to understand and what The grave responsibility towards his people. Father
would be the concrete extension of the true and real Lord inspired him to write. He returned in church, Reginaldo, his secretary, and other brethren were
Eucharistic Bread and Wine; b) faith confirms that in went to the altar and laid down his written answers fortunate enough to observe St. Thomas while in
the sacrament exists the Body and Blood of Christ, under the eye of the Crucifix and prayed: “Our deep prayer, when suddenly Christ appeared and
which is an apparent contrast with the former theory. Lord Jesus, actually and forever present in this motioned towards his writings and said: “You wrote
Parisian theologians were clearly divided between the Blessed Sacrament, I am asking You to help me well about the sacrament of my Body and you wrote
objective theory and the value of faith. They decided understand Your truth and to be able to teach and well and according to truth; you also have resolved
to ask St. Thomas because they already had the confer it without any possibility of errors. So, I the question that was posed to you. This understanding
opportunity of experiencing his philosophical intelli- beseech thee, Oh Lord, to concede me this grace: If of the Truth defines and holds true, as long as man is
gence and his theological sanctity. They asked him to the things that I wrote about You and with Your present on earth.” Having heard this, Thomas was
offer and communicate his opinion, in that his theo- blessing are true, make it possible for me to say and filled with joy and thanksgiving, and prostrated himself
logical wisdom would become the rule to follow. teach them publicly. If, instead, I have written and knelt down at the altar in front of our Lord.
The Eucharist and
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA

1347-1380
Jesus appeared to
St. Catherine of Siena to
assure her that a great flame
does not diminish, even if it is
used to light many candles.
Such is the flame of the Holy
Eucharist, because it does not
weaken while enflaming the
loyal faithful who come with
their strong or weak faith.
The stronger and weaker
charity of each of the faithful
is symbolic only by the flame’s
dimension of the candles.
R
Often St. Catherine saw a Baby
instead of a Host in the hand
of the priest; at other times
St. Catherine saw an ardent
furnace that appeared as if the
St. Catherine of Siena sees the priest penetrated it at the time
fire come out of the consecrated of Holy Communion. Collection
Host. Museum, Diocese Fresco Located at Museum of
of Milan Hiéron of Paray-le-Monial
egarding the Eucharist, Jesus confided the one candle and the whole world would light its the one with a pound candle. This is how it is
following words to St. Catherine of Siena: candle from that single candle, the light of the for those receiving the Holy Sacrament. Man
“You receive all the divine essence of the candle would not diminish and everybody carries his own candle so that he can receive the
sweetest Sacrament in the whiteness in the would have a lighted candle. While it is true sacrament; however, that candle is unlit, but it is
bread. Just like the sun cannot be divided in the that those who participate in the candlelighting ignited when he receives the Eucharist. As a
whiteness of the Holy Host. Let us suppose that may have more or less flame, everyone would matter of fact, as you are all alike, made and created
the Sacred Host could be divided: even if it receive exactly the amount of fire to light their in my image and likeness and as Christians you
would be possible to fragment the Holy Eucharist candle. Until that time that it can be better, this are anointed with Holy Baptism, you can, therefore,
into thousands of tiny Particles, in each one of example stands. grow in virtue as much as you like through my
“If there were a lot of people bringing

the tiny Particles there is the presence of Christ, divine grace. You are not changing your spiritual
the whole God and the whole Man. In the same life that I bestowed upon you, but you can grow
manner that a mirror would shatter into thousands candles of all sizes – one person with two candles and increase in love of virtue, using your free will
of pieces, the Sacred Host will not shatter or and one with six candles and one with a candle with virtue, with charitable affection, while you
divide the image of God and Man that you see in weighing an ounce and one with a candle still have the time, because once time has elapsed,
the Host; the image of God and Man is in each weighing a pound or more - then you could see it will no longer be possible.”
fragmented part. Contrary to fire, the image of all the lit candles by color. By color, by its light,
the Host does not diminish in faith or divinity. by its heat, you would judge that the person
Let us look at the following example: If you had that has a one-ounce candle has less light than
The Vision of the Madonna in Guadalupe, Mexico and the Eucharist
GUADALUPE
MEXICO, 1531
The indisputable history of

the Eucharist and the
New Sanctuary of Old Basilica
Incarnation of the Son of Guadalupe of Guadalupe
God, “Flesh of Christ, flesh

of Mary”, says Saint Augustine.
The Church “contemplates Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Like the Shroud of Turin, it is
an image created not by the human hand, as scientists J.B. Smith and
Mary with joy in the purest Procession that takes place in
P.S. Callahan have demonstrated through the analysis of the infrared
x-rays. Their conclusion is as follows: “The results of the image
of Guadalupe are inexplicable”.
image - that which she honor of the Virgin Mary
desires and hopes to be in

her entirety” (SC, 103):
tabernacle, womb, pyx.
The Madonna appeared in
Guadalupe dressed in a gown Carlos Saslina and the scientist
Tönsmann analyzed and
discovered imprints of the people
fastened at the waist with a present during the apparition of
Juan Diego in the irises of the
black belt, identical to that Image of the Virgin appeared

on Juan Diego’s cloak
eyes of the Virgin of Guadalupe
worn by the local women On May 6, 1999 Pope John

Paul II before the image of the
Virgin of Guadalupe during a
during pregnancy. pilgrimage
A
Enlargements of the images The belt signifies the pregnancy
present in the eyes of the Virgin of the Virgin. It is found above
the navel. The shape of the belt, in
the náhuatl world, represents the
end of a cycle and the birth
of a new era. In the image of the
Virgin of Guadalupe it symbolizes
that with Jesus Christ a new era
Ancient paintings that depict Here one notes the reflection will begin both for the old and
Juan Diego and the Virgin of the face of Juan Diego new world.
t dawn on December 9, 1531, the young much so that he needed to receive the Last Rites. the Virgin who told him to take the flowers to the
Indian, Juan Diego, went up the hills of The next day, Juan Diego went out very early bishop as proof of the apparition. The man did as
Tepeyac, in the northern outskirts of the directly to Tlatelolco, where he wanted to look he was asked and went to Mexico City where,
City of Mexico, heading towards Tlatelolco, for for a priest for his uncle. He decided to avoid after a long wait, he was seen by the prelate. He
his usual catechism lesson. Suddenly he heard a the hills of Tepeyac, so he would not encounter showed him the tilma and when he spread it out
soft song and turned towards the source of this Our Lady, but she met him during his walk. He the roses and other flowers fell and on it appeared
sound. He came upon a young woman wearing a then confided in her about his pain and she a blazing image of the Madonna. The Bishop fell
shiny dress, who revealed herself to be the Virgin asked him to have faith in her and announced to his knees before this miracle. He marveled,
Mary. The Madonna begged Juan Diego to ask the cure of his uncle. Then she asked him to go and repenting he asked the Virgin to forgive him
the bishop of the capital city to build a temple in to the top of the hill and collect and bring her for his defiance. Then he took the tilma and put
the place where she appeared so that all can come any flowers that he could find. it in a chapel. The next day Juan Diego returned
Juan Diego went to the place she

to honor her son Jesus. Juan Diego obeyed, but home anxious to see his uncle, who he had left
the Bishop Juan de Zumárraga did not believe in grave condition. Juan Diego found his uncle
him and asked him to ask Mary for a sign. When told him and found it covered with marvelous completely recovered and he told him about the
the Virgin appeared the third time to Juan Diego, roses and other flowers, unusual for the winter Madonna and how she appeared to him the day
she promised to give him a sign the following day. season and the arid nature of the land. He picked before presenting herself as the Holy Mary of
On Monday however he did not go to his them and put them in his tilma, a typical apron Guadalupe, announcing he would be cured.
appointment because his uncle fell gravely ill, so worn by the Aztec farmers, and he took them to
The Twelve Promises Linked to the Devotion to
THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

