Eucharistic Miracle in France?

On November 7, 1999 a solemn Mass was held in the minor Basilica of Lourdes. The Archbishop of Lyon at the time, the late Cardinal Billé, was the celebrant and concelebrating with him were the archbishop of France, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, a number of French bishops, a number of priests and all the superiors of Trappist monasteries worldwide. The ceremony was broadcast live on French television.

On the altar were two hosts to be consecrated, much larger than those used by Italian priests, as is customary in France. At the beginning of the Mass, the two hosts appear in the film to be stacked one above the other, so that one cannot tell that their are two instead of one: they are resting on the paten, a type of tray, and are perfectly matched up. The film shows various camera angles showing them in this position and there is no doubt that the two hosts are physically stacked one atop the other and resting on the paten. At the moment of the "epiclesis", that is, when the priest extends his hands and invokes the Holy Spirit, the phenomenon is evident.

One sees the upper host detach from the lower one and levitate. The motion is impressive: the host is raised as though underneath it a force is released and it oscillates three or four times in the air before assuming a fixed position, horizontal, suspended about a centimeter, and remains in this position until the end of the Canon.

The video shows various moments of the ceremony during which the concelebrants move around and it is thus possible to see, between the levitating host and the host resting on the paten, the colors of the vestments of the celebrants.

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[MegaKrishan123]

O my Lord! Praise be to Christ in the most holy sacrament. Alleluja! Amen.

[triclops49]

blessed are they that hast not seen and yet believed...GOD's presence in the holy eucharist is real, and there's is nothing to argue, be the bread it represents levitated or not...the truth is it is the body and blood of our LORD JESUS CHRIST consecrated in the eucharist!

[UBCampusMinistry]

@tti01 @bill1957111, Can't be true about the video not being shut off. Why? Because immediately after the epiclesis is the words of institution and the priest would take the unconsecrated host in his hands and then repeat the words of Christ. This skips from the epiclesis to after the consecration. So there was obviously some editing done.

[Krexv]

I was at school, and when i told them about the eucharist my baptist friends laughed in my face, and my catholic friends told them it was a symbol, but according to our catholic faith, we are supppose to believe in that. That is what seperates us from the protestants. If it wasnt, why would we make a huge deal outta it, and pray to it during adoration if it was a symbol. Why would jesus show us these miracles, if it was a symbol. It may look like bread, but its not. That is the meaning of faith

[EGMAG]

Oh now I get it! The priest pushed in the middle of the giant host and after a while it just bounced up with a recoil. Pretty sneaky to call this a mirical dont ya think?

[EGMAG]

No wonder people have no faith! If only the church people would tell the truth instead of telling fake stories, then more people would become believers.

This video is totally ridiculous! Thanks for weakening my faith once again!

[leptismagna10]

@2shoes4paws no, poor jesus. a duck ate him.

[2shoes4paws]

@leptismagna10 Poor you :(

[cathofaithdef]

Amen!!! 

[leptismagna10]

its too bad that such beautiful music is used for the occasion of superstitious witchcraft rituals like this.

i like pancakes too but this is just too funny.

[leptismagna10]

i'm not catholic but during one easter vigil in canada when i was playing violin for the ceremony. i was invited to take communion. i drank the wine but i took the cookie and fed it to a duck.