Eucharistic Miracles! - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

People have reported witnessing miracles involving the Holy Eucharist for centuries, including the Eucharist appearing to turn into visible flesh and blood. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the truth of these reports and what we should make of them. Do they represent genuine miracles?
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Further Resources:
• Franco Serafini’s book A Cardiologist Examines Jesus: The Stunning Science Behind Eucharistic Miracles: amzn.to/3poIKH2
• Fatima in Sr. Lucia’s Own Words: amzn.to/3ppwpCo
• Eucharistic miracles: en.wikipedia.o...
• Church investigations of Eucharistic miracles: www.livescienc...
• Article on St. Thomas Aquinas on Eucharistic miracles: www.patheos.co...
• Summa Theologiae on Eucharistic miracles: www.newadvent....
• Eastern Orthodox view on Eucharistic miracles: forums.orthodox...
• Serratia Marcescens: en.wikipedia.o...
• World Population by Blood Type: www.worldatlas...
• Paul VI’s Credo of the People of God: www.vatican.va...
Mysterious Headlines: (Things From Space)
• June 30th Named International Asteroid Day: thedebrief.org...
• Brazilian Senate Holds UFO Hearings: thedebrief.org...

[@donaldperez7981]

Dear Holy Eucharist, I ask that you please allow all of my insides and intestines to be completely healed back to normal Thank you so much 🙏 Amen GJC

[@nightyew2160]

I hope He has healed you already, but regardless, here is a prayer for you from me: God bless you!

[@guyfromnj]

God Bless you my friend. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@richarddouglas8015]

I shall hold you in heart hold on God works in mysterious way ! Rev!

[@matthewcamporeale5786]

You need to put yourself in his presence.

[@orvillelb]

@@nightyew2160eat only beef ribeye drink only water.

[@elitisthavoc3949]

Lord Jesus Christ, reveal to us your heart so we can better emulate You.

[@JimmyAkin]

@Lo Ve That happened after we recorded this episode. We'll talk about it in the future.

[@lesliehanson6614]

@Lo Ve that is amazing at first glance! Looking forward to learning more!

[@salveregina147]

Blessed Carrlo Acutis , pray for us.

[@nightyew2160]

My parish just did a teaching on Eucharistic Miracles based on him!

[@M_T_Gr8]

I am a pathologist and the most interesting investigations I’ve seen were done by another pathologist, Dr Frederick Zugibe. I’ve read his reports on the histological findings (what we see under the microscope while looking at tissue) and it’s absolutely amazing. Thank you for this episode! The Eucharistic miracles have to be one of my favourite topics ❤️

[@conor5821]

That's awesome. Why do fungal blood cultures take so long? lol

[@M_T_Gr8]

@@conor5821 because anything we culture takes time to grow! And fungus is slower than most of the bacteria we look for 😉

[@ballyragoonanan]

Sounds miraculous, but I really have to wonder, especially when I believe that man and God are one. I and my father are one. He said also that we are made in His own image.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

What’s amazing? Are you truly attempting to state flour and H2O turn into flesh and blood? That’s a lie.

[@GangstTheEr]

Hi Jimmy, Thanks for the cool episode. I am a Catholic today in a large part due to exposure to your work!

[@mick1gallagher]

You must be super intelligent

[@GangstTheEr]

What is the purpose of a disrespectful comment like that?

[@marcellajupining6126]

I am a catholic and i believe during the Eucharistic adoration praying in faith that the Holy Spirit is presence during the Eucharistic ... by receiving the body of Christ it really helps within us in Spiritually with Jesus Christ

[@willbrenningmeyer4935]

Jimmy and Dom have got to be my favorite Catholic apologists and podcasters. The show's ability to look deep into intricate subjects while being well-researched and intellectually honest is great. As far as I am concerned, Jimmy is a Dwarven Cyborg time lord sent from the future. He never gets angry or annoyed, and somehow seems to always have the demeanor of the nicest person you've ever met that's simply interested in telling you information that you might want to know. How Jimmy doesn't have 500k subscribers is beyond me, seeing as his content far exceeds that of most (in my opinion).

