In Kearns, Utah -- a sacramental bread symbolically received as the Body of Christ during a Catholic mass communion at St. Francis Xavier Church reportedly bled for three days after it was returned.
Daily Mail reports the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City has appointed a committee to investigate the miraculous incident of the bleeding consecrated Host, reportedly returned by a young parishioner to a priest last week.
Traditionally, a leftover host is not thrown away once consecrated. It's usually dissolved in water until it totally turns liquid, and poured into a special sink down to the ground. In this case, however, a strange phenomenon happened.
"Recently, reports of a bleeding host at St. Francis Xavier Church in Kearns have been circulating within the diocese," wrote Diocese of Salt Lake City committee head Monsignor M. Francis Mannion in a statement. "The host is now in the custody of the Diocesan Administrator. Contrary to rumor, there are NO current plans for public exposition or adoration."
"Whatever the outcome of the investigation, we can use this time to renew our faith and devotion in the greatest miracle -- the Real Presence of Jesus Christ that takes place at every Mass," he added.
The bread and wine prepared for communion symbolically turn into the body and blood of Jesus Christ during the consecration rite of the Catholic mass. The consecration reminds believers of what Jesus Christ did to his apostles during 'The Last Supper.'
According to the Bible, the bread and wine distributed by Jesus was a metaphor for his passion and death. It was through Christ's death and resurrection that made unbelievers believe that God is real and it is through the gospel spoken at Christian churches for more than a thousand years that continue to make more people believe.
The church community who flocked at St. Francis Xavier Church believes the bleeding host was miracle from God.
