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MICHIGAN BISHOP ALLOWS PARISH TO KEEP 'BLEEDING' HOST BUT SAYS AS YET NO EVIDENCE OF A MIRACLE
We carried a preliminary report Thursday on how Bishop Walter A. Hurley of Grand Rapids Diocese has given approval to St. Joseph Parish in Pewamo to keep the possibly bloodstained Eucharist. The alleged bloodstain (above) appeared at 10 a.m. Children's Easter Mass April 16.
The vice chancellor, Monsignor William H. Duncan, says the Bishop is "exercising caution" and that there is no approval at this point for public exposition or Adoration, nor are any tests planned. The diocese released the following statement to Spirit Daily:
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Reverend Hurley states caution needs to be taken before identifying any event or
circumstance as miraculous:
“Without precluding the possibility of an extraordinary manifestation of the Lord’s real presence, great caution needs to be exercised in identifying specific situations as miraculous," he says. "We must always be mindful of the real presence of the Lord in every Eucharist.
"At this time we have no reason to believe this situation warrants the description of an extraordinary or miraculous event or action. Thus, this consecrated Host should be treated with the same reverence given all consecrated hosts.”
Most Reverend Walter A. Hurley, Bishop of Grand Rapids, April 20, 2006
[resources: Eucharistic Miracles and Secrets of the Eucharist]
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