A miracle may have just occurred in Utah, right in time for Christmas.
According to reports, the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City is investigating a Communion wafer that turned red in water, an event known as a “bleeding host” that many consider a miraculous sign from God.
Church officials told the Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday that the event happened after Holy Communion at Francis Xavier Church in Kearns on Nov. 8.
Diocese spokeswoman Susan Dennin says the wafer wasn’t eaten during the service. In accordance with Church practices, it was placed in an ablution bowl to dissolve, which usually happens in just a few minutes.
Instead, the wafer, or host, turned a dark red color over the next several days.
The head of the investigation committee, Monsignor M. Francis Mannion, released a statement on the investigation of the miracle:
“Recently, reports of a bleeding host at St. Francis Xavier Church in Kearns have been circulating within the diocese. Monsignor Colin F. Bircumshaw, Diocesan Administrator, has appointed an ad hoc committee of individuals with various backgrounds to investigate the matter. The work of the committee is now underway. The results will be made public.
The host is now in the custody of the Diocesan Administrator. Contrary to rumor, there are NO current plans for public exposition or adoration.
Whatever the outcome of the investigation, we can use this time to renew our faith and devotion in the greatest miracle — the Real Presence of Jesus Christ that takes place at every Mass.
Msgr. M. Francis Mannion
Committee Chair”
You can see the picture of the reported miracle below, as reported by FOX13 Salt Lake City:
Catholic Diocese of SLC investigating after wafer appears to bleed 3 days after communion https://t.co/8hLKBZFLwH pic.twitter.com/RGxvnywOaI
— FOX 13 NOW (@fox13now) November 26, 2015
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Interesting.
I believe in miracles! BUT at the rate the media is going & so to the people to make news….I am inclined to agree with the comment of “interesting”?
I meant it when I said it was interesting. I’m a Catholic and I’m very interested in this story. More to the world than what we know.
Ok how do we understand this one?
I saw an article where oranges from another country were injected with HIV virus blood. It showed an orange that had been peeled and opened up and it was red inside.
Clearly it is simple…we are saved from the fires of HELL through the BLOOD of Jesus Christ. If we believe in Jesus, and follow in His ways, we are saved. The blood reminds us of how Father God allowed and sent HIS ONLY Son Jesus Christ to shed His Blood (you see in Host) for us to save us from the fires of hell. God help those who do not believe. For those that do “Do not Fear, Jesus is Near”, Jesus is near you always!!! So easy to understand dudes, not rocket science. Just LOVE from ABOVE!!! God bless all of humanity!!!
You religious people have been brain washed since you were born to believe in God. Where is your proof? You’re all sheeple. It was first the God’s in the heavens, then they changed it to a single God, which were the aliens in their UFO’s, which there are many paintings and pictures even on gold coins, on their buildings and in caves. Millions of proof of this. Then they changed the heavens to heaven. Made it one place. They twisted your mind and you believe. The aliens put us here, they made us. Get over the ridiculous God you were brainwashed into believing. Wake up. We’re in space now, so where is your God? What planet is he hiding behind?
God Bless you
No one is asking you to believe. Be smart and keep your comments to yourself. No one knows how smart or how dumb you are until you open your mouth.
Christians worship the God who made us ALL, even the alien you believe in. To be honest with you my friend believing in an ALL Powerful, Loving God who is Creator of ALL is so much more believable than believing as you do, that ET made you? Really? How did you get to be so wise?
God have mercy on your Soul if you do not repent of your Unbelief.
YOU ARE CRAZY GOD IS REAL ALIENS DID NOT PUT US HERE GOD DID ALIENS MAY BE REAL BUT THEY DIDNT MAKE US. NOW GO GET A LIFE
Agree, it’s a sign for us
Maybe not, sir….
There have always been frauds perpetrated by organized religion, sleight of hand tricks attributed to a “deity.” It is pure baloney.
As I would suspect in this, and countless other cases.
Dispel the questions, do a chemical analyses of this so called “blood”.
PLEASE KEEP ME UP TO DATE ON ANY CHANGES IN THE WAFER.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE BUT WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE.
I WILL REFER THIS TO MY EXPERTS ON THE CATHOLIC FAITH FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE KEEP ME UP TO DATE ON ANY CHANGES IN THE WAFER.
I AM 93 YEARS OLD WITH PARKINSON’S AND PRAY FOR A MIRACLE DAILY.
God Bless you.
James, I hope your prayers are answered. God’s blessing upon you.
No these apearances of blood in the consecrated communion hosts ARE NOT BALONEY… in Buanas Aries some years ago, our current Pope Frances, was then a Cardinal there, and a similar thing happened…after 3 days of not disolving a consecrated Host, had it photographed similar to the one in this article…and some years later had THAT SAME HOST SAMPLED AND TESTED BY A SCIENTIST IN NEW YORK (world re-nound for his expertise in dx blood samples…), and found that the blood sample was AB+, and taken from the left ventricle of the heart…and that the person was possibly STILL ALIVE WHEN SAMPLE WAS TAKEN! He knew not where this blood sample was taken from or when, but noted that the white blood cells were still there, and these would die soon after taken from the subject…and a 1,200 year old similar happening in Italy sample was also sent to him with the same end results…and the identical findings were established by this athiest scientist
! He said he could not explain it though he did not know where either samplings were taken from or when. joe Scrima
I believe In The Presence of Jesus In the Holy Eucharist at every Holy Mass!
We should question what OTHER items were placed in the ablution bowl with the wafer. Could it have been wine or grape juice? Who had access to the bowl during the time blood was witnessed? Has anyone run a chemical analysis on the wafer? Until someone offers answers to these questions, we should not jump to any conclusions.
lots of questions for me . if the wafer wasn’t used why put it in water ?? then why keep it for 3 days ??
there ARE LOTS OF THINGS WE DON’T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND . one of the most intriguing is what is known as ” stigmata”
that is when a statue or painting actually bleeds . there are several documented instances by the catholic church . I do know tHE CHURCH DEALS WITH LOTS OF EXCORCISMSAND THE SUCH.
Sorry folks, I find it amazing in the year 2015, with all the scientific achievments and breakthroughs in technology, that people still believe in ancient fairy tales. If you consider yourself devoutly religious, you should really do a little study on how your particular religion came to be, how the origins of your religious text actually were constructed, and why the same reasons you dismiss others peoples gods don;t reasonably apply to your own.
Religion doesn’t pass any objective test of reason. It’s time humanity gets over it and moves on, we’d all be better off.
It would be interesting to see what the red liquid is. Using a spectrometer it might be possible to determine the contents without damaging the item. I can’t help but wonder if this is some sort of hoax.
A basic law of science is that nothing exists without a cause.
My God is an uncaused cause. He always was, and always will be.
The AB+ blood type is the same type as the blood on the shroud of Turin and on the Oviedo Sudarium.
Wow, that’s some miracle your god performed, get out of the dark ages and open your eyes, we live in the 21st century.
God was then, is now and always will be. That means He is present in the 21st century too. If you just open your eyes, you can see miracles of one sort or another happen every day.
EVERY DAY there are 45 murders committed in the US alone, last century over 100 million people killed in wars, ((your) god only knows how many throughout history), children abused EVERY DAY, animals slaughtered for man’s greed EVERY DAY.
What colour is the wafer today? I’m waiting for my daily miracle!