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Eucharistic Miracle of Canosio
Italy (1630)
 This
particular Eucharistic miracle features a pastor, Father Antonio Reinardi,
whose deep faith in the Eucharist was responsible for saving the village
of Canosio from the torrential floods of the Maira River with a blessing
of the Blessed Sacrament. There were many conversions among those who
witnessed the miracle and to this day the townspeople of Canosio celebrate
a feast during the Octave of Corpus Christi to commemorate the miracle.
Canosio is a small village in the region of Val Maira,
in the Diocese of Saluzzo. In 1630, its townspeople had grown cold in
their religious observance due to the spread of the Calvinistic heresy.
A day after the feast of Corpus Christi, the river at Maira flooded
because of a torrential rainfall. The flood waters were so violent and
powerful that some massive stones were dislodged from the mountain and
threatened to destroy the valley and the village itself ! Father Antonio
Reinardi,the pastor of the town, assembled the townspeople with the
ringing of the church bells and exhorted them to pray that the Lord
would stop the flood. He vowed that if the village of Canosio were spared
from the flood's destruction, the townspeople would celebrate in perpetuity
an annual feast of Corpus Christi. Father Reinardi then took the Blessed
Sacrament and placed It in the monstrance. He then processed towards
the raging flood with some of the faithful as they all recited the "Miserere"
Psalm 51. After he blessed the raging waters, the rain stopped at once
and the flood waters peaked and returned to their normal level. This
incident revived the faith of the townspeople of Canosio and to this
day they observe the vow that was made. Unfortunately, many of the documents
which attest to the miracle and which were preserved in the parish archives
from the 17th Century were burned during the war between France and
Spain; what is extant, however, is a copy describing the events and
which was left by the pastor who was a witness to what occurred.
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