I AM in Jesus and Jesus IS in Me ~ The Dream, The Reality

YOU are in Jesus, and Jesus IS in you too!

It all fell into place a few months ago and is now crystal clear to me. It was all tied up with a pretty bow on top and gifted to me while I was doing one of my hours at the adoration chapel. Let me explain...

Back in 2015 I had an incredible dream that was so vivid that it stayed with me for days, well, I can still feel it now if I stop writing and think about it. When I wrote it down, which was immediately upon waking, and several times throughout the day added to, the details were as clear as if they were standing right in front of me. It was a Jesus dream. Now, I have had quite a few dreams about Him over the years, I had one just a few days ago, but some of them are just so amazing and vivid that I have shared them. (You can find one called, "A Solitary Man" on here by doing a search. That one is from many years ago.) Most of them are private revelations and for a long time I thought that this Jesus is in me dream was one as well, but it isn't. It ties in directly with my Eucharist pictures that were taken on Christmas, 2011, and the Bible. Let me explain how. (('ll share the dream after the post.)

Often my fellow adorers have experiences in the chapel where they receive interior locutions, feel someone's hand on them (when they are alone), hear singing (in an empty church), smell incense or roses and actually see faces and other forms in the Eucharist. In my own Eucharist photos there are faces in each.

Now what I'm about to talk about sounds like the ramblings of a new ager,  but I promise you, it isn't. It can all be found in the Bible.

"Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?  If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple." 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10.

2 Corinthians 13:5, the apostle Paul asks the Corinthian believers a question: “Or do you not realize about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you?”

“Because the God who said, Out of darkness light shall shine, is the One who shined in our hearts to illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us.”—2 Corinthians 4:6-7

“My children, with whom I travail again in birth until Christ is formed in you.”—Galatians 4:19 

 ^"I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death." Philippians 1:20

"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it." 1 Corinthians 12:27

 Of course, God is in us spiritually when we accept Him, but don't you think it changes the conversation when you contemplate that he may be literally in us? Just as our earthly Father is in us, so too is God the creator?

Do you remember when I wrote about the silver cord? Quick refresh, my Mom mentioned that she could see it when she was on her death bed. She said that this beautiful cord connected me to her and to all living things on earth and to God. That too, is mentioned in the Bible.

"Remember him - before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, or the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it." (Ecclesiastes 12:6-7)

 Why do people see faces in the Eucharist? They have been seen for centuries after all and in the last century, or so, photographed. A few of them follow the post, as well as my own. So, why do people see faces? Because Jesus Christ IS PRESENT in the Eucharist. That's why. I don't know why people see other faces. Maybe they need prayers. What  I do KNOW that it isn't the work of Satan because he cannot possibly dwell within Christ. What I can surmise, though, is that If Christ dwells within our bodies, and we are with Him as well, that is why he knows us intrinsically. We are connected. We are all one body IN Christ just as the Bible says. It isn't just some spiritual presence. It is a literal one too.  Our body IS a temple of God in us.

Just to be clear here, I'm not elevating all of us to God status. I'm merely stating that God dwells in us and, as such, we really need to be aware of that in all of our daily lives and step up our game. We need to become more Christ like. As disciples of His here on earth we have to be His hands, His heart, His tongue, His love  ~ to every living creature on earth.

Sunday's reading was a beautiful one that you will recognize.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 

It isn't just for the bride and groom on their Wedding day though. It is a passage for ALL of us, that goes hand in hand with the Commandment that Jesus gave us,

Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." John 13:34

It's the User's Guide in how to love people, written by God, and for us to follow each and every day. Personally, I think it is the hardest thing in the world to do but if we truly have God in us we have to strive to do exactly as He expects us to do. I'm going to have to plaster this onto my chest. This way, I can refer to it the next time I want to write something nasty about someone on Twitter, or yell at the cashier that's taking too long, or angry honk at the car in front of me that hasn't moved in the millisecond after the light turned green. That is precisely the love that God is talking about ~ patient, kind, not easily angered, it doesn't delight in evil. 

If God is in me, as I believe that He is, then I have the utmost capacity to love unconditionally just as He does. We all have the capacity.

Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if we all did just that? GOD IS IN every single human on the planet, whether you recognize it or not or whether they do. Let us all strive to be the embodiment of Christ on earth.

Peace, Joy & Love,

Mare

 The dream and journal excerpts. Please excuse the additional comments. It is, after all, my personal journal. 

"The Jesus is in me and I am in Jesus dream 1/10/15 (This is what I wrote in my journal upon waking up at 6:39 a.m. and twice later in the day) .

