Highway to Heaven - Autopista al Cielo

St. Longinus is the Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus Christ during his cruxifixion. The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ touched his eyes and he recovered his sight. He then converted to Christianity, became a monk, and eventually was martyred. 

St. Longinus carried the relic of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ to Mantua.  Later the Precious Blood was divided into several portions and given to various rulers of the era. In the year 1055, Emperor Henry III of the Franks was given part of the Precious Relic. In 1094 the Benedictine Abbey of Weingarten received this Precious Relic. 

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A minor basilica has been built to honor this "impressive" Eucharistic Miracle. A priest was celebrating Mass and by accident overturned the chalice with the Blood of Christ. Consequently, an image of the Crucified Christ surrounded by eleven images of the head of Christ crowned by thorns was formed on the corporal. The priest hid the corporal under the altar and only revealed the miracle when he was about to die. 

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There is  a very important event preceding this miracle. Two years earlier, before this chapel was built, a priest who was bringing the Holy Viaticum to a dying patient, dropped the ciborium containing Holy Hosts into a stream during a storm. Then it was decided, as a sign of reparation, to build this chapel in the exact place where the Holy Hosts were dropped. 

Two years later in this same chapel a priest was celebrating Mass when he started doubting the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Instead of elevating the chalice for Adoration he delayed and Jesus from the wooden crucifix above the altar took action...

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Slandering the neighbor is the motive behind this huge sin against the Blessed Sacrament. One can only wonder how low one can fall due to hatred. The Holy Host bled, the sinner confessed, and the Eucharistic Miracle is remembered each year during the Solemnity of Corpus Christi in Riedkapelle.

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On Holy Thursday, After Mass, the chalice with the Blessed Sacrament was placed in the repository. That same day, after a fire that destroyed the church, the Blessed Sacrament was found intact under a bubble of tin that had formed of what was left of the chalice. 

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This is a story of an over abundance of graces bestowed by Our Lord after some thieves stole a ciborium with consecrated Hosts. These Holy Hosts were preserved until one bishop fell into sin, renounced his faith publicly, and ordered that the Holy Hosts be consumed. 

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During the distribution of Holy Communion, a Holy Host was unintentionally dropped to the ground. Despite the priest tried to pick it up, the Holy Host lifted Itself and went to place Itself on the purificator. This miracle was followed by an apparition that same day and by the imprint of Our Lord crowned with thorns on a future date on this same Holy Host. 

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During public Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, just after Benediction, Jesus appeared on the Holy Host and remained there for twenty minutes. This happened in the church of the contemplative community "La Solitude."

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In this miracle that took place during the first Mass on Easter Sunday, the Blessed Sacrament fell from the mouth of the communicant onto the cloth that was covering her hands and turned into Blood. This relic, together with the remaining Holy Hosts in the ciborium perfectly preserved to this day, are solemnly exposed each year on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.

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This pious monk didn't believe in the presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. He openly stated his unbelief. Two veteran monks prayed to God for a miracle. One week later God answered.

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