A
MIRACULOUS DESCENT
OF THE EUCHARIST WITNESSED
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
PAUL CHANG-YEOL KIM,
BISHOP OF THE CHEJU DIOCESE
IN KOREA
A
Testimony by Rufino Park
After
I attended a funeral Mass (at 10 a.m.) in the Naju Parish Church on June
12, 1997, I was told that His Excellency Paul Chang-Yeol Kim, Bishop of
the Cheju Diocese was visiting the Blessed Mother’s House (the Chapel in
Naju) and returned hurriedly. When
I arrived at the Chapel, I saw Bishop Kim together with Fr. Anthony
Jung-Yong Kim, an elderly priest of the Kwangju Archdiocese.
I
invited Bishop Kim and Fr. Kim to the Chapel office and explained to them
for about thirty minutes about the numerous miraculous signs in Naju,
especially about the Eucharistic miracles.
Then, I asked them to come to the front of the Chapel where the
Blessed Mother’s statue was. I
removed the glass cover in front of the Blessed Mother’s statue and also
moved the candlelights to the side. I
explained in more detail about the Eucharistic miracles that had occurred
in the Chapel.
At
that moment, Julia, who had been in severe pains, came and greeted Bishop
Kim and Fr. Kim. The Bishop
and the priest blessed her.
Because
Bishop Kim and Fr. Kim had been standing for quite a while, someone
brought two chairs. Bishop
Kim and Fr. Kim sat in the chairs, while I continued speaking about the
previous miracles on my knees. Bishop
Kim said, “The Sacred Hosts that descended in this Chapel and the Sacred
Hosts that turned into visible flesh and blood on Julia’s tongue should
have been preserved. It is
too bad that they were not preserved.”
The Bishop continued, “If more Eucharistic miracles occur in this
Chapel, the Eucharist must be preserved by the Pastor of Naju.
I have already suggested this to Archbishop Youn.”
Then,
Fr. Kim said that it was about time to leave, even though he felt like
staying longer. Bishop Kim
and Fr. Kim went closer to the Blessed Mother’s statue to say farewell.
As they approached the Blessed Mother’s statue, I set aside the
framed photographs which were before the statue.
Bishop Kim said, “Let’s pray together.”
As we were about to begin praying, a white host suddenly descended
to the altar before the Blessed Mother’s statue with a loud noise.
The host was somewhat larger than the hosts that priests use during
Mass. At that moment, spontaneously, I screamed loudly, “Oh, the
Eucharist!” Bishop Kim also
looked at the host and knelt, saying, “Oh, the living Jesus!”
Julia
was on her knees and crying, with her eyes focused on the Eucharist.
All of us knelt before the Eucharist and worshipped the Lord.
I hurriedly telephoned the Pastor of Naju and, then, began taking
photographs and videotaping. Bishop
Kim, Fr. Kim and Julia continued praying before the Eucharist.
More than twenty other pilgrims present in the Chapel also came to
the front one by one and worshipped the Eucharist.
Soon,
Fr. Gabriel Young-Woong Park, the Pastor of Naju, came and conversed with
Bishop Kim and Fr. Kim in the Chapel office.
When Bishop Kim said, “A miracle like this has never occurred in
the two-thousand-year history of the Church,” Fr. Park responded by
saying, “But there also was a Eucharistic miracle in the Vatican.” After talking with each other for a while, Bishop Kim and Fr.
Park together went to the front of the Chapel and worshipped the
Eucharist.
Then,
Bishop Kim held in his hands the Eucharist, which came down from above,
and blessed all the pilgrims in the Chapel.
Bishop Kim and Fr. Kim left and Fr. Park placed the Eucharist in a
pyx and went back to the Parish Church with the Sisters from the Parish in
order to expose the Eucharist in a monstrance in the Parish chapel.
I
offer up immense gratitude to the Lord for allowing me to witness with my
own eyes this amazing and stupendous Eucharistic miracle and to the
Blessed Mother of Naju for her love.
I give this testimony in order to make known the profound love and
joy that have been deeply imprinted on my heart.
Adoration,
glory, praise and gratitude to Jesus Who is present in the Eucharist with
His Flesh, Blood, Soul, and Divinity forever and ever! Amen.
Rufino
Yun-Hoon Park
Soo-gang Apts., #302
Keumkye-Dong
Naju, Jeonnam Province
South Korea
Tel: (061) 332-2883
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