FRANCE, 17 TH CENTURY
The message received by the

nun, Saint Margaret Mary
Alacoque of Paray-le-Monial, “The Church, true minister of
contains the “Twelve Promises the Blood of Redemption, was

born from the pierced Heart of
the Redeemer, and from that
of the Sacred Heart,” in same Heart comes also the grace
of the Sacraments in gushing
overabundance, which instills Saint Claude of
which Jesus reveals the graces eternal life in the children of the
Church.” Pope Pius XII
Colombiere
linked to this devotion. Love

for the Sacred Heart of Jesus
is directly tied to that of love
for the Eucharist. As the great “We desire that all of the people
apostle of this devotion, the The Child Jesus is pictured in an

who struggle actively to establish
the Kingdom of Jesus in the world,
take the devotion to the Sacred
iconograph in the style of the
Jesuit priest Henri Ramiere Spanish Counter Reformation,
atop a globe of the earth studded
Heart of Jesus as their
banner. [...] Ardently wishing to
offer a secure barrier against the
wrote, “It is in the Eucharist A design executed by
Saint Margaret
with stars of gold. The Child
holds His Heart in His hand.
impious plottings of the enemies
of God and of the Church, and to
From the collection of the Hieron
have families and nations return
that we truly find the Heart Museum in Paray-le-Monial
to the love of God, we do not
hesitate to propose devotion to the
of Jesus nearest to us; it is in Sacred Heart of Jesus as the most

efficacious school of divine charity,
on which charity it is necessary to
the Eucharist that He unites construct the Kingdom of God in
the souls of individuals, in the
domestic society and in nations.”
himself in a most intimate (Pope Pius XII, Haurietis aquas,
82-83)
way to us, and we to Him.”
S
“The Church wishes to incite
the faithful even more to draw
“Jesus is found in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, in which love keeps near with confidence to this
Him tied like a victim, always ready to be sacrificed for the glory of Holy Mystery and to consume
His Father, and for our salvation. His life is totally hidden from the ever more hearts in the flames
eyes of the world, which succeed in seeing only the poor and humble of that divine love with which
appearances of bread and wine. [...] Jesus is always alone in the the Sacred Heart burned when,
Blessed Sacrament. Try to never miss any Communion, lest we give in His infinite love, he instituted
great joy to our enemy the devil!” the Most Holy Eucharist.”
ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE POPE BENEDICT XV
aint Margaret received many mystical gifts 7. Lukewarm souls will become fervent with
8. Fervent souls will ascend rapidly to a

and some revelations from Jesus. We list the practice of this devotion (Letter #132).
here below the “Twelve Promises of the
9. My blessing will remain in those places in

Sacred Heart” which the Lord revealed higher perfection (Letter #132).
1. To those devoted to My Sacred Heart, I will

to the saint:
which the image of the Sacred Heart will be
10. To all those who labor for the salvation

give all the graces and helps necessary to their displayed and venerated (Letter #35).
2. I will establish and safeguard peace in their

state of life (Letter #141).
of souls, I will give the grace to be able to
3. I will console them in all their afflictions 11. Persons who spread this devotion will
families (Letter #35). convert the hardest hearts (Letter #141).
4. I will be their sure refuge in life, and above

(Letter #141). have their names written forever in My Heart
12. To all people who receive Communion

(Letter #141).
5. I will pour abundant blessings on all of their

all, at the hour of death (Letter #141).
on the first Fridays of nine consecutive months,
6. Sinners will find in My Heart an inexhaust-

labors and undertakings (Letter #141). I will give the grace of endless perseverance and
of eternal salvation (Letter #86).
ible source of mercy (Letter #132).
MIRACULOUS COMMUNIONS
D T B
uring her stay at Proceno, the he biographer of Saint Clare of lessed Angela of Foligno recounted that
Dominican Saint Agnes Segni would go Montefalco recounts in the acts for her “on one occasion I saw Christ under
into the monastery garden alone to pray near an canonization process that “one day Clare came the guise of a small Child, Who nevertheless
olive plant. One Sunday morning at the break up to Holy Communion without her mantle. appeared great and majestic, like a king: It
of dawn she was immersed in prayer from the Sister Giovanna rebuked her harshly, saying to seemed that, seated on His throne, He held in
break of dawn and only after several hours her, ‘Go away - I don’t want you to receive Holy His hand something like a symbol of authority
realized that it was a feast day and that she was Communion.’ Hearing these words, Clare [...] Then, when the others knelt down, I did
obliged to attend, attended Holy Mass in the realized that she was without her mantle and not do so, and I don’t know if I ran up close to
monastery choir. However, an angel of the Lord felt such bitter regret that after she returned to the altar or if I could not move from sheer
came bearing an immaculate Host, giving her her cell, she wept bitterly. And while she was delight and contemplation, and I experienced
Holy Communion. This incident was repeated praying, amid her tears, Christ appeared to great regret that the priest put the Host back on
on other occasions as well. her, and embracing her, gave her Holy the altar so quickly.”
Communion, leaving her deeply consoled.”
The painting represents Saint Frances of Rome with some of her

companions in ecstatic wonder at the Monstrance from which radiant One of the miraculous Masses of St. Gregory the Great, in The great mystic St. Teresa of Avila often enjoyed visions
beams of light emanated (Civic Art Museum) which Christ appeared Crucified (Diocesan Museum of Tier) of heaven during Holy Mass
A life for the Eucharist
BLESSED MARY OF THE PASSION

ITALY, 1866-1912
On the day of her First

Communion, Mary Grace
was seven years old, and the
Child Jesus appeared to her
with wounded and bloody San Giorgio at Cremano.
The Mother House where Mary
hands and said to her: of the Passion lived most of her
life as a religious and where she The portal of the chapel
died in 1912. in the Mother House
“People inflicted these
wounds on me with their
sins!” From that moment On April 19, 2004, John Paul II declared that the Servant of God,
Mary of the Passion, lived the virtues in a heroic way.
On January 19, 2005, Benedict XVI promulgated the decree of
Mary Grace consecrated her beatification. On May 14, Mary of the Passion was proclaimed
Blessed in the Cathedral of Naples. The little room where
Grotto of the ecstasy and of
life to the Eucharist and the Blessed Mary of the Passion died
the struggle against the devil
salvation of souls. “I am in
the Eucharist to dispense
graces and extend mercy,
but I receive only ingratitude,
Funeral of Blessed Mary San Giorgio at Cremano. Place where the body of Blessed Mary
profanity and sacrileges. The of the Passion of the Passion was transported, in the chapel of the Mother House
on April 20, 1914.
Eucharist is dishonored and

nobody cares. My beloved
one, you make reparation
D
with your adoration done
in my presence.” Mary Grace had a special relationship with her Guardian Angel. At
night, when she would walk through the corridors of the convent to
The Mother House. The ancient go to pray at the Grotto of the Agony, the Sisters saw her bathed in a
stoves for the making of the hosts mysterious light. They said that it was the glowing halo of the Angel.
espite the fact that she had made a vow of As soon as her husband died, Mary Grace burning and shining. Mary’s passionate love had
virginity at the age of five, her father wanted embraced the religious life with the Suore an exceptional recompense: one of the most
to give her in marriage to a young man by Crocifisse Adoratrici dell’Eucaristia. One day, as extraordinary gifts in the history of the mystics,
force. When everything seemed lost, Our Lady the priest was distributing Communion in the the change of heart. The Lord opened her breast
appeared to her and assured her with these words: convent chapel, a host escaped from his hand and placed his heart in it.
“Say yes and then become a nun.” Our Lady was and flew to Mary’s lips. Out of love for the Lord
not wrong. On the day of the wedding in the town and for sinners she constantly inflicted severe Like all great mystics, Mary was very much tor-
hall, Mary’s husband took sick and had to be rushed penances on herself. She had a great intimacy mented by the devil because she tore the souls of
to the hospital. The doctors diagnosed his ailment with the souls in Purgatory, who sometimes sinners from him, so much so that one day, out
as a case of severe tuberculosis. His agony lasted appeared to her to thank her for her prayers. of spite, the devil went so far as to break her arm.
During the last years of her life,