[@nightyew2160]

Just because he doesn't lose his cool doesn't mean he never feels annoyed. I know one of his pet peeves on Catholic Answers Live is when callers want to explain how their entire life stories led to the questions they are about to ask. 😂

[@tatianakosnacova1064]

I love this: “ hi Jimmy” “ Howdy Dom”

[@gfujigo]

Protestant here. This will be interesting to hear 🤔

[@lyterman]

Glad you're here!

[@gfujigo]

@@lyterman Thank you.

[@Lulue_90]

Welcome brother in Christ.

[@timlucchesi625]

I’d love to hear your thoughts. Counter arguments? Things you might have found convincing? I love thoughtful discussions. 😊

[@gfujigo]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.

[@JJ-cw3nf]

Jimmy great content. May I make a suggestion. Clip out 1 minute clips of your videos for KZbin shorts. The algorithm is good and will attract viewers

[@DanielFernandez-jv7jx]

Anyone here old enough to remember the image of the face of Christ on the tabernacle veil in a small Episcopal church in Shamokin Pennsylvanian? I saw it and was convinced!

[@PatrickSweeney1]

This is a superb episode and I hope even the skeptics will appreciate your efforts to bring their point of view home here. I'm emailing this link to a lot of people and I hope they all become subscribers and supporters. Looking forward to seeing you in a month at the Catholic Answers Conference.

[@mick1gallagher]

I want to send 20000 dollars how do I do this

[@marianorodriguez5540]

I would like to add that in the Eucharistic phenomena of Argentina 1996 and Tixla 2006, the hypotheses of the researchers for the incapability of sequencing the potential DNA from the specimens is not only degradation / lack of conservation, but the absence of the second helix of DNA material that Jesus could have been missed as human, due to the lack of human father donating the second set of chromosomal material. According to some of the investigators in Tixla, without the full double helix DNA, sequencing is not possible. Also, the researchers used chain of custody of third party observers and blind testing for analytical submission. Basically, the analysts did not know the source of the samples being tested.

[@celticmist14]

In one test it showed 25 chromsomes, 24 female 1 male

[@yanayoriginals8498]

Specific details were deliberately kept to avoid personal biases to affect the analyses. There are far more deteriorated specimens that are subjected to DNA sequencing; hundred year old mummies or criminal evidences, for example.

[@jankorinek2707]

Thank you very much! Greetings from Prague, Czech Republic, EU.

[@MrDoyle07]

We used to go to St Francis Catholic Church in Wyandotte, MI. When my oldest Son was at the Altar receiving a ceremonial religious award my oldest Daughter shook my arm with one hand while pointing with the other one towards the Altar saying “Look! Look Dad!”. I looked around those sitting in front of me so I could better see him receiving the award, it was glowing. It was truly miraculous. I watched several more being handed out and did not see that in any other instance. There were strong reasons at the time for the highlighted attention God laid upon that event. God does things He is not required to explain or define to us. He just does it for us sometimes when He thinks it to be. ❤🙏🏼

[@Lulue_90]

Finally whos next? Our saints? How about studying Saint Carlos Acutis

[@erindau5355]

I agree that it would be amazing to sequence the DNA from not only Eucharistic miracles, but also from any Church miracle containing blood thought to be from Jesus (or from Mary). Think about what we could learn about Jesus and His mother. This could possibly become part of the investigation into new miracles. If the DNA matches authenticated miracles, then this is positive evidence that a new miracle has occurred. Thank you for the very good episode. I'm a supporter at SQPN and have listened to every episode.

[@WeMissYouSnail]

2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders. God strictly forbids drinking blood. Do you think a miracle which turns the Eucharist into blood in your mouth comes from Heaven? This is Satan’s work. I recommend studying scripture more

[@yanayoriginals8498]

@@WeMissYouSnail No one ever reported having blood in their mouths.

