LINCOLN (SNR) – St. Peter Parish in Lincoln will host an exhibit of Eucharistic miracles in a display designed and created by Servant of God Carlos Acutis before his death from leukemia at the age of 15.
The exhibit is open to visitors in the church’s Bishop Vasa Hall, 4500 Duxhall Dr., Saturday Sept. 11 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 12 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
In an article anticipating the beatification of Acutis last October, Catholic News Agency wrote, “the Catholic Church now has its first ‘Blessed’ who loved Super Mario and Pokémon, but not as much as he loved the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
At a young age, Acutis taught himself how to program and went on to create websites cataloguing the world’s Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions.
Eucharistic miracles consist of unexplainable phenomena occurring after transubstantiation, such as a host visibly transforming into human tissue, a host surviving fire, a host bleeding or the Eucharist alone providing sustenance to a human being for a prolonged period of time. In order to be considered a Eucharistic miracle the event is investigated by a special task force before deciding it is worthy of belief. Secular sources are often used to investigate.
Belief in approved miracles is not mandated by the Catholic Church, but can reassure believers of God’s presence in the world.
Other parishes can display the exhibit by contacting Spirit Catholic Radio at 855-571-0200.