eight months. During a vision she experienced the terrifying
pains of the crucifixion and Jesus himself pierced
Notwithstanding that her father had forbidden Mary Grace hardly ate anything and used to tell her heart with a lance. It was the wound of love,
Mary Grace to visit her husband because the religious her confessor: “I receive such fullness from the which bound her definitively to her Spouse. From
ceremony had not yet been celebrated, Mary Grace Lord when I receive the Blessed Sacrament that that moment on, Mary of the Passion carried the
was often seen at his bedside as she took care of in no way can I feel a desire for any food!” She stigmata until her death. During the last fifteen
him and taught him catechism. In fact, among spent many hours in adoration before the taber- days of her life, she lived on the Eucharist alone.
her gifts, Mary Grace had the gift of bilocation. nacle: she was like a Eucharistic lamp that was
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MIRACULOUS COMMUNIONS
S B
aint Juliana Falconieri was always most lessed Imelda Lambertini, from childhood,
devoted to the Holy Eucharist. In the last already showed a great love for the
days of her life, a stomach ailment which had afflicted Eucharistic Jesus but the chaplain reminded her
her for a long time, as it became more acute, that she could only receive Communion when she
prevented her from receiving Communion. Before turned 14. Nevertheless on May 12, 1333
her death in 1341, she asked that a consecrated (Ascension Vigil), she went to Mass and presented
Host be placed on her chest, and as she recited a herself to receive Holy Communion. The priest
prayer, the Host disappeared and left a violet ignored her completely but the Lord wished to
O
mark, as if the mark had been branded there. She grant the desire of little Imelda. A Host radiating
was beatified in 1678 and canonized in 1737. light rose up in flight, and stopped in front of
Imelda. After she received the Body of Christ, her
ne day, Saint Lucia Filippini was making pure white soul flew straight up to heaven.
her way to Pitigliano near Grosseto, to Blessed Imelda is Patroness of First Communions.
supervise a school for craftsmen which she had
founded. First, however, she stopped at the
church of the Franciscan Fathers to attend Holy
Mass. So great was Lucia’s desire to receive Jesus Saint Bernard exorcising
a woman with the Blessed
in the Eucharist that the Lord wished to reward Sacrament, The Hieron Museum
her with a miracle. When the priest was breaking
the large Host in half to place a small Fragment
in the chalice, this very Part escaped his hand
and flew into the air, radiating light, and came
to rest on the tongue of the future saint. Today,
the shrine where the miracle took place is under
the care of the devout Filipini Sisters.
Saint Bonaventure receiving Saint Secondo, before dying, recei-
Communion from the hand of ving Holy Communion brought
an Angel, The Hieron Museum by a Dove, The Hieron Museum One of the miraculous Communions of Saint Jerome
In earlier times, eight years old was

Blessed Emilia Bicchieri was the too young an age to receive the
Saint Maria Francesca of the
foundress of the Dominican Eucharist, but St. Gerard Magella
Five Wounds, in the last years
Third Order Regular and always could not resign himself to the fact
of her life, was prevented from
nurtured a great love for the and would weep with such desola-
participating at Holy Mass
Blessed Sacrament. One day tion that Heaven itself was moved
Blessed Thomas of Cori because of a severe illness that
while she was taking care of a to pity. One night, Saint Michael
(1655-1729) at age 22, entered left her bed-ridden. There were
fellow Sister who was very sick, approached him, placed a white
the Franciscan Order of Friars many episodes in which some
she lost track of the time and so Host on his tongue like the one
Minor, at the monastery of the of the priests, especially Father
arrived at the end of the Holy the priest had refused to give him,
Most Holy Trinity in Orvieto, Bianchi, saw a particle of the
Mass, thus missing Holy and vanished from sight. The fol-
Italy. In his apostolate, he was consecrated large Host and a
Communion. At that point, she lowing morning, happy and
distinguished by his exemplary small amount of the consecrat-
began to express her regret to the triumphant, Gerard admitted can- Blessed James of Montieri (Giacomo da Montieri), lived for long periods
practice of the Christian virtues. ed wine disappear during their
Lord for not having been able to didly: “The priest refused me Holy of time being nourished only by the Eucharist. Jesus Himself gave him
Several times during Mass, Mass; it was the saint’s
receive Him, and suddenly an Communion, but last night St. Holy Communion on various occasions. An early 16th-century painter
he had various apparitions of Guardian Angel who brought
angel miraculously appeared to her Michael the Archangel brought depicted the miracle in a well-proportioned picture in which Jesus can
the Child Jesus. her Communion.
and gave her Holy Communion. Holy Communion to me." be seen giving Holy Communion to Blessed James.
Converts a Duke with the Eucharist
O
SAINT BERNARD OF CHIARAVALLE
FRANCE, 12 TH CENTURY
Saint Bernard was the central ne of the biographies of Saint Bernard

recounts that the saint “came to
character of an important Aquitania to reconcile to the Church the
duke of this province – but since he refused such
Eucharistic miracle. The Duke reconciliation, the saint of God went towards the
of Aquitania separated himself altar to celebrate the Mass while the duke, having
been excommunicated, waited for him outside the
from the Catholic Church, and door of the church. After the consecration,
he had absolutely no intention Bernard placed the Host on the paten and exited
the church, with his face aflame with sacred ire.
“When he arrived
of returning to it. Saint Bernard,
in front of the
after he celebrated Mass, went duke, he admonished him with these words: ‘We
outside the door of the church to Portrait of the true face
prayed for you and you ridiculed us. Here now,
of Saint Bernard He, the Son of the Virgin, the Lord of the Church,
the duke and presented the Blessed He Whom you persecute, has come to you. Here,
you have before you that Judge whose hands one
Sacrament to him. The Duke, day will hold your soul. Perhaps you will reject
deeply moved by a mysterious Him as you have rejected His servant? Resist Him
if you can.’ The duke immediately felt his legs
force, fell to the ground on his fold underneath him and prostrated himself at the
knees, begging forgiveness for feet of Bernard, who then ordered him to stand on
his feet to hear the penitential sentence of God.
having left the Catholic Church. Antique image which shows Saint Bernard converts
The duke trembled as he stood and he followed all
the miracle the duke that Bernard ordered him to do.”
Eucharistic Miracle of
B
SAINT JOHN BOSCO
ITALY, 1848
iographies of Saint John recount that in

Saint John Bosco was always 1848, during a Mass celebrated in honor of
the Feast of the Annunciation, Don Bosco
very devoted to the Eucharist. realized at the moment he was to distribute
Numerous are the writings in Holy Communion to 360 young people that the
corporal in the Tabernacle had only eight Sacred
which the saint speaks Hosts. Everyone noticed and wondered what Don
Bosco would do. Giuseppe Buzzetti, who became one
of the importance of this of the first Salesian priests, was serving Mass that day
sacrament. Once, having only when he saw Don Bosco multiply the Hosts and give
Holy Communion to the 360 people.
eight Sacred Hosts remaining
Don Bosco tells the story of what he saw in a dream:
in the corporal, he began a terrible battle at sea caused by a multitude of boats,
to multiply the Hosts so that both large and small, fighting against a sole majestic
ship, a symbol of the Church. Hit many times but
he could distribute Communion always victorious, the ship was guided by the Pope to
anchor itself securely between two tall pillars in the
to the 360 youth who were sea. The first held up high a huge Host with the
present at Mass. writing, “Salvation of the Faithful” and the other
which was lower, held a statue of Immaculate Mary,
with the writing, “Help of Christians”.
The Eucharist and the Conversion of the Atheist Writer
ANDRÉ FROSSARD
20 TH CENTURY
The conversion of the atheist