I just had the craziest dream. I don’t even know how to explain it except to say that I was in Jesus and Jesus was in me.  It was so overwhelming that I didn’t know how to act. We were walking and a person ran up to us and was asking about the size of a nail that should be used on something. He had a nail in his hand that was long and thin like those sold as reminders of the crucifixion. It was as long as the length of his hand. We looked down at it in his hands but then raised our head and kept our eyes focused ahead and kept walking toward a building; not acknowledging the man as he still spoke to us. The roads we were walking on were a lighter color but muddy. It was a light golden mustard color.

I met up with my brother, and he could see that I had been transformed. He recognized me even though I was a man. He knew that I was in Jesus and Jesus was in me. He was like a blind man that could now see and understand. He and some other people followed us into a building filled with about 50 people. There was turmoil inside me. I could feel Jesus’ majesty and the weight of my own sins as well as my own humanity. I was trying to act like him and I could feel him flowing through me but at the same time I felt inadequate and words, powerful words, that he would have spoken did not flow smoothly from my lips.

We saw a man in the crowd. We went over to him and put our hands on his face on either side.  They were strong, man hands that gripped the man’s face; workman’s hands, rough yet gentle and soft at the same time. Our eyes locked with the man’s and at first he looked at us with fear and a full knowledge of what he had done. Jesus knew his sins but I didn’t.  I did know, though, that he had been a faithful man through his entire life and that something pretty major recently put a dark mark on his soul. Through my quivering voice, Jesus commanded the man to make straight his way. At first the man was frightened, the fear evident in his eyes, but then his body relaxed and he laid on the floor on his back, still looking up at us. The man had been sitting in a metal folding chair in the midst of the crowd.  When we had walked into the building and room we knew that he was the chaff amongst the wheat and we walked directly to him. I do remember saying the initial words to him (make straight his way) but then Jesus started to speak directly to him, grasping his face in his hands, and speaking with authority but love at the same time. When we had grabbed his face the man withered to the floor. The conversation had shifted to between them and I was not privy to it but I watched the man’s eyes and expression throughout.  Jesus forgave him then. While they were conversing, though, I watched as Jesus held his face securely. It was like he wanted to shake some sense into him. Perhaps he was exercising a demon? The man then wept. Instead of looking sad, though, while crying, he looked at us with gratitude and peace. The people around us watched in surprise and awe and spoke in hushed tones.

We then went outside the building in the muddy area (where we had met the man with the nail) and the saved man lay down in in front of us again. He was on his back with his head raised and was looking up at us. He was reaching his hands up to us in a gesture of longing. Jesus commanded that the angels arise and they rose from the mud and were created of earth. I remember looking at them and thinking no, that’s not right – they are taller. Instantaneously they shot up another 2 feet from 8 foot to 10. Jesus said to them take this man to my father’s house and I knew that Jesus forgave him of all his sins and that he was now on his way to paradise.

I don’t even know how to describe this dream. It was like being 2 people in one body. A tall lanky man with flowing hair and a woman; having a perfect soul and that of a sinner; feeling all powerful and feeling inadequate. Whatever the meaning of this dream is, I don’t know but it was freaking intense. As I write this I am wondering if it is a wake up call that something big may be coming or if it was a gift just for me. IDK I could feel the power and strength of the angels as he created them. I felt the same intense security and peace when they were with me after my mom died.

Wow this was a really intense dream. I’m like in a fog at the moment, yet wide awake, and can’t believe I wrote all these pages. Jesus, my Lord, I love you with my whole heart and soul but dude what was this?

2:39 pm now – It is exactly 8 hours since I wrote this and it is still very vivid in my head and in my mind’s eye. I actually went back to sleep for 3 more hours after I wrote this. This dream definitely is a message dream or visitation. So freaking intense.

More details:

We were in a contemporary setting though Jesus was wearing a long, tan, tunic of wool. It was one piece, with a hood or cowl on the back but no cinch at the waist. Wow the details are still pouring out of me. I remember looking down at the tunic toward our feet, which were in sandals secured by woven, coarse, brown cords. The feet were a man’s feet. Even though we were walking in a muddy area, the feet and cords were clean. I looked down because I could feel the tunic brushing against the hairs on my leg as we walked away from the man with the nail.

The angels had closed wings on their backs but the tips reached down to brush the ground. I woke up when the angels and the man disappeared. I was blown away that Jesus created angels right before my eyes with the soil of the earth. They had human features though they were perfect and beautiful faces. Some had long hair (past their shoulders, but I could not tell if they were males or females, but all were stunningly beautiful. They were all the golden mustard color.