[@joecastillo8798]

​@@WeMissYouSnail Except, Signs of God who bring people to Him. Satan does not gain converts, he gains slaves who reject God's one true Church built on Peter.

[@omodingemma298]

All impossibilities are made possible through the power of the eucharist

[@susand3668]

Thank you so much for addressing this fascinating topic!

[@sandragoss48]

Great episode!

[@michaelthomas6280]

What about the heart beating inside the host? Did you not take this year's miracle in Mexico into account? The phenomenon was caught clearly on camera on July 24th during adoration

[@JimmyAkin]

That happened after we recorded this episode. We'll talk about it in the future.

[@michaelthomas6280]

Ok thank you. Great episode

[@trad-lite]

It's annoying that in 2022, with the abundance of high definition cameras on phones and elsewhere for surveillance and security, that we still get grainy video when it comes to alleged miracles and UFO sightings. 🙄 ... I mean come'on man.

[@ProtestantengLoko-Loko]

@@JimmyAkin yeah l saw when one of the Filipinos Catholics vlogger shared that incident, truly terrifying and blessing at the same time. God Bless Catholics. 🙏

[@orvillelb]

My personal miracle is the Holy Spirit used the eucharist to bring me in to the holy Catholic Church. He gave me a hunger for the Eucharist.

[@TheToadPad]

Great stuff. Trying to like, comment and share!

[@faithcap]

Simply- Jimmy Rocks!

[@denise-kc6lk]

Wish they would have a world tour for people to see for themselves

[@cmendonca447]

Thank you for this episode. Very informative

[@mrstrongable]

I believe in them.

[@martinreynolds5548]

Well done Jimmy and Dom!

[@victorklsoo]

Thank you for this episode! God bless!

[@justin_messer]

Not sure this was mentioned but fun fact: the Russian Orthodox Church actually has a manual on what to if a Eucharistic miracle occurs. In a nutshell it runs like this: if a priest sees the precious body and blood take the form of flesh and blood, he is to set it aside and not commune from it and try again. If the event happens again after a second attempt at praying the canon and epiclesis, he is to proceed and commune from it because of the fact that it was either the doubts of a parishioner or the priest himself that caused the miracle to occur

[@kristinajansson7451]

How interesting, didn’t know that.

[@yanayoriginals8498]

It may mean, what we know are not the first cases.

[@martinfranek7747]

Some of the polish pronounciations were good, for others you get your "you tried" badge :DD

[@greengandalf9116]

Agreed with Akin up until 49:30. Say in a crime case, a napkin was put in the locked container but then later on a towl is instead pulled out. The police aren't going to say, "well, since everyone who has the key appears trustworthy, the napkin must have turned into the towl somehow." That would be ridiculous. They will rightly assume someone with the key switched the towl and the napkin, or someone else managed to get access.

[@johnchung6777]

It’s truly a sad sad painful truth that people think that faith is so so easy to have, just look at and try to understand of what the apostles themselves lacked,for how many times did Jesus repeat to them where is your faith or you lack faith or why are you still without faith and so on,God is more than merciful to bare and put up with us humans why because we humans don’t even have much understanding of what evils can do do us humans to doubt or have a misunderstanding of his power and truth to truly believe in him and his One Holy Apostolic Catholic Church of Traditional Teachings and Worship

[@gijoe508]

Another great episode!

[@IRISHBee4]

Thank you Tim!

[@nebuchadnezzarofbabylon3896]

I know he's probably on the list, but Emanuel Swedenborg would be fascinating to have an episode on.

[@philflynn9714]

Awesome

[@tatianakosnacova1064]

❤❤❤ my fav.topic

[@margemenner4073]

Thank you, God bless

[@Junnelayos]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MaryEBCify]

Jesus blood type was AB+ the universal recipient.

[@cameronbyers5710]

Out of theological speculation, could there be some sort of significance to Jesus having type AB blood?

[@kathynix6552]

Universal donor - during the Holy Mass, in which we are all present at Calvary, Jesus offers Himself for ALL mankind.

[@MaryEBCify]

Type ab+ is a universal recipient... type o is a universal donor.

