Eucharistic Miracle of Chirattakonam
India, May 5 2001
 This
Eucharistic miracle was verified recently, on
May 5, 2001 in Trivandrum, India. In the Host
there appeared the likeness of a man similar to
that of Christ crowned with thorns. His Beatitude
Cyril Mar Baselice, Archbishop of the diocese
of Trivandrum, wrote regarding this prodigy :
“[…] For us believers what we have
seen is something that we have always believed
[…]. If our Lord is speaking to us by giving
us this sign, it certainly needs a response from
us”. The monstrance containing the miraculous
Host is to this day kept in the church.
The Rev. Fr. Johnson Karnoor,
pastor of the church where the Eucharistic miracle
took place recounts in his deposition : “On
April 28, 2001, in the parish church of St. Mary
of Chirattakonam, we began as we did every year
the novena to St. Jude Thaddeus. At 8:49am, I
exposed the Most Holy Sacrament in the monstrance
for public Adoration. After a few moments I saw
what appeared to be three dots in the Holy Eucharist.
I then stopped praying and began to look at the
monstrance also inviting the faithful to admire
the three dots. I then asked the faithful to remain
in prayer and reposed the monstrance in the tabernacle.
On April 30th, I celebrated the Holy Mass and
on the following day I left for Trivandrum. On
Saturday morning, the 5th of May 2001, I opened
the church for the usual liturgical celebrations.
I got vested and went to open the tabernacle to
see what had happened to the Eucharist in the
monstrance. I immediately noted in the Host, a
figure, to the likeness of a human face. I was
deeply moved and asked the faithful to kneel and
begin praying. I thought I alone could see the
face so I asked the altar server what he noticed
in the monstrance. He answered: «I see the
figure of a man». I noticed that the rest
of the faithful were looking intently at the monstrance.
We began the adoration and the image, as the minutes
went by, became more and more clear. I did not
have the courage to say anything and I began to
cry. During adoration, we have the practice of
reading a passage from Holy Scriptures. The reading
of the day was the one from chapter 20 in the
Gospel of John which narrates the story of when
Jesus appeared to St. Thomas and asked him to
look at the wounds. I was only able to say a few
words in my homily, and, having to leave for the
nearby parish of Kokkodu to celebrate Mass, I
immediately summoned a photographer to take pictures
of the Holy Eucharist with the human face on it.
After two hours all the photos were developed;
with the passing of the time the face in every
photo became more and more clear.”
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