This is insane! It is now 5:39 pm and I can still see all the details of the dream. That is not uncommon with these types of dreams but I still feel the presence of angels with me. BTW, it is exactly 11 hours ago that I woke up and wrote it down initially.

Did I say intense??

1/11/15 When I was thinking about it again today something occurred to me that hadn’t when I woke up with the dream. As intense as it was when I woke up, I was very comfortable and totally relaxed. Normally with a crazy dream I will wake up with a palpitation or a bit racy and anxious. I didn’t with this one, which was a beautiful thing.

Afterthoughts: written on Divine Mercy Sunday – 4/12/15

Why did I have this dream? Well, a week after I had it I fell on the black ice in front of my house (while running to the adoration chapel). I broke my hand and developed a bleed in my brain that, for a few months, took away my senses and my balance. After the physical things started to heal the emotional ones of depression and anger took hold. Initially I thought that maybe the dream was to help me get through the months of recovery. I was very angry with God for leaving me here and because of my anger I had a very difficult time praying. Thankfully that has passed. Now I think that it is a sign of God’s goodness and forgiveness and that is why I decided to share it with you today. God loves us and this Divine Mercy Sunday is His gift to us. May we all share his mercy with those that have fallen away from the church and with the non-believers. It is up to us to teach the chaplet to others and to spread devotion. WE are his voice on this earth.

Sienna, Italy

Kannur, India

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Staten Island

Eucharist Miracles in The Perpetual Adoration Chapel ~ Christmas 2011

Two weeks ago (as of this update, which is 8/19/18) I decided to pray on why me? I prayed for days, as truthfully I have always been at a loss as to what I'm supposed to do with this blessed occurrence, if anything. I have spoken to my Pastor about it, he was also my spiritual advisor on other experiences. He has told me that it is a blessing and a private revelation and that I could share it or not.

I can also say that my prayers were answered as, while in the Adoration chapel, it was revealed to me that, should I decide to share it, it will help the "seekers of truth." It will help those that need to be drawn closer to God. It is to strengthen the faith of those that will need it in the coming years. It is for those whose faith is being strongly tested and they need to be shored up. So, that is why I decided to share these updates with you.
   
For those of you that do not know the full story, you can do a search on here for "Eucharist" and find all the posts about it. You can also visit our Youtube channel at the link above for a detailed account. In short, on Christmas day, 2011 at 1:00 P.M.  an interior locution was received to take a photo of the Monstrance (which is the beautiful holder of the Host). 

In all, 3 photos were taken. The flash went off the first time. Because of that, I basically ignored it until it was decided, October 2016, to have an analysis done of all 3 photos. When this one was analyzed, Jesus' face was immediately recognizable to me. He is very somber in the photo, eyes cast down and it absolutely  breaks my heart.

I will take you step by step through this. This first photo is of a Host, in the chapel, as it normally looks to our eyes. As you can see, it is white. This Monstrance was used in 2016 just FYI. The chapel has 3 different designs that are used. The Host is in the very center of all of them. You can click on the photos to enlarge them btw. That's my fellow adorer, Rosaria, in this photo. I have her permission to publish this photo with her in it.

This photo is the original one taken, when the flash went off. You can see that there is a changed host behind the flash and to the right of it. (compared to the one above).

This is the photo analysis enlargement that was done in October, 2016. Note that the analysis is being done of the right hand side of the Eucharist, specifically where the top left corner of the inset is pointing. Jesus' face is remarkably clear to me in the photo. He is very somber, facing left, and looking down. The white dot in the center, just above his eye and the smaller one, to the right of that, in His hair, are the flash glinting off the glass. Unfortunately there is a green pixelated line going down the side of His face right below the large dot.

This is the photo of Jesus, that I did use photo shop on, to erase the sides of the Monstrance and curtains, so that we focus purely on the face. The face of Jesus is untouched. He is looking to the left.

Here are the other photos that were taken that day. I am also sharing the enlargement of the 2nd. Clearly, you can see that the Host has changed in the following pictures. There is a face in them as well, but people have also reported seeing hearts and babies in utero. I think that you will see what you are meant to see. Many adorers I know have seen, with their own eyes people, crosses and other things in the Host, when they are doing their devotional hours.  What I will say about these photos, after having my eyes opened by the grace and goodness of God is that 

WE ARE ALL ONE BODY IN CHRIST.  God is in us.