[@susand3668]

Dear@@kathynix6552, that's what I expected, but AB is too full of proteins to be accepted by someone with, say, O blood.

[@row1landr]

Bob and Penny Lord, ( funny their last name is Lord) wrote a book , I think it's two volumes, all about Eucharistic miracles.

[@dreamweaver3406]

Fascinating!

[@triumphofihm525]

Great Jimmy & Dom how about Garabandal

[@Lo_V3]

Are these Eucharist Miracles only present in the Catholic Church?🤔

[@yanayoriginals8498]

It may have happened with the Orthodox Catholics as well, the mere fact that they have procedures to follow in the event of a Eucharistic Miracle.

[@severianmonk7394]

During the 1990s the wine during a Divine Liturgy in Jerusalem turned to blood. The patriarch said it was a corrective for wrong faith

[@cyrilsimoes8328]

Pope Leo 13th said Anglican communions are invalid. Allan.

[@belakovacs7013]

Hey Jimmy and Dom! Fascinating episode again. I have a somewhat related question: Let's suppose people find a plate of hosts in the sacristy, and it's impossible to determine whether it's consecrated. Should the priest consecrate it conditionally or dispose it carefully the proper way described in the episode? Also, let's suppose someone mixes consecrated hosts with unconsecrated ones. What happens then?

[@namapalsu2364]

You can only licitly consecrate bread and wine in a mass. Do it outside mass, and it would be illicit, tho valid.

[@belakovacs7013]

Still the questions remain: let's suppose you read in the newspaper that a Catholic church nearby was robbed and the tabernacle was emptied and the pastor claims there were a couple dozen consecrated hosts in there. 2 weeks later, someone breaks into another sacristy in the next town at night leaves there a plate full of hosts with a note saying these are the same consecrated hosts. But you have no way to physically check the claim.

[@johniteshi4457]

Thanks Jimmy, but is it not confusing to leave people with the impression that Protestant churches can perform a valid consecration of bread and wine to become True Body and Blood of our Lord?

[@natmmeyer]

Interesting point!

[@nightyew2160]

I think some churches can. Orthodox definitely have valid Holy Orders. I think some Episcopal priests having valid Orders is part of the reason that if he converts he can become a Catholic priest even if he is married.

[@johniteshi4457]

@@nightyew2160 What makes you think so? Can a Catholic priest who is not in communion with his Bishop validly consecrate bread and wine into the Real Body and Blood of our Lord? If so then your thoughts would be right. Also, have you ever heard of any credible case of Eucharistic miracle in a non Catholic Church?

[@kathynix6552]

I understand that ​Eastern rites that are part of the one holy catholic Church are not Protestant

[@lizeggar2421]

​@@nightyew2160in our town we have a priest who was an A glican priest and converted to Catholic. He is still married and his family lives with him.

[@teoohana3015]

Thanks Tim

[@stevencalkum9128]

What about hosts that quiver like a beating heart?

[@scurvydog20]

I found the idea the transformed eucharist doesn't have the presence funny when I heard it. My reaction was which is more likely, God removed the accidents that hide the true body and blood or he created a new piece of flesh to swap with his own in the eucharist. It's like saying on the road to emmaus that he didn't hide himself but created a completely different body and just swapped in the glorified one when he broke the bread

[@margueritelangton6362]

The statuette shown is Anubis!

[@alexandregb566]

In those cases in which they found heart muscle tissue, if they accused the church of committing crime, how could the church defend itself against such a thing?

[@cyrilsimoes8328]

Lancio is a Relic. Allan.

[@cyrilsimoes8328]

Melanie Calvat of La Salette was given Holy Communion by her brother in the forest when she was thrown out by her Step mother. Allan.

[@cyrilsimoes8328]

Jacinta was not given Holy Communion in 1915 by Guardian Angel of Portugal as She had not made her ' First Holy Communion. Allan.

[@uncomfortabletruth-nr3gv]

Is there anyway the devil could be responsible?

