A Luminous Cross Appeared in the Year 351
A great luminous cross appeared in the heavens over Golgotha
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A great sign appeared during the first year of St. Cyril's (315-386 A.D.) episcopate in Jerusalem, in the year 351, at nine o'clock in the morning of May 7. This was in the era of the Arian heresy, in which the relationship of Christ to God the Father had been placed in question. In a letter to the Roman Emperor Constantine, St. Cyril wrote; "On the nones of May, about the third hour, a great luminous cross appeared in the heavens, just over Golgotha, reaching as far as the holy mount of Olivet, seen, not by one or two persons, but clearly and evidently by the whole city. This was not, as might be thought, a fancy-bred and transient appearance: but it continued several hours together, visible to our eyes and brighter than the sun. The whole city, penetrated alike with awe and with joy at this portent, ran immediately to the church, all with one voice giving praise to our Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God." St. Cyrus continued; "Everyone saw that the pious Christian faith consisted not in the disputable words of human wisdom." Church historians Socrates, Sozomen, and others also wrote of this apparition. St. Cyril died in peace in 386, leaving behind his Catechetical Lectures, which are a precious monument of Christian antiquity.
Jesus cures a young woman of Cancer
Dying young mother cured of cancer by Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament...
Father Aloysius Ellacuria, C.M.F., founder of the Missionaries of Perpetual Adoration, had a young mother come to him in the early 1970's, eyes filled with tears, an aching body saturated with cancer, and given little hope to live. He took her into the chapel asking her, "Have you ever asked Our Lord to cure you?" "No," she replied. "Well" he said, "Let us kneel down right here in front of the Most Blessed Sacrament, and ask Him to cure you. You know Our Lord is really present in the Most Blessed Sacrament; do you believe that?" "Yes," she promptly replied.
Father Ellacuria continued, "Our Lord is the same as He who walked on the earth 2,000 years ago; and who blessed the sick and healed the sick. Do you believe that He is the same Lord that is living here in this Most Blessed Sacrament?" "Yes, He is," was her pain filled response. "Well, He cured them and He can cure you."
Together they prayed a series of Our Father's, Hail Mary's, and Glory Be's. After three of each the woman, startled, said: "Father, I don't think it is necessary to continue to go on -- I feel healed."
The next day X-rays were taken of the young mother and the astonished doctor said: "All the cells that were attacked by cancer are now like the cells of a new-born baby."
This was but one of the many cures Father Ellacuria witnessed, while imploring assistance from Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Reference: The Last Days News, April 06 newsletter, http://www.tldm.org
The Martyrdom of the Entire Roman Theban Legion
In the year of Christ 286 A.D. a most remarkable affair occurred; a Roman legion of soldiers, consisting of six thousand six hundred and sixty-six men, contained none but Christians. The entire legion chose to be martyred for Christ Jesus. The Roman Emperor Maximian had the entire legion killed, because they refused to bow to pagan gods and kill other Christians.
During their martyrdom, numerous miracles happened, which undoubtedly largely contributed to the massive conversion of the inhabitants of these regions to Christianity. In Zurich for instance, the three beheaded saints Felix, Regula and Exuperantius miraculously rose, carried their heads on their own hands, walked to the top of a hill, where they knelt, prayed and at last lay down. On the same spot, a large cathedral was later erected.
Saints Victor, Orsus and their comrades were barbarously tortured by Hirtacus, the Roman governor of Solothurn. During this torture, several miracles occurred, e.g. the shackles suddenly broke open, the fire was instantaneously extinguished, etc. The lookers-on were thus filled with wonder and began to admire the Theban legionnaires, upon which the furious Hirtacus ordered their immediate beheading. Without the slightest resistance they offered the executors their necks. The bodies of the beheaded Saints then shone in glaring brightness. The bodies of the Saints, which were thrown in the river Aar, advanced to the bank, stepped out, walked holding their heads in their hands, then knelt and prayed at the spot where the Basilica of St. Peter later arose.
Read this extraordinary true story here: Theban Legion
Miracles of ancient and modern times: Miracles
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