writer Andre Frossard, in the
presence of the Holy Eucharist,
has had great repercussions in
the world. He himself
recounted how his conversion
came about in his book,
God Exists. I Have Met Him
(1969). Up to his final years,
up to his final days, he would
André Frossard
only say: “Since the time when
I encountered God, I have
never succeeded in growing
tired of the mystery of God.
Every day is something new
for me. And if God exists,
I should speak of it; if Christ
is the Son of God, I should
proclaim it loudly; if there is
F
Life Eternal, I should preach it.”
Hans Friers, The living cross, Fribourg
rossard’s testimonial: “Having entered a suddenly a series of miracles unfolded whose which I find difficult to translate into a language
chapel in the Latin Quarter of Paris at 5:10 indescribable force shattered in an instant the which cannot capture these ideas and images,
in the morning to look for a friend, I left at absurd being that I was, to bring to birth the were all simultaneous... Everything is dominated
a quarter after 5 in the company of a friendship amazed child that I had never been... At first by the Presence… of Him of Whom I would
that was not of this earth. Having entered as a the hint of these words, ‘Spiritual Life’ came to never be able to write His name without fear of
skeptic and an atheist…and ever more skeptical me... as if they had been pronounced in a whis- harming its tenderness, of Him before Whom I
and atheistic, indifferent and preoccupied with so per next to me... then came a great light... a have had the good fortune to be a forgiven child
many things other than a God to Whom I never world, another world of a radiance and a des- who wakes up to discover that everything is a
even gave a thought even to deny... I was standing tiny that in one stroke cast our world among gift… God existed and was present... one thing
by the door, looking around with my eyes for my the fragile shadows of unfulfilled dreams... of only surprised me: The Eucharist! Not that it
friend, but did not succeed in finding him... which I felt all the sweetness... a sweetness that seemed incredible, but it amazed me that Divine
“My gaze passed from the shadows to

was active and upsetting beyond every form of Charity would have come upon this silent way to
violence, capable of breaking the hardest stone communicate Himself, and above all that He
the light...from the faithful gathered there, to the and that which is even harder than stone - the would choose to become bread, which is the
nuns, to the altar...and came to rest above the human heart. Its overflowing eruption, so com- staple of the poor, and the food preferred by
second candle burning to the left of the Cross plete, was accompanied by a joy which is the children… O Divine Love, eternity will be too
(unaware that I was standing in the presence of exultation of the saved, the joy of the shipwrecked short to speak of You.”
the Blessed Sacrament). And at that point, who is picked up just in time. These sensations,
The Miracle of the Devoted Lambs of the Eucharist
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ITALY, 13 TH CENTURY
Saint Francis nurtured

a particular affection for
lambs, to whom Jesus Christ
is often paralleled in Sacred
Scripture, most especially
for His gentle nature.
Portrait (Image)
of Saint Francis, Speco
Saint Francis of Assisi, Cimabue
Upper Basilica
of Saint Francis, Assisi
T
Saint Francis, Francisco Ribalta
Museum of Prado, Madrid
J. Van Eyck, The Mystical Lamb
he Franciscan historical chronicles tell the while walking in the outskirts of Siena, Saint sheep, for his part, sensed the piety of this man
story that “during a trip to Rome, the saint Francis encountered a huge herd of sheep at of God, and he put these teachings into practice
kept with him a little lamb, inspired by his pasture. As he always did, he kindly saluted with great care. When he heard the brothers
devotion to Christ, his most beloved Lamb. them, and they, having stopped grazing, all ran singing in the choir, he would enter the church,
Upon his departure, it was entrusted to a noble towards him, raising their heads and meeting bend his knees, and emit tender harmonious
matron, Lady Jacopa of the Sette Soli (Seven his gaze. bleats in front of the altar of the Virgin Mother
They greeted him with such

Suns), so that she would have custody of it in her of the Lamb, as if with a strong desire to greet
home. And the lamb, as if spiritually educated her. During the celebration of the Mass, at the
by the saint in matters of the soul, would not festivity that the shepherds were stupefied, moment of elevation, he would bow down,
leave the woman’s side when she went to church, seeing the lambs and the rams jumping around knees bent, as if it were that this devout little
when she stayed, or returned. Some mornings, in such a wondrous way. [...] Another time, at animal wished to reproach men of little faith for
when the lady was late in awakening, the lamb Santa Maria della Porziuncola, some people their irreverence and encourage devout men for
would gently pounce and nudge her with his brought as a gift to this man of God, a sheep, their reverence towards the Blessed Sacrament.”
little horns, and woke her with his bleats, and he accepted it with gratitude, because he
encouraging her with his gestures and expressions loved the innocence and the simplicity that
to hurry to church. For this, the lady had much the sheep demonstrated by nature. The man of
admiration and love for that lamb, disciple of God admonished the little lamb to praise God
Francis and teacher of devotion. [...] One day and to absolutely not bother the brothers. The
The Scientist and
BLESSED NICHOLAS STENO
(IN DANISH, NIELS STEENSEN)
1638-1686
After a youth spent in

studying and then in scientific
research, Nicolas Steno at age St. Nicholas of Flue, better known as “Brother Klaus,” was declared
28 converted to the Catholic patron saint of Switzerland by Pope Pius XII in 1947. He was born
of a farmer's family in 1417 in Flueli, in the Alpine foothills above
Sachseln, in the region of Obwald. He married, had ten children,
Church while watching the Portrait of Blessed
Nicholas Steno
and conducted a normal life until he was 50. Then he felt a very
strong call from God to leave everything and follow Him.
He therefore asked for three graces: to obtain the consent of his wife
Corpus Christi procession, Dorothy and their older children; to never feel the temptation to turn
back, and finally, God willing, to be able to live without drinking or
thus realizing the greatness eating. All his requests were granted. He lived for twenty years in the
forest as a hermit with no food except for the Eucharist, as many
witnesses testified.
and magnificence of the
Eucharist; the Real Presence
of Jesus in the Host. He then
decided to become a priest
and missionary in his own
country.
In Belgium, at Bois-d’Haine, the Servant of God Anne-Louise Lateau
N
lived for twelve years without eating or drinking, and without
sleeping, starting on March 26, 1871. On January 11, 1868, she
received stigmata at her feet, hands, head, the left side of her chest
and at her right shoulder. She lived thus conformed to Our Lord
until the end of her life. On April 23, 1873, Pope Leo XIII made the
following declarations regarding Anne-Louise’s case, “The Bois-d’Haine
event is an extraordinary one. You can affirm on my behalf that
medical science will never be able to explain such a fact.”
Anne-Louise died on August 25, 1883 at age 33. In 1991 the
cause for her beatification was officially opened.
icholas Steno was born in Copenhagen, thing different here. Maybe it was a sense of joy, a The young Nicholas Steno spent the whole day with
Denmark, on January 10, 1638. Since his new warm feeling… or maybe his eyes had changed? a deep uneasiness in his heart. He remembered the
youth, he was greatly involved in natural Long lines of men in white tunics were processing Jesuit priest in Paris with whom he had discussed the
science studies - to the point of being considered and singing. Gonfalons and banners were swinging Real Presence of Jesus in the consecrated Bread. The
among the founding fathers of geology, paleontology in the gentle breeze coming from the sea. Friars and Jesuit priest had emphasized the value of Jesus’ words
and crystallography. His prolific scientific activity priests were processing too, dressed in their white at the Last Supper, ‘This is my Body’, and then St. Paul’s
caused him to travel all over Europe. On June 24, surplices adorned with laces and fringes. Even more first letter to the Corinthians. That day Nicholas
1666, in Livorno, Italy, Nicholas Steno received the priests were part of the procession, wearing their copes Steno decided to convert to Catholicism. He imme-
grace of conversion to the Catholic faith. His shining in the sun, and children holding incense diately entered the seminary, and after nine years of
biographers wrote, “He observed with curiosity and burners. Finally, a big golden canopy passed by, and study he was ordained a priest. He described his
perplexity the procession for the Feast of Corpus under it a minister of the Church, solemnly dressed, conversion: ‘As soon as I attentively pondered God’s
Christi and the fervor around it. The large Piazza absorbed in his thoughts, carrying close to his chest favors to me, these appeared to be so many that I
d’Armi was bursting with colors and sounds. A loud, the precious monstrance with the Sacred Host…. couldn’t help but offer to Him the best of myself and
“People knelt as the Blessed Sacrament passed