[@southernlady1109]

Jesus said He’s the living bread, the bread He gives is His FLESH, unless we eat His Flesh & drink His Blood, WE WILL HAVE NO LIFE IN US.If we eat & drink of Him UNWORTHILY, WE WILL BE LIABLE & BRING A SENTENCE AGAINST OURSELVES FOR NOT DISCERNING IT TO BE THE BODY & BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR GOD & SAVIOR. Jn6:51-59, 1Cor 11:23-29. Unworthily means we have mortal sins that have to be absolved first, or we haven’t received His Sacrament of First Communion or we aren’t Catholic.

[@richarddouglas8015]

Presvideros in ancient greek means priest but the truth of the word means angel !

[@myrrhsolace5875]

Rhizopus: a blood-red mold that likes bread. Produces fuzzy white aerial hyphae too, as was reported in that one case. Every time I hear about red appearing on a dropped host, I suspect this mold. I sure hope whoever looked at them under the microscope had some proficiency looking for fungi as well as bacteria. if they didn’t use proper staining techniques for fungi, they might have missed the evidence.

[@EggShen905]

He addresses this in the episode. Thankfully, no amount of rhizopus could be mistaken for human blood or heart tissue, both of which were found in some of these cases.

[@E-Kat]

@@EggShen905 heart tissue at distress, I heard this description! How could this be so badly mistaken for a human heart tissue?

[@patriciagrenier9082]

@@E-Katt it is Not mistaken. These Drs/PhD have noted the findings as pathologists that check the heart in the morgue. These hosts exhibit the same type of tissue abnormalities due to the stress that heart went through. A person dying from a sever beating would have similar findings in the microscopic examination of tissue samples. A pathologist knows what good heart tissue looks like and also unhealthy heart tissue. And a cardiologist would be his equal in the findings of heart tissue.

[@susand3668]

Dear @myrrhsolace5875, that mold is the first thing they look for, because you are right -- it "likes" bread. So that is the first thing to be checked for.

[@michaelpcooksey5096]

It is obvious that both of you are reading parts like a play script. It focuses the material content ... but I found it disturbing because the mode is one of simple spontaneous conversation. No problem ... would have been nice to know beforehand though. Thank you for the video. Since the entire thing is actualy scripted, perhaps having a downloadable text of the content might be a nice option ... name and special term spelling, etc. especially

[@kevinrhatigan5656]

I find Dom's mic is too loud and it makes for an uncomfortable listening experience.

[@mnmmnm925]

35:30

[@ellobo4211]

Did it take 2 years to present this subject?

[@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039]

He is organizdd, and his list of topics to cover is currently in the hundreds

[@probaskinnyman4960]

in the beginning he said it was a request from a patron. so no I dont think so, perhaps Jimmy couldn't find a reason to present his views on Eucharistic Miracles.

[@Merc-e7g]

😊

[@claravitale4510]

Find Atenor for Jesus has the study of the blood 🩸 tested in Israel 🇮🇱

[@cyrilsimoes8328]

Satan is loose from 1864 according to The La Salette Secret so he will have alot of power over mankind and the Elements of Nature by now and will proclaim he is the Savior of the world and the man of Sin. Allan. Return to the Traditional Latin Mass of all ages. Allan.

[@lidiajakic322]

Yes may the Traditional Latin Mass return to every parish in the whole world.

[@christopheraderson8436]

This is just about the worst description of these miracles I would think could be found if you are searching for God search els where some truth mixed with doubt covered over with every impossible fraud really shows where you are coming from and it not from God!!!

[@briant6164]

Could we sequence the DNA and clone Jesus from these once cloning is figured out?!?

[@alexandregb566]

Imagine they sequenced the DNA, and it turned out to be the Bible translated to DNA languages.

[@phylocybe_]

I would imagine that that would be gravely sinful

[@cyrilsimoes8328]

Satan will be a magician if in doubt say the Rosary and keep away from the Blasphemies of the BVM. Allan.

