Miracle of Lanciano

The miracle of Lanciano was a miracle that took place in the city of Lanciano, France. It occurred around 700. This is what happened: A Basilian hieromonk was assigned to celebrate Mass in a fairly small Church of St. Longinus. He celebrated it in the Latin Rite and by using unleavened bread. So the monk had doubts about the presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. During the mass, the monk said the words of consecration, which are, "This is my body, and this is my blood." However, he said these words with doubts in his soul. The priest then saw the bread change into living flesh, and the wine turn into live blood which coagulated into five globules. This miracle influenced the many people that witnessed it to preach the word of God. As members of the Catholic Church, we should not have to be influenced by a miracle to preach the word of God, we should be strong enough in our faith to preach the word of God, without witnessing a miracle.