This is the second photo that was taken. Note that you can see the Host has changed. The camera was on macro at the time.

This is the enlargement of the second photo. If you place your hand over the left side of the enlargement, the face to the right will be clearer to you. He is looking directly at the camera.

Next up is the third photo that was taken that day in the chapel. It is the clearest of the three. Again, you can clearly see that the Eucharist has changed. The camera was on the right setting, however, I stepped back when I took the photo. Oddly, the photo is crystal clear, but when it is enlarged it becomes pixelated, so it is clearer as is. It is exactly the same face as the second, with the only difference being that the camera was on the correct setting.

Last, but not least, is the photo that was taken when I was leaving the church at 3:00 P.M. The clouds were in the shape of a dove and were from one end of the sky to the other end. It was HUGE and magnificent.

Error Level Analysis:
An error level analysis has been done on all 3 photos. If a picture is unaltered, the colors will be uniform in nature, as these are. I am sharing here the ELA for all three photos photos.

 

Flash photo analysis. Both the original picture and the enlargement are uniform in the respective colors, however you can tell that the enlargement has been added and not part of the original photo.

 This is how the analysis would have looked, if the original pic was tampered with to add a face. I did exactly that so that you can see how an altered photo would appear.

Analysis of Photo #2 Notice it is an unaltered, original photo

Analysis of photo #3. Notice it too is an unaltered, original photo.

The photos still in the camera.

I am awed and overcome with emotions when I look at the photos and contemplate the meanings of them. I am humbled and frankly tremble at the thought that we are all one body in Christ. If I sit and truly think about that it is a life-changer, in how I live my life and how I treat others. It is not only mind-blowing it is overwhelming. I urge you to sit and contemplate on that one thought, which is mentioned twice in the Bible btw, and really think about it and how you live your life. I ask myself, do I approach Him in the Eucharist with a clean heart and soul all the time? Are my actions and words a good representation of Him on earth?

We are ALL one body in Christ. 

He IS present in a consecrated Host. He IS with us at the Mass. He IS with us until the end of the age.

Luke 22:19 "And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.'"

John 6:54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

I hope this post opens up hearts and minds to literally walk with Christ day to day. Our world needs more eyes, and hearts, opened. Christ, IS working through us and we are in Him and He is in us. We should all live accordingly.

Have a peaceful week.

Mare

Eucharist Miracles in New York (of all places)

The world behind me; the cross before me.

I'm not sure how to begin this blog post. I have so many thoughts swirling through my head that I guess I will just delve in, take the plunge and talk straight up, no nonsense about the Eucharist and why we need Jesus.

On December 25, 2011 something happened that transformed my life, yet I never fully understood the message nor the enormity of it until just last night. Christmas was on a Sunday that year and I normally have my adoration hours from noon to two on Sundays. I switched with someone that year and pushed my hour back to one. Shortly after I arrived and sat down (I was alone) I heard a voice tell me to take a picture of the monstrance. I did not hear the voice with my ears. It was received in what is called an interior locution. This was not the first time that has happened to me, so I did as I was told. I happened to have my camera with me to take pictures of the church decorations so I took it out of my purse and snapped away. In all, I took 3 photos. The first time the flash went off. The second the camera was on macro (for close up), and the third was perfect, yet I stepped back to take it. I have shared 2 of the photos on here in the past and will do so again** but this post is about the picture that I never published. It is the one where the flash went off.

Last night, I got some forensic answers and a startling close up of the first photo that I took. I am going to share it here with you, along with one of the original photos, of a changed Host, still in the camera.

The second pic is the original photo, where the flash went off. The first is the same photo that has a forensic analysis and enlargement of the section that the top left corner is pointing to. The square shows the right hand side of the Eucharist, that is not blurred by the flash.

If you are able to see the person in the photo great! If not, look at the July 2017 post which has an illustration too. (You can find it be searching the posts on the top right of this blog).  It is relatively clear and shows the face of a man, dark hair, beard and mustache, with His head bowed in a somber position. It is the right of the host that was not affected by the flash.  The flecks of green across his face are because of the pixels in the photo. You can see the light reflecting off the glass in front of His profile in a few spots above his brow. It took my breath away to see it with my own eyes last night. It broke my heart to see the pain across His face.

This is a forensic analysis and enlargement of the pic follow this one.

Original photo, where the flash went off. You can see there is a figure on the right side of the host and the flash takes up the majority of the left half. That is why I never really paid attention to it before last night. 