prolonged ringing of bells could be heard. The young in the best way, from the bottom of my heart…
man was recalling another procession he watched Therefore, having come to know the great dignity of
three years before in Lovanio, Belgium, where many by and eyes were sparkling with love as they gazed priesthood… I asked and obtained that I may offer
students were lined up and dozens of black-robed upon the Host, all heads bowed down in adoration. the Immaculate Host to the Eternal Father for my
professors were walking. He could perceive some- Petals and flowers were showering from all corners. good and the good of others.’”
SAINT EGIDIO
FRANCE
Charles Martel had committed

a grave sin, and stricken by
remorse, decided to go to
Provenza and present himself
to a well-known abbot of the Saint Egidio and the Faun
time named Egidio, in order to

seek absolution for this sin,
without actually confessing it
and while keeping the crime
committed a secret.
Saint Egidio was officiating at
a Mass when an angel appeared
and placed himself near the
altar, carrying in his hand a Charles of Steuben,
The Battle of Poitiers
A window picturing
Charles Martel
book in which was written
the unconfessed fault. As the
celebration continued,
the writing in the book faded
little by little until it completely
P
disappeared, and Charles
Martel felt himself absolved.
The Mass of St. Egidio in the presence of Charles Martel, Jean-Honoré Gonon. The Battle of Charles Martel and Abd-er-
National Gallery of London Rahman, King of the Saracens
rior to the victory celebration over the famous that popular fervor often attributed it the path of the pilgrims going to Compostela,
Saracens at Poitiers, Charles Martel had to Charlemagne, and not to Charles Martel, as before itself becoming a place of pilgrimage.
committed the grave sin of incest with his if the real participant were not sufficiently Saint Egidio has been invoked for help with
sister. Stricken by remorse, he did not dare authoritative. difficult confessions.
The notoriety of Saint Egidio

confess the sin, so vile was the committed act.
He decided therefore to go to Provenza and
present himself to a well-known abbot of the was well established even before performing
time named Egidio, in order to seek absolution this miracle. Originally from Athens, he had
for this sin, without actually confessing it and retreated to a hermitage in a forest of Gard,
while keeping the crime committed a secret. where a fawn visited him daily to nourish him
Saint Egidio was officiating at a Mass, when an with her own milk. One day while hunting,
angel appeared and placed himself near the altar, the King of the Visigoths followed the animal
carrying in his hand a book in which was to the threshold of the grotto where the
written the unconfessed fault. As the celebration hermit lived and shot the fawn. In order to
continued, the writing in the book faded little correct the sacrilege he had committed, the
by little until it completely disappeared, and king had a great monastery built which would
Charles Martel felt himself absolved. The story take the name of St. Gilles-du-Gard, and
of this sin and miraculous absolution was so which would become an important stop along
Appears to the Shepherds of Fatima three times and gives them Communion
THE ANGEL OF PEACE

PORTUGAL, 1916
The angel appeared three

times to the shepherds of
Fatima in order to prepare When Lucy asked Our Lady if
she would take them to Heaven
the Virgin replied “Yes, I will
them for future apparitions soon take Jacinta and Francesco,
but you will stay here for quite a
while. Jesus wants you to serve
of Our Lady and elevate them him by making me known and
loved. He wants to establish in The angel that appeared
with Communion to a super- the world a devotion to my

Immaculate Heart; I promise
to the three shepherds in
Fatima in 1916 held in his left
salvation to all the devotees. hand a chalice and over it,
natural state. During the third These souls will be dearest to
God, and like flowers then will be
in the air, was a Host from
which drops of blood fell into
placed by me before his throne”. the chalice
apparition the angel gave Lucy
Communion with a Host that
dripped a drop of blood into
the chalice. Francesco and
Francesco, who did not hear
Jacinta, having not yet made the angel speak, nor heard Mary
speak in the future, asked Lucy:
their First Holy Communion, “The angel gave you Holy

Communion, but to Jacinta
and me what did he give?”.
were offered the content of The Blessed Jacinta Marto retold
“It was indeed Holy
Communion, replied Jacinta
what Our Lady said during one with unspeakable happiness.
the chalice. In this apparition of the apparitions: “Pray, pray
constantly and make sacrifices
Did you not see the blood falling
from the Host?”. “I felt God in
for sinners. Take note, many me, but I did not know what is
the angel told them: “Eat and souls will go to Hell because you
did not pray and make sacrifices
was!”, replied Francesco.
“And kneeling on the ground,
drink the Body and Blood of for them...” In addition, “The

sins that take most souls to Hell
are the sins of the flesh. Certain
he stayed a long time with his
sister repeating the prayer of the
angel: ’Holy Trinity etc.’.
Jesus Christ terribly outraged fashions will come that will
offend Jesus very much.
Among all of the apparitions
kindly sent from Heaven, this
The people that serve God need was certainly the one that most
by the ingratitude of men.
F
not follow the trends. The influenced the good soul of
Church has no trends. Jesus is Francesco. The words of the
always the same. The sins of the angel asking for solace for God,
Offer reparation for their sakes world are very great, if men only
knew what eternity is, they would
saddened by abuses and sins,
deeply hit his sensitive heart.
console your God”. do everything in their power to

change their lives. Mankind loses
From that point, his ideal was to
console Our Lord. While Jacinta
its way because they do not think became the apostle for the
of Jesus’ death and they do not sinners, Francesco wanted to be
repent” (cf. CCC 1035). the consoler of Christ”.
irst Apparition
not love You.’ Pray in this way. The hearts of offended, and in supplication for the conversion
of the Angel
Jesus and Mary are attentive to your prayers. of sinners. In this way you will bring peace to
And he disappeared. The supernatural atmos- your country. I am the Guardian Angel of
phere that he left us in was so intense we were Portugal. Above all, bear and accept with submis-
“We began to see, in the distance, a light whiter for a long time unaware of our own exist- sion the sufferings God will send you.’ And he
than snow in the form of a young man, quite ence...”. disappeared...These words of the angel cut into
Second Apparition
transparent, and as brilliant as crystal in the rays our spirits like a light, making us understand who
of the sun. As he came near we were able to see God is, how He loves us, and how He wants us to
of the Angel
his features: a young man about 14 or 15 years love Him; the value of sacrifice and how it pleases
old and very beautiful. We were surprised and Him; how He receives it for the conversion of
quite taken aback. We did not say a word. He sinners.”
reached us and said: ’Do not be afraid. I am the “The angel said to us: ’What are you doing? You
angel of peace. Pray with me.’ He knelt, bending must pray! Pray a lot! The hearts of Jesus and
his forehead to the ground. With a supernatural Mary have merciful designs for you. You must
impulse we did the same, repeating the words we constantly offer your prayers and sacrifices to
heard him say: ’My God, I believe, I adore, I God, the Most High.’ ’How are we to sacrifice?’
hope, and I love You. I ask pardon for those who I asked. ’In every possible way offer sacrifice to
do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do God in reparation for the sins by which He is
THE ANGEL OF PEACE

