MONTSERRAT
SPAIN, 1657
The Eucharistic miracle
of Monteserrat brings us to
reflect on the reality of
purgatory and reminds
us that every Mass has an
infinite value because it
makes the unique sacrifice
of Christ suffering on Calvary
present in our minds.
This Eucharistic prodigy is
reported by the Benedictine
priest R.P. Francio de Paula
Crusellas, in his text,
New History of the Sanctuary
and Monastery of Our Lady of
Monteserrat.
n 1657, the Most Reverend Father Don
Bernardo de Ontevieros, general of the
Benedictine order in Spain, and Abbot
Don Millán de Mirando, ended up in the
Monastery of Our Lady of Monteserrat in
order to participate in some conferences.
During one of the conferences, a woman and
her young daughter showed up and the daugh-
ter began to beg the Abbot Millán de Mirando
to celebrate three Masses in memory of her
deceased father, whole-heartedly convinced
that with these Masses the soul of her father
would be freed from the pains of purgatory.
The good abbot, moved to tears by the girl,
began to celebrate the first Mass of suffering
the next day and the girl, who was present with
her mother, confirmed seeing her father
kneeling, surrounded by frightening flames, at
the step of the main altar during the conse-
cration. The priest and general dubious,
asked the girl to put a tissue close to the
flames that surrounded her father in order
verify her story. Following their request, the
girl put the tissue into the fire, which only she
could see, and the tissue began to burn with a
lively flame.
During the second Mass
the girl confirmed having seen her father
dressed in a vibrantly colored suit standing
next to the deacon. At the third Mass, the
father appeared to his daughter dressed in a
snow-white suit. As soon as the Mass ended
the girl exclaimed, “There is my father going
away and rising into the sky!” The girl then
thanked the community of monks on behalf
of her father as he had asked her to do. The
Most Reverend general of the Benedictine
order in Spain, the Bishop of Astorga and
numerous citizens of the town were present.
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Interior of the church where the miracle took place
The miraculous Madonna
of Montserrat
Eucharistic Miracle of
Sanctuary of the Madonna of Montserrat
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