Kneeling in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, I wondered how this must look to skeptics and non-believers: a college educated, middle-aged woman, praying to what appears to be a piece of bread. Worshipping her “god.” Yet, for ages people have engaged in this same sort of ludicrous behavior. Ludicrous, that is, if the Eucharistic Host, really is just a simple, ordinary piece of bread.
Throughout the centuries there have been stories, fantastic legends and myths about hosts bleeding or turning to flesh. But what about lately, can 20th and 21st century science shame me and those around me for our collective foolishness? Or, can it affirm us in our belief? Are there late 20th century and early 21st century “miracles” that science can put to the test?
Turns out, there are.
Poland: October 12, 2008
"At first I was convinced that it was a blood clot” - said Professor Sobaniec-Łotowska. But the truth was much mo’e surprising! it was a human cardiac muscle tissue still alive. And, something even more incredible, it was a cardiac muscle with typical indications of the final phase that precedes death.”