A fellow adorer of mine, Ron Gatto, was gracious enough to outline the face of Jesus in the Eucharist. Ron cannot see the image, so his features are larger than those of Jesus' features. It does give you an approximate guide on where to see the face, in profile.

JESUS CHRIST IS PRESENT IN THE EUCHARIST. If you are a lukewarm or fallen away Catholic, get yourself back to church. If you are one of those that dash for the doors at Communion time, this is WHO you are running out of the doors from. If you are going up to receive Communion please be in a state of grace. What does that mean? Stop sinning and go to Confession. Say the Act of Contrition while you are on line. Take Communion on your tongue instead of onto your dirty hands. Visit with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Find a local perpetual adoration chapel and commit to an hour with Him. You will thank me for it as it will change your life. *Catholics and Coptic Christians WILL be judged harsher than any other faith. Did you know that? Yeah, it is true. It is because we have Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.  Pray. Pray every day for everyone, including those that you dislike. 

If you are another form of Christianity or of another faith, I hope that this humble post opens your eyes and your hearts. 

Bring yourself to Christ in the Eucharist. He is waiting for you.

**To see the story behind this experience please visit our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqorS3cCP7Q

Picture of Jesus

I came across this picture and story last week and just had to share it. In short, the picture was taken by a Sister that had just completed a three-day retreat for living in the Divine Will of God. She was taking photos inside a church after a mass. This smiling man showed up in the photos when they were developed. I found the story and photo on The Beautiful Gate blog. (Since the link to that particular page doesn't seem to work, I'm getting a 404 error message, I am quoting the direct text of a portion of the page that has the history of the picture on it. She retains her copyright. The links that are in the text have been disabled as they are broken ones. If you are interested in reading more about Luisa you can visit the website for her beatification at: http://luisapiccarreta.co/.

"Luisa Piccaretta  was a Catholic mystic and you can read more about the Cause of the Beatification of Luisa Piccarretta at http://www.padrebucci.com/id4.html, along with other information about Luisa, including her connection with St. Padre Pio (no, I can't remove the Padre part...lol). Thanks to my friend, who painstakingly translated much of Luisa's writing, I have had the opportunity to read quite a bit about "The Little Daughter of the Divine Will". 

The picture was taken during a retreat on living in the Divine Will. Here is the story behind the photo:

At the end of three days of talks about the Divine Will, given by Fr. Gustavo (who has a number of her original writings) in Leon Guananjuato, Mexico, in closing, he celebrated the Holy Mass on May 25th, 1998 to thank the Divine Volition. After Holy Communion, the new children of the Divine Will pronounced their solemn consecration (their promise to live in the Divine Will of God).

One of the sisters was taking photographs. When she received her developed photographs she discovered what you now see, sharp and clear, without any touch up, of the photograph of Jesus, which shows Him with a beautiful smile. 

"I am the Divine Teacher, the Teacher of the Divine Will, and the souls who live in my Volition are my SMILE." (A locution received by the person who took the photo.)

If you carefully observe the region of Jesus' chest, you will see the silhouette of Fr. Gustavo, dressed with the priestly vestments when celebrating the Holy Mass, when he was raising his arms in the moment of the elevation of the Most Holy Sacrament at the Consecration.

                                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My friend also left me another "explanation" of this picture - "this is from Vol 12, Jan 7, 1921"

“My beloved daughter, after the great sorrow which creatures are giving Me in these sad times, to the extent of making Me cry – and because this is the crying of  God, it resounds in Heaven and on earth - a smile will take over, which will fill Heaven and earth with gladness. This smile will arise on my lips when I see the first fruits - the children of my Will - living not in the human sphere, but in the divine sphere."

Having had my own experiences I am thrilled to share this beautiful photo with you. More important is the message that he gave to the Sister, It is so important to live daily in the Divine Will.

Amen to that Prince of Peace! 

Have a peaceful day everyone.

Mare

The Eucharist and the Dove

Some of you, particularly if you are more seasoned readers of this blog, or of the Facebook page, may already know about what I considered to be miracles on Christmas a few years ago. Last year I created a rather inadequate video that was loaded onto Youtube. I do wish to once again share this experience, and the photos, including one that has never been shown before of (one of) the Eucharist photos still clearly in the camera. It is my intent by showing these photos that people can see the dinky little camera that captured both events and that the photos that I printed were not doctored nor tampered with in any way. The photos are real and, I believe, meant to be shared at this time. With the state of the world, the economies and the religious wars unfolding I believe it is imperative that people return to the love of Jesus and prayer, veneration of the Blessed Sacrament and return to pious behavior while in church. If these photos help one person to open their eyes and hearts, I will feel fulfilled.

