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By Michael Hii in Evangelising
22 December 2011 at 15:33
Wednesday
11 July 2012 at about a minute ago
The Miraculous HOST
Written by
Josephine Leong.
(This Article was published in the SPP weekly bulletin “The Apostles”
on 15 August 2010, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Year C.)
My younger
sister, Jocelyn, had undergone a total right knee replacement on 15 June 2010.
Since both of us like to attend daily mass, my sister wishes to continue to
receive daily holy communion even after her operation as her orthopaedic surgeon told her that she would be immobile for
at least 6 weeks as it is a major operation.
With the
permission of the parish priest of Sts Peter &
Paul Church, after I’ve attended the 7.20 am Mass, I brought back holy
communion for my sister who was warded at the
Singapore General Hospital.
On Friday 18 June
2010, after Fr Anselm Phang
handed me the pyx containing the host, I brought it
straight to SGH. After my sister had said her Act of Contrition, I read to her
the Gospel reading of the day. When I opened the pyx
and was about to take out the host to give it to my sister, to my greatest
amazement, the irregular shaped host had the imprint of the face of the
crucified Jesus on it. I immediately showed it to my sister and when she saw
the imprint of the crucified Jesus crowned with thorns and with sad-looking
eyes, both of us cried.
When I took up
the host and said “Body of Christ” and gave it to my sister, we were again
moved to tears to feel so blessed that God has seen fit to offer miraculous
visible proof of the Catholic teaching that the sacred words of consecration in
the mass, the bread and wine upon the altar are truly changed into the Body and
Blood of Jesus Christ.
After taking
that host and strengthened with the grace of God, my sister courageously with
the help of the physiotherapist, came down from her bed and took her first step
after her operation, using the aid of the walking frame, even though her
operated leg hurts.
Before taking
Holy Communion, my sister cried and refused to come down from the bed because
bending her operated leg hurts her terribly even though the physiotherapist
asked her repeatedly to learn to start to walk and not to lie on the bed.
This miraculous
imprint of the face of the crucified Jesus appeared again on the
irregular-shaped hosts on 21 June 2010 and also on 23 June 2010 – this time it
is the imprint of Jesus in the form of the Good Shepherd, holding a staff.
These two times the pyx were given to me by Fr Joseph Koh.
My sister was
discharged from SGH at 1.00 pm on 23 June 2010. She is now
resting at home and her sutures were taken out on 29 June 2010. She is
presently undergoing physiotherapy at SGH and well on the road to recovery. She
is counting the number of days and hoping that the 6 weeks would be over soon
so that hopefully, she would be able to attend mass and to receive Jesus
personally.
The Holy
Eucharist in which Jesus Christ humbly assumes the appearance of bread and his
heavenly presence that was given to us by a loving Creator and Saviour is indeed the greatest treasure in the Catholic
Church.
This Article was published in the SPP weekly bulletin “The Apostles”
on 15 August 2010, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Year C.
Audrey Olivia likes this.
Audrey Olivia I could feel
the Holy Spirit's presence...and it was sort of longer than usual....
Hallelujah! :)
Audrey Olivia 2 Corinthians
12:9 (KJV)
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made
perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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7
July 2012