A fungus - not a miracle - caused a Communion host to turn red this summer at a South St. Paul church, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Wednesday.
The archdiocese began an "exhaustive biological analysis" of the consecrated host after it was found on the floor of St. Augustine Church after Holy Communion.
The Rev. John Echert reported to archdiocese officials that it turned "blood red" after being placed in a cup filled with water. In addition, it did not fully dissolve over several weeks.
"It appeared to be like the blood red of tissue," Echert told the Pioneer Press in July. "If I had not known what it was, I would have thought that there was maybe a small, bloody piece of tissue. It was striking enough that there was no way I could have disposed of the remains of the host at that time with good conscience."
The wafer caused Catholics to speculate on Internet blogs and led the archdiocese to turn it over to an independent scientific laboratory for examination.
"This incident was the result of natural biological causes and should not be considered in any other way," the archdiocese said in a statement Wednesday.
The decision to examine the host was made by Vicar General Rev. Peter Laird with the consent of Archbishop Rev. John C. Nienstedt, according to spokesman Dennis McGrath.
continue at Pioneer Press
Back story
HT Abbey Roads
PS> The Diocese of Winona is also investigating a Eucharistic Miracle but I do not know the details.
2 comments:
Challenge yourself. Google First Scandal.
One online blogger pointed to the red bacterium, Serratia marcescens
just read the report and did my own investigation on it.The blogger pointed out an instance in history when the Eucharist turn into blood and added it to Wikipedia. But the true meaning of the Subject the bacteria itself doesnt relate to the miracle of the Eucharist .Fellow christian watch out and do your own research before listening to what the reporter is writing about .He or she might not have the faith and write indiscrimitely about it.Praise be Jesus
Truly Present in the Holy Eucharist
Post a Comment