First I will load the photos and then the description of events on that day. God bless and have a beautiful week.

Mare

BTW, all photos are copyrighted as of 2012 my Marianne E. Hare
You may share them as long as you include the copright information and story of the photos. I actually encourage you to do so.

First Photo with Flash - Although the flash went off you can see the dark host behind it

Second photo with macro on (oops)

Enlargement of third photo on correct setting

Third photo on correct setting

Cloud Photo over Holy Child Church at 3:00 PM, Christmas Day

Cloud photo - still in the camera (reverse image)

Third picture of the Eucharist - still in the camera - note the darkened Eucharist
(Again, reverse image)

The story behind the photos as written down and provided to my Pastor, priests and the Cardinal of NYC:

"I normally have Adoration on Sundays from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.  On Christmas Day 2011, which fell on a Sunday, I had switched my hours from 12-2 to 1 to 3 instead so that the women that normally do those hours could celebrate the holiday with their family. I was also making dinner for my family, but we were not eating until later and they had to travel so there was no problem for me to move my hours back.

I bought my camera with me. It is a simple Polaroid digital, 5 mega pixel camera, with a memory disk. The reason why I bought the camera with me is because I wanted to take a photo of the Nativity in the church to put on my blog and on my website.

I arrived at the Adoration Chapel around 1:00 PM and the woman that I relieved left, so I was alone. While alone shortly after 1 it was as if someone whispered in my ear, take a picture of the monstrance and the Host. The feeling was overwhelming. So I took out the camera, stood up, and snapped the first shot. I noticed that the flash went off so I turned it off. I then snapped another without the flash and realized that the camera was on macro (for close up).  I then switched the camera to normal and took a third photo, only this time I was a little further away to try and get the flowers and angels in too. I then put the camera back into my pocketbook and was joined by another adorer shortly after that.  As it was Christmas there were a few people in and out of the Chapel after the mass and it was actually lovely. There was a lot of love in there that day, with many kisses and hugs and well wishes for a beautiful Christmas. After the 12:30 mass Angela L came in and wished me a Merry Christmas and we spoke briefly about babies and the blessings of the day. She talked about her granddaughter and I spoke about my great niece. I also told her about a couple I had been praying for that wanted to start a family. I told her I expected that she would be pregnant in the Spring. She asked me to pray for a couple in Holy Child that was trying to start a family. I agreed to do so. Before she left she said to me you watch – today you will be blessed with a Christmas Miracle.

Just after 3:00  pm I left the Chapel and took my pictures of the nativity. (They came out beautiful). When I left the church and was walking down the ramp I was met by THE MOST INCREDIBLE cloud display that I have ever seen. It seemed to span from one end of the sky to the other. When first looking at it - it looked like a dove to me. (I see a man in the photo though when not enlarged). I cannot begin to describe how HUGE this was and how beautiful! Unfortunately the pictures just do not do it justice. But, you can get an idea of how big it was by the buildings on the bottom of the screen. Of course I took pictures of that and thought WOW, Angela was right, that was amazing and my soul was so lifted that I practically skipped all the way home smiling.

When I got home I started dinner and then (since I had time) put the memory disk into the computer and downloaded the photos. It is about this time that I almost fell off my chair. In the 2^nd and 3^rd photos of the Host I see two distinctly different faces. The descriptions of what I see are on the backs of the photos I have given you here. In the 2^nd I can clearly see the face of Jesus and in the 3^rd I see a person looking left.  The 1^st I took where the flash went off blurs out the face, but I can see it behind the flash. I have not included it here as you mostly just see the flash in the center.

I am humbled, and feel incredibly blessed to have had this experience. I believe it was a gift from God meant just for me. The Host and monstrance did not look any different to me on Christmas Day then it did any other day, but I will add that my hours there were unlike any I have ever experienced there before and I have been doing hours of Adoration regularly since 2008 and sporadically for years before. When people were not there and I was saying my prayers I felt almost as if I was in a trance and I do remember that at one point when I was finishing the rosary that it took me over an hour and a half to say it, when it normally takes about 20 minutes.  It was as if every word was measured and meditated upon. I cannot explain it any better than that. I remember speaking to Angela, I remember David coming in, (shortly after I took the photos) but I do not remember anything else about those hours.

When I saw the photos on the computer screen I showed them to those living with me. Every one of us see something in the Host, even the Agnostic and the Atheist!

