The Eucharistic Miracle of Boxmeer

MIRACOLI—panneaux 12/05/06 14 : 42 Page 63 NETHERLANDS, 1400 During a Mass in Boxmeer, in Holland, in the year 1400, the species of wine was transformed into Blood and bubbled out of the chalice, splashing onto the corporal, The priest, terrorized at the sight, asked God to forgive his doubts, and the Blood immediately stopped bubbling out of the chalice, The Blood that had fallen on the corporal coagulated into a lump the size of a walnut, Even today one can see the Blood, which has not changed at all over time, he Eucharistic miracle of Boxmeer took place in the church of Saints Peter and Paul in 1400. Father Arnoldus Groen was celebra- ting Mass and immediately after having conse- crated the Eucharistic species, doubted the Real Presence of the Lord in the consecrated bread and the wine. Without warning, the consecrated wine, as though the Precious Blood were boiling, began bubbling out of the chalice and onto the corporal.

cuuze arms coagulated in a great lu DdaBlood and e relics of the corpo- H 9LOfD ral and the Precious Blood are preserved to this day and the anniversary of the miracle is celebrated with an annual solemn procession. %ere are many do- cuments that describe the miracle, as well as stone tablets and paintings. Popes Clement XI, Benedict XIV, Pius IX and Leo XIII all showed a particular devotion to the miracle.

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