PORTUGAL, 1916
“We began to
see, in the
distance, a light
whiter than snow
Painting that depicts the
apparition that Sister Lucy had
in the form of a
in which Our Lady asked her to
divulge the atonement devotion
on the five first Saturdays of
the month
young man, quite

transparent, and
as brilliant as
crystal in the
Photograph of the last apparition of October 13, 1917,
rays of the sun…”

when the sun began to “dance”
T hird Apparition rose, took again in his hand the chalice and the
of the Angel
Host. The Host he gave to me and the contents
of the chalice he gave to Jacinta and Francesco,
saying at the same time: -’Eat and drink the
“We saw the angel holding in his left hand a chalice Body and Blood of Jesus Christ terribly outraged
and suspended in the air above it, was a Host by the ingratitude of men. Offer reparation for
from which drops of blood fell into the chalice. their sakes and console God.’ ...and then he
Leaving the chalice and the Host suspended in disappeared”.
the air, he knelt near us and repeated three times Immediately after the attempted Photo of the document written
the prayer: ’Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and assasination in St. Peter’s Square by Sr. Lucy and consigned by
on May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul the bishop, which describes the
Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly, and I offer II went to Fatima in 1982 in third secret revealed to her by
You the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and order to thank Our Lady and Our Lady, which would then
speak to Sr. Lucia. On March 25, be publicly announced by Pope
Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the taber- 1984 Pope John Paul II turned in John Paul II in the year 2000.
faith to the Virgin of Fatima
nacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, making the consecration of the
world and Russia.
sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended.
And by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred
Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg
the conversion of poor sinners.’ After that he
THE ANGEL OF PEACE

PORTUGAL, 1916
“We saw the

angel holding
Photo of the crowd circled
in his left hand

around the last apparition of
1917, before the sun began to
“dance”
a chalice and
October 13, 1917 the pilgrims
increased (70,000), they saw
the rain stop suddenly, the
clouds tear apart, the solar disc
suspended in the
face outwards like a silver moon
that spun dizzily, similar to a
wheel of fire, projecting in every
direction beams of multi-colored
light, that fantastically lit up
air above it, was

the clouds in the sky, the trees,
Photograph of the last apparition the rocks, the land and
of October 13, 1917, when the riverberated through the imense
sun began to “dance” crowd, howling at it. It paused
a Host from
for a few moments and then
again the dance of lights, like a
rich and glowing wind-mill.
Again a pause and then for the
third time fireworks, more varied
which drops of
and colored and blazing as ever.
The crowd had the impression
that the sun was falling from
the sky and let out a collective
scream “Miracle! Miracle!”.
blood fell into

When everything finished even
the people’s drenched clothes
from a short time ago were
perfectly dry.
the chalice…”
Newspaper article from January
26, 1938 which describes the
strange phenomenon of the
Northern Lights foretold by Our
Lady of Fatima as a sign of the
beginning of the war
PIBRAC
FRANCE, 1589
The Eucharistic miracle

of Pibrac is about
Saint Germaine Cousin
(1579-1601). In order for
St. Germaine Cousin to
participate in the Holy
Celebration of the Mass,
she had to cross through
a violent stream with
extremely high waters;
the waters divided in two Antique painting in which the miracle is depicted
and let her pass undisturbed.
Germaine made to live in a

basement under the steps by
her step-mother
F
Tomb of St. Germaine
Print depicting the miracle of the

Basilica dedicated to Home where unattended herd not ever being
St. Germaine St. Germaine lived attacked by wild animals
om the time that our young shepherd girl To reach the church, however, Germaine had to
became motherless, her father remarried a cross the stream called Courbet. One day the
woman who, from the very start, demonstrated heavy rains had rendered the stream impossible
hostility towards her because Germaine’s face was to pass through, but the young girl decided to
full of acne and was not easy to look at. The affront the furious waters of the stream and get
stepmother, who could not stand the sight of through so she could receive Communion.
Before going into the water

Germaine’s face, convinced her husband to make
Germaine live in the small basement under the
steps. The poor girl found herself so completely in order to get across, she made the sign of the
isolated in that basement that the rats were often Cross and while she was reciting her prayers she
her only companions. Germaine, however, was saw the waters miraculously separate in two.
very close and devoted to the Lord and in parti- This happened on the way back, also.
cular loved the Blessed Sacrament and prayed and
visited on a daily basis.
Every day she would leave her sheep unattended

to receive the Holy Eucharist and miraculously
the herd would never be attacked by wolves.
She Was Nourished By The Eucharist Alone For 53 Years
THE SERVANT OF GOD MARTHE ROBIN

FRANCE, 1902-1981
French philosopher Jean Guitton

left us a forceful witness on
Marthe Robin: “She was a
peasant of the French
countryside, who for thirty years
took neither food nor drink,
nourishing herself instead on the
Eucharist alone, and every Friday
she relived the pains of the
Passion of Jesus through her
stigmata. A woman who perhaps
was the most unusual, most
extraordinary and disconcerting
of our age, but whom even in
the age of television remained Marthe received the gift of the
stigmata from the Lord.
unknown to the public, buried in Beginning in 1930, every
Thursday evening she relived the
Father Finet, Marthe’s Spiritual
Director and founder of the
a profound silence… From our suffering of Jesus at Gethsemane “Foyers of Charity”
first meeting, I understood that

Marthe Robin would have been
M
Jesus said to Marthe when she was in a state of ecstasy: “My priests,
my priests; give everything for them. My Mother and I love them
a ‘sister of charity,’ always, as she very much. Give me all your sufferings, all of you who suffer in this
moment, all of you who want to be immersed in my love. Give me
was for thousands of visitors.” your isolation and your solitude, and the solitude in which I place
you all, without reservation, for my priests. Offer yourself to the
Father with me, for them; don’t be afraid for having to suffer too
much for my priests; they have a pressing need for those things
that I am about to do through you for their advantage.” The House where Marthe lived all of her life,
Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, Drôme (France)
arthe Robin was born on March 13, 1902, was chosen, like the Virgin, to live the Passion condemned by the Vatican) and author of a number
in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure (Drôme), in more intensely. No one else would experience it of books denying the historical reality of Jesus.
France, to a family of peasants, and she so completely. Every day she has endured more From our first meeting, I understood that Marthe
spent her entire life in her parents’ home, where pain, and at night she does not sleep. After the Robin would have been a ‘sister of charity’ always,
she died February 6, 1981. Marthe’s entire stigmata, Marthe was not able to drink or eat. as she was for thousands of visitors.” In fact,
existence revolved around the Eucharist, which The ecstasy lasted until Monday or Tuesday.” beyond the extraordinary mystical phenomena,
Marthe Robin accepted all the

for her was “the one thing that cures, comforts, extremely significant was the work of evangeliza-
lifts, blesses, my Everything.” In 1928, after a tion that Marthe managed to accomplish, despite
serious neurological illness, Marthe found it sufferings for love of Jesus the Redeemer and her condition, thanks to the help of Father Finet,
almost impossible to move, especially to swallow the sinners He wanted to save. The great with whom she founded sixty “Foyers of Charity”
because those muscles were affected. Moreover, philosopher Jean Guitton, recalling his meeting groups (centers or homes of light, charity and
due to an eye illness, she was forced to live in with the visionary, wrote: “I found myself in love) throughout the world.
almost absolute darkness. According to her that dark room of hers, confronted by the
spiritual director, Father Don Finet: “When she best-known contemporary critics of the
received the stigmata, in early October 1930, Church: Novelist Anatole France (a critic whose
Marthe had already lived with the pains of the books were condemned by the Vatican) and Dr.
Passion since 1925, the year in which she offered Paul-Louis Couchoud, a disciple of Alfred Loisy
herself as a victim of love. That day, Jesus said she (an excommunicated priest whose books were
Sacred Heart of Jesus and
ST. FAUSTINA KOWALSKA

POLAND, 20 TH CENTURY
The most recent practical link

to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
and the devotional icon of
the Lord’s Merciful love came In the year 2000,
Pope John Paul II decreed that
on the first Sunday after Easter,
from the Polish nun Saint the Liturgical Feast of Divine
Mercy is to be celebrated
Faustina Kowalska. Jesus