Although I have shared the pictures with people on Facebook and the blog, I have not shared the experience with anyone. I wish I could YELL FROM THE ROOFTOPS the good news but instead I share them with just a few that will appreciate the goodness of God and his many gifts. Feel free to share these photos and the story with others in your life as well.

God Bless You for being a part of the Holy Child Family!

Love,

Marianne Hare

P.S. –

 The couple that I told Angela about did get pregnant in the Spring of 2012. Their boys were born prematurely in the Summer and celebrated their 3rd birthday this year. Even though I agreed to pray for the couple that she asked prayers for, I know that God has other plans for them."

**Some of the description relates to specifics provided to the clergy with their photos.

The Story of the Christmas Miracle Photos

Just a short post to let you know that you can now find out the story behind the miracle photos and see the pictures on YouTube. It is accompanied by a lovely Canon in D Major, by Pachelbel and is just under 6 minutes in length, but well  worth watching. The link to the video is www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqorS3cCP7Q.  

Enjoy and God bless.

Mare

    This photo was taken on Easter Sunday, 2012. I was hoping to recapture what happened on that prior Christmas, but let*s face it, man proposes, God disposes as my Grandma used to say. The picture is used, though, as the cover of the video, as it shows the Eucharist as it appears in the normal state. That is how it appeared to my naked eye on that blessed Christmas day, as well.

You Know Not the Time or the Hour

Yup that is me. I admit it; I get sucked into the computer, all the blogs that I have, Facebook, the website, ebay and that darn AARP game site that draws me, beckons me, like a fly into a spider web. I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I have looked at the time on the computer and said no! No way is it that time. Time has a way of moving so quickly that you do not even realize it and things you wanted to accomplish, places you planned on going to and those plans to reconnect with people that you wanted to reconnect with just never seems to materialize. Time has a way of healing too I suppose. Like today is May 10th. Just a normal day of the year that rolls around every year at the same time. But, it is also the day that 28 years ago my niece, Stephanie, came into the world. Steph was a great kid, truly in every sense of the word. She was a straight A student, involved in her school, a leader in her youth ministry at church, fun, pretty, and had the biggest heart you could ever imagine. You know how kids hit that awkward age when hugging a parent is forbidden and they become your worst nightmare, well since you were a teenager anyway? She was never like that. Mother's Day, 8 years ago is when we found out she had cancer. Thanksgiving weekend is when we said goodbye to her. I love you Steph. I miss you too and God willing I will see you again.

I am reading a great book about St. Gertrude. My friend Diane gave it to me and told me to just put it in the adoration bookshelf when I was done with it, unless I wanted to keep it. Of course, it has started to get marked up now with my trusty green highlighter so it will remain on my bookshelf. But just as I am drawn to the darn game site, I am still being drawn back to the book The Boy Who Met Jesus about that little Segatashya who lived in Kibeho in the early 80s but had conversations with Jesus for 8 years and was eventually killed in the Rwandan genocides in 1994. When I read the book for the first time I highlighted what Jesus said to the boy. The boy asked Jesus about all kinds of things, including the end of the world. Jesus told him that the end was coming very soon. He sent this little 12-year old pagan boy on an evangelical mission to spread his word. Tell people to repent, to read his words in the Bible, to pray and convert their hearts because the time is at hand. The page that I keep reading and re-reading though has to do with judgment. Segatashya asked him if everyone had to be Catholic in order to go to heaven. Here is an excerpt from the book:

Segatashya: When I asked Jesus what to tell those doubtful people, he said to me:

Jesus: My child, tell all those who don't believe in the messages being delivered into Kibeho that they should worry only about believing and following what is in the Bible......they must believe and follow what is in the Bible with all of their hearts.

Segatashya: But what do I say to people who tell me that because Jesus appears most often to visionaries who are Catholic, that they will be forced to read the Catholic Bible?

Jesus: I will find the hearts of everyone who believes in me and follows my commandments - no matter which Bible they read or which religion they belong to.


When I come looking for my children, I will not only look in the Catholic Church for good Christians who do good deeds and acts of love and devotion. I will look across the entire world for those who honor my commandments and love me with an open and sincere heart.... It is their love, not their religion, that makes them true children of God. Tell this one truth to all those to whom you speak to in my name. Believe in me, and in whatever you do in life, do it with faith and love.


Those who do know of God, who have been taught of God's ways, will be held to a higher standard....for to those who have been given, much will be expected. No one is forced to believe in God, but still, God lives in every person's heart.....just follow your heart to God's love. Those who live in love will hear God's voice, because God's voice is a voice of love.

