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THE REMEDY FOR FRIGHTENING TIMES IS FOUND IN HIGH CHURCH SACRAMENTS

Lanciano miracle

By Michael H. Brown

@Spirit Daily

Christians of all stripes have been heading for the fundamentals of 
their
faith and this is especially true of Catholics. Books on traditions of 
the
Church are hot items, and so are stories of conversions.

This is encouraging because the Catholic faith has the most powerful 
weapon
against evil in the form of the Eucharist -- and there has never been a
better time to use it. When we pray during Consecration, when we lift 
our
hearts up as the priest lifts the Host, and when he lifts the cup 
filled
with the Precious Blood, there is the potential for all the power in 
the
universe.

We can break evil. We can lift our families out of a mire. We can pray 
for
America.

It is all the more potent when coupled with a good Confession.

Those who doubt the Real presence need only know the history of 
eucharistic
miracles. During the eighth century in Lanciano, Italy, a Communion 
Host
suddenly changed into actual flesh while a doubting priest -- no longer 
sure
it was the Real Presence -- was celebrating Mass. He was suddenly very
certain.

During 1280 in Slavonice, Czechoslovakia, a herdsman spotted mysterious
flames on a cluster of bushes. When he got there he saw a Communion 
Host in
the middle of the fire. It was later identified as a Host that had been
stolen from a local church and discarded in the area. The heat had not 
so
much as scorched it.

In Dubna, Poland, during 1867, the devout saw soft rays glowing from a
monstrance. Some claimed the manifestation was immediately followed by 
an
image of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. This continued during the 
whole of
a Forty Hour Devotion, witnessed both by believing Catholics and by
schismatics who had stopped by out of curiosity.

In 1970, a red spot of blood developed on a Host in Stich, Germany. It
wasn't quite as dramatic as the flesh at Lanciano, but once again it 
showed
the Real Presence. And it was followed by dozens of similar Eucharistic
miracles. In Betania, Venezuela, a priest encountered blood after he 
broke
the large Host during Mass and the Bishop ordered it kept for special
veneration.

In America -- the Midwest -- a priest claimed that during the course of
several weeks in 1996 a Host kept for ablution turned, as at Lanciano, 
into
something resembling flesh and blood. The emotion nearly overcame him.

In Upstate New York, at a shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, a 
medical
doctor reported the sudden materialization of a Communion wafer in a 
chapel
of the Blessed Sacrament.

These are only some of the recently claimed occurrences. Many are still 
in
need of study but already we know that, transcending boundaries, the 
Holy
Spirit seems to be saying the same thing everywhere: I have given you 
signs
and wonders. I have given you apparitions and healings. Now, I am 
showing
you the True Presence.

The time has come to take the lessons we have learned from many 
phenomena
and employ them for personal protection. The time has come to join 
Christ's
army in a more profound manner. The time has come to revisit the very
cornerstones of the Catholic faith and better appreciate their power. 
The
time has come to focus on our eternal destinations -- and make sure 
that
ours is the destination of Jesus, which means heaven.

This is the message that comes both from Eucharistic miracles, 
charismatic
gifts, and the revelations from places such as Medjugorje.

One great fruit of Our Blessed Mother is Eucharistic Adoration. She is 
Our
Lady of the Eucharist. She was the one who gave her own flesh and blood 
to
Jesus. She's a part of the Eucharist. We should remember that at 
Fatima,
Portugal, the apparitions began with the appearance of an angel who 
held a
chalice with a Host mysteriously suspended above it.

The angel prostrated himself as blood fell into the cup. "Most Holy
Trinity," he said, "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I adore You profoundly 
and
I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus
Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world..."

At the conclusion of those famous apparitions thousands saw the sun act 
very
strangely and what looked like a "shield" or Communion Host move in 
front of
the solar orb, so that they could stare at it.

The miracle of the sun -- looking as it did like a radiant Host on 
October
13, 1917 -- was another sign telling us to get back to the Eucharist.

In all the legitimate apparitions since, the common theme has been: 
return
to the basics of the Church. Revisit the historical gifts. Understand 
better
the sacraments. Form union with Christ not so much through the 
spectacular
as through deeper devotion.

For years I've written about apparitions of Our Blessed Mother. I've 
written
about spiritual warfare. I've written of the evil in our era. I've 
written
of prophecy. I've written of angels and current wonders. I can't think 
of
more relevant topics for our special time. We're in a serious 
historical
moment, and Mary is among us.

But when Our Blessed Mother arrives, it's always on behalf of her Son. 
It's
always for Christ. She is the messenger of Jesus. She always points to 
Him.
She says it's through the Eucharist and a Christian approach to life 
that we
best come to terms with what the future has to offer. It's through the
Eucharist that we understand the times in which we live. It's through 
Mass
that we make sense of apparitions and other gifts of the Holy Spirit.

And it's through the Eucharist -- through the Light of Jesus -- that we
dispel the current darkness. When Christ is present, evil can not 
remain.
When Jesus is with us, so is the Trinity. When the Trinity is with us, 
our
very Creator is at hand. And God is infinitely more powerful than 
Lucifer
and all the fallen angels combined!

Only if we pray and honor the sacraments will we be able to fully 
lessen
events that otherwise loom in the future.

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