hostie (v)

I received Holy Communion and returned to my place.

All of a sudden, the Sacred Host began to grow on my tongue, becom­ing larger and thicker. It seemed to expand and then suddenly, it came alive. Truly! Strange though it must sound, I felt it as a living object. It must seem irreverently expressed, yet it may help people to form some idea of it, when I say: “It resembled a living fish in its movements.”

I wanted to take it out of my mouth in order to see what it was, but of course, reverence prevented me from doing so. As may be imagined, I got a terrible shock - it was awful! Never having experienced anything alike, I could not make out what was happening to me.

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But at the same time...

a completely different perception arose in me.

Something so delightful. I may well say, something heavenly.

It was a state such as I had never know.

Then suddenly I heard: “Be not afraid... I am the Lord, your Creator... the Lord Jesus Christ...the Giver of Life.” The dots indicating a silence. “Just as I live in you now, I want to and shall live among all nations.”

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After this, the Sacred Host began to grow smaller and thinner.

It resumed its usual form and I was able to consume it.


~30/8/1959~