08/07/2016
LEGNICA 2013 - EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE APPROVED IN POLAND - here
In a letter read in all the parishes in the diocese of Legnica in April 2016, Bp. Zbigniew Kiernikowski announced the formal approval of a eucharistic miracle and granted permission to venerate the relic.
On Christmas Day, 2013, a consecrated host accidentally fell to the floor during the distribution of Communion in the parish of St. Hyacinth, Legnica , Poland . The priest picked it up and placed the host in a container with water as the rubrics prescribe in such a case. Soon after, red stains appeared on the host.
The then bishop of Legnica , Stefan Cichy, created a commission to investigate it. In February, 2014, a tiny red fragment of the host was separated and placed on a corporal.
SCIENTIFIC PROCESS/CONCLUSION
Samples were taken in order to conduct thorough tests by the Department of Forensic Medicine in Szczecin . DNA tests also determined the tissue to be of human origin, and found that it bore signs of distress: The final medical statement by the Department found: “In the histopathological image, the fragments were found containing the fragmented parts of the cross striated muscle.” The tests also found that the sample “is most similar to the heart muscle with alterations that often appear during the agony. The genetic researches indicate the human origin of the tissue.”
In January 2016, Bishop Kiernikowski presented the matter to the Vatican ’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On April 10, Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski of Legnica made public in a Communiqué that a Eucharistic miracle had happened in 2013. In accordance with the Holy See’s recommendations, he ordered parish priest Andrzej Ziombrze “to prepare a suitable place for the Relic so that the faithful could give it the proper adoration.”
The parish where these events happened is dedicated to St. Hyacinth, the first Polish Dominican and companion of St. Dominic. In 1240, during the Siege of Kiev by the Mongols, as the friars were fleeing, Hyacinth went to save the ciborium from the tabernacle in the monastery chapel. He heard the voice of Mary, asking him to take her with him. Hyacinth lifted the large stone statue of Mary and saved both the Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady.
SOKOLKA - 2009
In Sokolka, Poland in 2008, a similar miracle took place, and a separate investigation led by Prof. Maria Elizabeth Sobaniec-Łotowka and Prof. Stanislaw Sulkowski, both from the University of Bialystok, concluded that the fragment analyzed was cardiac muscular tissue of a dying man - here (video)
PURPOSE - here
These miracles prove the fulfillment of the promise of Our Lord in Matthew and to remind us of what Our Lord said in the same passage, regarding remaining faithful to Him! The Great Commission (Mt. 19-20) "Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world".
Eucharistic Miracles also reveal that the Price to merit the Eucharist for us, WAS THE MOST BLOODY AND TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF OUR LORD IN HIS SACRED PASSION
Both Legnica and Sokolka Miracles occurred after a consecrated Host had been dropped on the floor: here
Excellent sermon on Legnica and Eucharistic Miracles by Fr Jonathan Meyer: here (video)
At Garabandal Our Blessed Mother stated: "Less and less importance is being given to the Eucharist".
As if in fulfillment of those words we now see Rome preparing for non believing Protestants to receive Holy Communion: here and here
