Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Holy imprint

 
Viaticum ~ Alexey Venetsianov (19c)

On her deathbed, St Juliana...

    "...begged that the Sacred Host might be laid upon her breast, in order that her heart might feel some refreshment from being near to Jesus; and when the priest, in compliance with her request, spread the corporal (cloth) on her breast and laid Our Lord upon it, she exclaimed with the greatest delight:  'O my sweet Jesus!'

    As she drew her last breath, the Sacred Host disappeared, and as it was not to be found, the bystanders were sure that our Saviour, in the Blessed Sacrament, had united Himself to her heart, to strengthen her in her passage and accompany her to Heaven.
    
     After her death the form of the Host was found stamped upon her chest in the exact spot over her heart over which the Blessed Sacrament had been placed."

Excerpt from Fr Michael Muller, CSSR
The Blessed Eucharist, Our Greatest Treasure

 

St Juliana Falconieri
Florence, Italy ~ 1270-1341
Foundress - Sisters of the Third Order of Servites
Handmaid of the Holy Eucharist
Incorrupt
FEAST DAY - June 19

 

St Juliana Falconieri, ora pro nobis!

1 comment:

  1. Wow - yes - Well said, Anne! - What an advocate of Eucharistic love we have in heaven! - St Juliana, pray for us!

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