Jesus to St. Faustina: “My daughter,
appeared to her on February help me to save a sinner in agony;
recite the Rosary that I taught you
for sinners”. Sr. Faustina: “When I
22, 1931, with His right hand started to recite the Rosary, I saw a
soul on his death bed suffering terri-
ble torture and pain in fighting the
bestowing blessings and His Shrine of the Divine
last battle of life. The soul was being
defended by his guardian angel, who
left hand pointing towards Mercy, Crackow was, however, helpless… A great
multitude of demons were waiting
for the soul, but while I was reciting
His Sacred Heart, which the Rosary chaplet, I saw Jesus in
the same aspect as depicted in the
painting. The bright rays coming
emitted two rays: one pale; out of the Heart of Jesus surrounded
the sick soul and the forces of evil
ran away… The sick person died
the other a bright red. These serenely. When I regained my
consciousness, I realized that the
rays represent the Water and divine chaplet Rosary was an impor-
tant prayer to be recited around the
dying. This placates God’s wrath.”
Blood that came out of Jesus’ (St. Faustina Kowalska, Diary,
Vatican Library Edition, p. 515)
pierced side while on the Jesus to St Faustina: “My

daughter, write these words DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET ROSARY
Cross. This symbolizes the as I tell you: All the souls of the
world who adore my Mercy and Jesus to St. Faustina: “This prayer serves to placate my wrath. Recite
diffuse this adoration will bring for 9 days with any Rosary beads in the following manner:
purifying virtues of Baptism other souls into the fold. Those
who trust my Mercy
First recite the Our Father, Hail Mary and the Apostles’ Creed.
Then on the Our Father bead, say the following words:
and Confession and the
L
will not fear when the hour
of death comes. My Mercy Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of
will protect them in their last Saint Faustina said: “During Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our
Holy Mass when Jesus was
regenerative virtue of the battle… My daughter, incite
souls to recite this Rosary cha- exposed through the Holy
Sacrament before Holy
sins and those of the whole world.
On the Hail Mary bead recite the following words:
plet that I gave you. When this For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and
Holy Eucharist. Holy Rosary is recited, I will
concede to them everything
Communion, she saw two rays
of light coming out of the Holy
on the whole world.
Finally, recite these words three times:
they ask for.” Host; one very pale and the Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy
other a bright red light, just as on us and on the whole world.”
depicted in this image.”
et’s report the words of Jesus to St. Faustina: of salvation, meaning my merciful feast […] this darkness, a horrible suffocating, putrid odor; even
“I desire that this image be venerated by the icon is a sign of the end days, after such, the day if it is dark, the demons and the condemned souls
entire world. I promise that the souls of of judgment is upon you.” can see each other among themselves and see all
After showing His Infinite Mercy, the

those who attribute veneration to this image will the evil that others have done as well as their own
not perish. I even promise victory over their evil. Sixth: This torture is the knowledge of having
enemies, already here on earth, but especially at Lord also showed St. Faustina “hell”. “Today, Satan as a constant companion. Seventh and last:
the hour of death. I will defend that soul in the under the guide of an angel, I went into the This torture is the incomparable desperation of
name of glory.” Jesus, Himself explained the signi- abyss of hell. It is a place of extreme torments in God’s wrath, in blasphemy, cursing and swearing.
ficance of this devotion: “My daughter, tell all that the entire, huge, terrifying surroundings. These The sinner should realize the same ways that he
I am love and mercy personified. The wound in are the various tortures and torments that I have sins is the way he is going to suffer for all eternity.
my Heart signifies the unlimited living waters of seen: First torture: This consists of hell as being I am writing this by the Lord’s direction, so that
Mercy. Tell all the souls that I protect them with the loss of the Presence of God; Second: the no one can say that there is no hell, or that no one
my shield of Mercy; it is for them that I fight, continuous remorseful conscience; Third: the has ever been there or that no one knows how it is.
bearing the just umbrage of my Father […] My knowledge that such a destiny will never change; I, Sister Faustina, under the Lord’s direction, have
daughter! Tell suffering humanity to secure itself Fourth: This torture is a pain that penetrates the been in the abyss of hell, for the simple reason of
to the Mercy of my Heart and I will fill them with soul, but does not nullify it; it is a terrible torture being able to tell everyone and to witness that hell
peace […] Souls are perishing, regardless of my and it is a purely spiritual, living fire lit only by does exist. What I have written is only a weak
sorrowful Passion. I concede to them the last table God’s wrath. Fifth: This is the torture of eternal shadow of what I have actually seen.”
For 36 Years, Her Only Nourishment Was The Holy Eucharist
TERESA NEUMANN
GERMANY, 1898-1962
Teresa Neumann’s life

changed radically after her
miraculous recovery from
paralysis and total blindness
Teresa’s parish
at the age of 25. About a year
later, she received the stigmata
and began fasting, which lasted
36 years until her death. Her Teresa’s Paternal House
Teresa’s Tomb
at Konnersreuth
only nourishment was the

Holy Eucharist and for this
reason the Nazi authorities,
during World War II,
withdrew her food rationing
Teresa at 4 years old Teresa after her infirmities
card and gave her a double
rationing of soap to wash her
towels and clothing, because
every Friday she would be Teresa while she is receiving
Holy Communion
Teresa Neumann: Stigmata on
heart and hands
drenched in Blood while she on Easter Sunday 1934 (Medical Photograph, 1926)
was in ecstasy, experiencing
T
the Passion of Christ. Hitler
was very fearful of Teresa.
Teresa dies
at Konnesreuth 1962
eresa Neumann was born in Konnersreuth would be healed, stay the way she was or even die, stigmata - that started every Thursday during the
Germany, on April 8th, 1898 from an as long as it was the will of God. The mysterious day when Jesus’ Passion started, until Sunday, His
extremely poor Catholic family. Her greatest voice told her that ‘that very day she would Resurrection. This suffering was offered, through
ambition was to become a missionary in Africa receive a small joy; the healing of her infirmities, her intercession, for sinners that asked for help.
but that was not possible as she was a victim of an but that she would still have a lot of suffering to Every time she would be called to a person’s death
accident at the age of 20 when a horrible fire broke endure in her future.’” bed, she would be witness to that soul’s judgment,
For a little while, Teresa lived in

out in a nearby plant and Teresa went to help and as it is usual to happen right after death. Ecclesiastical
in the process of passing buckets of water to stop authorities performed many examinations in regard
the flames, she got a horrible lesion in her spinal fairly good health, but in 1926 her most impor- to Teresa’s continuous fasting. Carl Strater, S.J.,
cord that caused a paralysis in both her legs and tant mystical experiences started and lasted until directed by the Bishop of Ratisbonne, studied and
complete blindness. Teresa then passed her days the day she died. She received the stigmata, and examined the life of the stigmatized Teresa and
in prayer, but one day her miraculous recovery she began a complete fasting, with the Eucharist confirmed: “The significance of Teresa Neumann’s
occurred in the presence of Father Naber who as her only nourishment. Father Naber, who fasting is to show the people of the world the value
wrote: “Teresa described a vision of a great light administered Communion to Teresa every day, wrote: of the Holy Eucharist, to make the world understand
and an extraordinary, sweet voice that was asking “In her, God’s promised word is accomplished: that Christ is actually present in the bread of the
her if she wished to be healed. Teresa gave the ‘My Flesh is real food and my Blood is a true Eucharist and that through the Holy Eucharist,
most surprising answer when she replied that to drink’”. Teresa offered the Lord her physical physical life can actually be preserved.”
her it would not make any difference whether she suffering - due to the loss of blood caused by the
SAINT STANISLAUS KOSTKA
1550-1568
Saint Stanislaus Kostka,

