June 25 – Multiplication of Communion: A Miracle in Connecticut?

A few months ago, on March 5, a Eucharistic Miracle may have occurred right here in our own country, in Connecticut. From Catholic New Agency:

“The Archdiocese of Hartford is investigating a possible Eucharistic miracle that may have taken place during the celebration of the Mass at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Thomaston.

On March 5, at the conclusion of Mass, Father Joseph Crowley announced that a Eucharistic minister witnessed something unexplainable as he was distributing Communion.

‘One of our Eucharistic ministers was running out of hosts and suddenly there were more hosts in the ciborium. God just duplicated himself in the ciborium,’ an emotional Fr. Crowley told the faithful.

‘It’s really, really cool when God does these things, and it’s really, really cool when we realize what he’s done, and it just happened today,’ the priest said, ‘Very powerful, very awesome, very real, very shocking. But also, it happens, and today it happened,’ he said.

‘They were running out of hosts and all of a sudden more hosts were there. So today not only did we have the miracle of the Eucharist, we also had a bigger miracle. It’s pretty cool,’ the priest said.”

Very much like the fish and loaves, when Jesus fed thousands of people with only a few loaves.

The event is still under investigation and thus has not been officially declared a miracle by the Church yet.

But as I’ve been writing about in these columns, it is a reminder that genuine supernatural miracles do still occur in the world today.

Also this possible Eucharistic Miracle seems providentially timed. Last year, the Bishops of the United States have called for a season of “Eucharistic Revival.” Over the course of this year, you will be hearing more about this Eucharistic Revival (I will write more about it next week).

In short, it is a call for a renewal and call to inspire Catholics to a renewed wonder and zeal at this core mystery of our faith: that Christ gives Himself to us, His very Self, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, given to us totally and completely in the most Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist.

It is a year for us to reflect on, wonder at, invite others into, ever more fully. For it is not only a beautiful Mystery that we receive, but One that we are swept up into, that shapes every aspect of our lives: how we live and love, as Church and as members of Christ’s Body in the world.

Peace,

– Fr. Kevin