On December 30, 1230, the priest had celebrated Mass at St. Ambrose Church, Florence, Italy. However, he did not notice that some of the Precious Blood remained in the chalice. He saw it the following morning, and it was the color of human blood. It was put in a container so that everyone could see it. It can be seen today, almost 800 years later, and it is incorrupt. Pope Clement IV and Pope Boniface IX declared that a miracle had taken place.
Another miracle took place in Florence in 1595. Fire brook out during a service and in the confusion one of the priests knocked over a pyx in which there were consecrated Hosts. Six hosts fell on the smoldering carpet, and they became attached together as one. Today, over 400 years later these Hosts are incorrupt and people come to pray in front of them throughout the year.
In 1628, Archbishop Marzio Medici of Florence examined the fragments of the Hosts, which he found to be incorrupt. He had the Sacred Species placed in a precious reliquary. Every May during the Forty Hours devotion, the two reliquaries are exposed together in a reliquary that also contains a consecrated Host for public adoration.
This miracle shows us:
Jesus keeps His promises that He would give us His Flesh to eat and His Blood to drink (John 6:48-59).
At every Mass, for the last 2,000 years, when the priest says the words of consecration (this is My Body and this is My Blood) the bread and wine are changed into the Body, Blood, Soul, Divinity of Jesus Christ. All Christians believed this miracle happens at Mass for the first 1,500 years until the Protestant Reformation.
The red blood cells in fresh blood break down over time (24 to 48 hours) without refrigeration.
Information from: CD by Fr. John Noone, Miracles of the Eucharist
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