March 11, 2025
Miracles happen when we sit before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. We get the answers we need, we receive the comfort we desire, we have a friend who listens to us … and we’re healed. Yes, never doubt that miracles happen. The following account is from “Real People, Real Presence: Ordinary Catholics on the Extraordinary Power of the Eucharist,” compiled by the late Cardinal William Keeler.
“Where do I begin to tell about the most powerful experience I have had before the Eucharist? My story starts in the late 1970s, when as an unmarried teenager, I became pregnant. In a time of doubt, fear and confusion, I committed a sin that I will regret as long as I live — I aborted my unborn child.
“Years later, I stopped at a 100-year-old church in downtown Baltimore for Eucharistic adoration….I had prayed to the Lord about my aborted child many times before. As I prayed for God’s forgiveness again, I suddenly had the feeling I was not alone. I called God’s name and asked, ‘Is that you?’ His answer was ‘Yes.’ At that moment, a shimmering, white being came down and sat beside me. For the next 15 minutes, he and I sat in each other’s presence. From him I sensed no anger or condemnation, simply warm, unconditional love and joy.
“Then, he left my side and went away. When I told a devout friend about what had happened, she believed (as I did) that I had received a great gift from God. He allowed me to feel his complete and total forgiveness for my sin so long ago….Do I love the Eucharist? Absolutely! I have no words to truly express the peace and joy it has brought into my life.”
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