Peace!

Mare

Excerpt from: The Boy Who Met Jesus, Segatashya of Kibeho, by Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin 

Christmas Miracles

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me......a partridge in a pear tree. Traditionally the song comes from England, somewhere between 1558 and 1829 when Roman Catholics were not permitted to openly practice their faith. Each line has a meaning which I will synopsize here:
Partridge in a pear tree = Jesus
Two turtle doves were the old and new Testament
Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love
Four Calling birds were the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Five golden rings recalled theTorah or Law of the first five books of the Old Testament
Six geese a laying were for the six days of creation
Seven swans a swimming represents the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit - prophesy, serving, teaching, exhortation, contribution, leadership and mercy
Eight maids a milking were the 8 beatitudes
Nine ladies dancing were the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control
Ten lords a leaping were the ten commandments
Eleven pipers piping were the 11 faithful apostles
Twelve drummers drumming symbolized the 12 points in the Apostles Creed

Of course it could have been also written by a woman that had an incredibly rich husband or boyfriend that loved to shower her with gifts. I'll take 5 gold rings any day! Especially now with the cost of gold skyrocketing. Hopefully you know I'm just pulling your leg; it's a song of tradition not greed.

I had the most incredibly gorgeous Christmas I think I have ever experienced. We had opened our home and hearts to someone in October that had no place to go. We were so blessed to be able to share not one but two glorious meals sitting together as a family both on the Eve and on Christmas day. Afterwards Tom and I showered him with gifts. He hasn't had a Christmas with a family since he was a young boy; he's now 24. I think I can speak for Tom as well when I say that he and I were overwhelmed by the young man's excitement of opening his presents; a coat, a pillow of his own, pajamas, underwear just to name a few items. Things we take for granted. I got an even greater gift when I gave a present to his wife who has never gotten a Christmas present, EVER. It was just a simple saint bracelet that I had made for her.

Now I know that many of you that read this aren't Catholic but I do believe that something happened yesterday that is beyond explanation. I call it my own Christmas miracle. I am a Catholic and part of my usual Sunday routine is spending 2 hours in our church's Perpetual Adoration Chapel. The chapel is open 24/7 which means every hour of every day and night someone is sitting there with the sacred Host, which Catholics believe is the actual body of Christ once it has been consecrated. Well yesterday was Sunday so I went to the chapel as I do but had actually switched my hours from 12-2 to 1-3 so that my friend could go and be with her family on Christmas. I bought my camera along with me to take pictures of the beautiful Nativity. But when I was all alone in the chapel I was, the only way I could describe it is "told", to take pictures of the chapel itself. I didn't hear the voice with my ears, but I could hear it plain as day. The Host looked no different to me while I was in the chapel but I do have to say that yesterday I was so incredibly at peace; it was almost indescribable. In all, I took 3 photos, stepping back when I took the third. When I left the chapel I took some pictures of the Nativity (which I have shared here) and when I walked outside was met with the most gorgeous sky. To me it looked like a huge dove hovering in the blue above me. Took some photos of that too. When I got home and downloaded the pictures onto my computer I noticed the host right away. I see Jesus face. Tom sees a heart. His girl Christina sees people and both Erv and Abbie see a face as well. I've included a picture of what the host usually looks like in a monstrance; plain white so you can see (well anyone who is a Christian knows what a host looks like). Without sounding like a crazy person I believe it is a Christmas miracle and I wanted to share it with you. Look at it yourself and decide. Even behind the picture where the flash is reflected in the brass you can still clearly see the change in the Host. All of the pictures were taken with the same little polaroid digital camera that I have. Any one of you that has seen the website or some of the photos on here know that I'm in no way a professional photographer. I will say that here we are a day later and I still have that incredible peace within which is refreshing. BTW out of all the people that looked at this photo, I am the only one that is a practicing Catholic. The others are Evangelical, Baptist or Agnostic but we all see that the Host is changed.

I hope that your Christmas was magical, spiritual, and peaceful and would just love your comments on what you see in the photos. Have a beautiful week!

I wish you peace and joy!

Mare

UPDATE!! 7/20/17. The pictures were analyzed since this day, so long ago, and more recent posts have been made about them. Please do a search using the word "Eucharist" to see more about these amazing photos. The most amazing of all is the first one, where the flash went off. That one wasn't analyzed until last October (along with the others), and Jesus' face IS present in that photo and can be clearly seen. God blesses us all with this revelation. That is why I am sharing them with everyone.