[@garyfrancis6193]

No . Ευχαριστο / eff-ha-rees-to:/ means “ Thank”you in Greek. As usual you are applying English pronunciation to foreign words based on whst you think the letters are. Here the letter υ if pronounced as /f/. Unfortunately Greek is massacred by English speakers who think they are pronouncing it correctly but making a complete mess of it in their ignorance. Greek lesson: β is not “ beta” or the letter B. It is “ vita” the letter V. Δ is not “ delta” as there is no letter D in Greek. It is “ thelta “. D is simulated by the consonant digraph NT. Hence Donald Duck is Ντόναλντ Ντυκ Ntonalnt Ntuk. The letter B in English is simulated by MP μπ. The letter π is not “pie” but”pee”. That’s exactly what W call its equivalent in English. No letter J. Thst is approximated bt ZT or ζτ. Unfortunately American fraternities and sororities perpetuate this mangling of Greek letter sounds so consistently that people think those are th real sounds. βΣφ might be pronounced by Americans as “ Beta Sigma Fie” . It’s really “Vita sigma fee” but that sounds so unfamiliar to Americans they stick to the mispronunciation. There’s no winning the argument and just let them go. I happen to know a little about this having lived in Greece for 8 years and a little about applied phonology having retired as a university professor in 2015 and on call as an Assessment Specialist for Cambridge University. I am not trying to embarrass you as I understand that you simply don’t know. I just thought to educate you a bit which you will probably forget but it was my career for 33 years. Class dismissed.

[@owlintrenchcoat]

Thank you, Dr. White.

[@bornagainsaint1]

The real presence of Jesus was on the cross when He died a horrible bloody sacrifice for us sinners. Since the Catholic Church teaches that the wine is the real blood of Jesus, then why doesn’t it always bleed His blood when the priest changes the wine? Jesus said in John 6 “the flesh profits nothing, it is the Spirit that gives life.” When Jesus said that He was telling the people that they don’t need to physically eat Him. He was saying that the Holy Spirit gives them and us the strength and faith to trust that Jesus will save us - and that is thru His bloody sacrifice where He actually died for our sins.

[@row1landr]

Jesus never said we "do not" physically need to eat Him. Infact, He did say we need to eat His flesh at least 7 times. Also, protestants tend to take Bible verses out of context so badly. "The" flesh, is in reference to us and that we will die, but our soul will live on. Due to original sin, we are no longer immortal. However, Jesus's words, "My" flesh, has a whole different meaning. He is immortal. HIS flesh does indeed gain everything. It is a saving flesh. Listen to Brant Pitre's talk on KZbin called the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist.

[@bradleesargent]

Jesus said this is my blood poured out for the forgiveness of sins, you can pour wine out all day long and no sins will be forgiven if it's only symbolic. Paul says you need to discern that it is the body of God... Soma Kyrios is the phrase used in only 2 places in the new testament. The first time is when the body of God is missing from the tomb... Think about it.

[@houseonthehill8485]

Are any of these “miracles “ supported by the scriptures of the Bible? God does NOT change according to the Bible, correct? The Bible was written for our admonition and instructions, correct? To instruct and guide us until the return of Christ. Are we not instructed to test the spirits? and to be Bereans? “HOSTS” in a ceremonial process that Christ Jesus said to do in “remembrance “ of him? Christians who believe in Christ Jesus and the God of Heaven (the Father) read their Bibles and know through the Holy Spirit that dwells in all those that are of Christ Jesus and God the Father, things of the evil one. Are Christians not warned repeatedly in the word of God to not be deceived? The warnings are given for a reason. All who claim to be Christians are NOT Christians. The Bible tells us this…. People of God please pray for the HOLY SPIRIT to lead and guide you to TRUTH and read and seek truth in the WORD of God.

[@bradleesargent]

Jesus said This is my body and this is my blood so of course we believe exactly what Jesus said. Jesus never said it was a symbol. God doesn't make fake blood or flesh...

[@mick1gallagher]

I would like to make a donation of 20000 dollars

[@tobby12347]

Great episode!