Saint Juliana Falconieri was always most devoted to the Holy Eucharist. In the last days of her life, a stomach ailment which had afflicted her for a long time, as it became more acute, prevented her from receiving Communion. [...]

Blessed Emilia Bicchieri was the foundress of the Dominican Third Order Regular and always nurtured a great love for the Blessed Sacrament. [...]

So great was Lucia’s desire to receive Jesus in the Eucharist that the Lord wished to reward her with a miracle. [...]

Catherine Labouré was born on May 2, 1806 to a family of farmers. On April 21, 1830, she entered as a novitiate into the religious order, Daughters of Charity, in the motherhouse of Paris near Rue du Bac. Here in 1830, Catherine, had the famous apparition of the Immaculate Mary, who told her: “Have a medal of this style coined; those who wear it around their neck will receive great graces.” [...]