at the age of seventeen,
was so gravely ill that he
seemed very near the end
of his life. In that time, he
lived as the guest of a noble
Protestant who would not
even permit him to be visited
by a Catholic priest.
Stanislaus was not
discouraged and one night,
in the presence of his tutor,
he received Communion in a
miraculous way. A few days
later he recovered and decided
to enter the Jesuit order.
S
Saint Stanislaus receives Holy Tomb of Saint Stanislaus,
Communion from an Angel. St. Andrew’s Church at the
Diocesan Museum of Milan Quirinal, Rome Saint Barbara
aint Stanislaus Kostka was born in 1550 in whose members trust their patroness to bring lose his faith and decided to immediately try
Rostkow, a few kilometers from Warsaw. In them Communion upon the point of death. Germany or even Italy. He removed his fine
1564, at age fourteen, Stanislaus was sent to In this Stanislaus had total faith, and in fact clothes, put on those of a farmer, and walked
Vienna with his older brother to complete their one night woke up his tutor, who was keeping towards Augusta where the great Saint Peter
studies with the Jesuits. He liked his studies and his vigil, exclaiming: “Here is Saint Barbara! Canisius resided, provinicial of the Jesuits in
life in the college very much, and considered Here she is, with two angels! She’s bringing Germany. Noticing his absence, his brother
dedicating himself to religious life. Unfortunately me the Blessed Sacrament!” searched for him and began to feel remorse for his
And so it was, the angels knelt by

the Jesuits had to close the college and Stanislaus, hostile conduct. Meanwhile, Saint Peter Canisius
his brother, and their tutor were forced to leave, seriously evaluated the vocation of the young
accepting the hospitality of a Lutheran noble- him and he was given Holy Communion. The man and decided to send him to the Jesuit semi-
man. Stanislaus maintained exemplary religious young man, serene, laid back on his bed. A few nary in Rome. In his letter of recommendation of
behavior, regardless of the pressures from his days later, to everyone’s surprise, Stanislaus Stanislaus, he wrote: “Stanislaus, noble Pole, a
brother, tutor, and host - who all criticized him. This awoke perfectly healed, declaring that he just man full of zeal, admitted for a certain time
was all accepted with patience and submission by wanted to go personally to thank the Lord and to the college of Dillingen, showed himself to
Stanislaus, and during the night he even prayed manifest his desire to become a religious. The always be exact in his duty and firm in his voca-
for them. At about age seventeen, Stanislaus regional father of the Jesuits rejected him tion… we hope and expect great things from him.”
became gravely ill. It is necessary to note that he because of his young age and because he had no
belonged to the Fraternity of Saint Barbara - father or legal guardian, but Stanislaus did not
The “Miracle of All Miracles” in
CALANDA
SPAIN, 1640
Young Miguel-Juan Pellicer

had his leg amputated due
to an accident. Thanks to his
great devotion, the young
man nurtured himself Sanctuary of the Virgin
of Pilar, Zaragoza
through the most Holy
Sacrament and the Virgin
of Pilar. A great miracle came
upon him, which was
immediately recognized and
approved by the Archbishop
of Zaragoza who presided
over the canonical process. Ancient painting depicting
the miracle in the Sanctuary
John Paul II pausing in front of
the statue of the Virgin of Pilar,
In his clear judgment he of Pilar Zaragoza
wrote that “Miguel-Juan

Pellicer of Calanda was
miraculously given back
his right leg, which was According to the legend, the first
chapel of the sanctuary was
to have been built by St. James
amputated years prior and it
M
the Great around the year 40,
in memory of the miraculous
“coming” of the Virgin from
was not a natural occurrence Jerusalem to Zaragoza in order
to confront the apostle who was
but a miraculous one”. Original document notarized

by Miguel Andreu on April 2,
Pope Pio XII praying
before the statue of the Virgin
completely disillusioned by the
negative results of his preaching.
The “Pilar” is in fact the Virgin
1640 certifying the miracle of Pilar that he received who would have replaced his
of Calanda as a gift lower leg and foot.
iguel-Juan Pellicer was born in 1617 to a was immediately sent to recover at Royal him back. In March of 1640, after a vigil in
poor family of farmers in Calanda, a village Hospital of Grace. Given the status of his gan- honor of the Virgin, Miguel-Juan, feeling very
about 100 kilometers from Zaragoza. At 19 grene, the doctors established that the only way tired, went to rest in his customary spot and as
years of age, he decided to go to work for an to save his life was to amputate his leg, so the usual rubbed his leg with oil from the tabernacle
uncle near Castellon de la Plata. One day, while limb was cut off with a saw and scalpel slightly lamp in the Sanctuary of the Madonna of Pilar.
working in the fields, he fell under a wagon full below the knee and cauterized with red hot metal. When his mother went to check to see if her son
A young practitioner, Juan

of grain and the wheels fractured his right leg. was okay, she saw him sleeping, and discovered
Miguel-Juan was immediately taken to the local that from beneath the blanket stuck out not one,
hospital in Valencia. Realizing that it would be Lorenzo Garcia, took the amputated limb and but two feet. Miguel-Juan had miraculously reco-
impossible for the doctors to cure him, he decided buried it in the cemetery next to the hospital. vered his lost limb, which was buried three years
to discharge himself and begin a 13-kilometer From that moment, Miguel-Juan was forced to prior by the practitioner Mr. Garcia. According
trip towards Zaragoza to ask the Madonna of beg for his livelihood near the Sanctuary of the to the eyewitnesses present and the canonic process,
Pilar for help. He walked with crutches, leaning Virgin of Pilar. Every morning he went to Mass “the leg was pale, smaller in size and muscular
the knee of the fractured and now infected leg on and prayed with fervor before the Holy mass, but perfectly vital and allowed him to walk.”
a piece of wood. He reached Zaragoza in October Sacrament. It was customary for him to rub his
1637, waning and feverish. He dragged himself mutilated leg with oil from the tabernacle lamp.
to the Sanctuary of Pilar where he made his After three years away from home, he decided
confession and received the Holy Eucharist. He to return to his family, who lovingly welcomed

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Was Nourished Only By The Eucharist For Over 13 Years

BLESSED ALEXANDRINA MARIA DA COSTA

and after this period, for

by the Eucharist. Her life

“The strongest chain that keeps souls

SAINT CATHERINE LABOURÈ

Catherine Labouré was born on

Jesus in the consecrated Host,

In his work, De excessu fratris

“Then, as soon as he was saved from

In 1888, a French priest

procession with the Blessed

make pilgrimages to Lourdes,

have been cured of illnesses

Eucharist. entered into the convent of

n August 22, 1888, at 4:00pm, the first

BLESSED ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH

Anne Catherine Emmerich

of Our Lady in Ephesus.

John the Apostle, in this city.

Dr. Wesner, a young doctor,

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

During the years of his

church to pray and then

appeared to him to confirm “Guerelino”, St. Thomas Aquinas

Thomas then, as he usually did, retreated

SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA

“If there were a lot of people bringing

The indisputable history of

God, “Flesh of Christ, flesh

desires and hopes to be in

black belt, identical to that Image of the Virgin appeared

worn by the local women On May 6, 1999 Pope John

Juan Diego went to the place she

THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

The message received by the

contains the “Twelve Promises the Blood of Redemption, was

linked to this devotion. Love

apostle of this devotion, the The Child Jesus is pictured in an

of Jesus nearest to us; it is in Sacred Heart of Jesus as the most

way to us, and we to Him.”

8. Fervent souls will ascend rapidly to a

9. My blessing will remain in those places in

1. To those devoted to My Sacred Heart, I will

10. To all those who labor for the salvation

2. I will establish and safeguard peace in their

4. I will be their sure refuge in life, and above

12. To all people who receive Communion

5. I will pour abundant blessings on all of their

6. Sinners will find in My Heart an inexhaust-

The painting represents Saint Frances of Rome with some of her

BLESSED MARY OF THE PASSION

On the day of her First

Eucharist is dishonored and

During the last years of her life,

© 2006, The Real Presence Association / Istituto San Clemente

In earlier times, eight years old was

Saint Bernard was the central ne of the biographies of Saint Bernard

iographies of Saint John recount that in

The conversion of the atheist