Pastor reports possible miracle in Naples after blessed oil jar mysteriously refills
A July celebration honoring St. Charbel Makhlouf at a parish in Naples, Italy, has drawn attention after worshippers reported what they believe may be a miraculous sign.
The reported event took place at St. Ferdinand Church July 24, where hundreds gathered for Mass in honor of the saint.
Following the liturgy, pastor Msgr. Pasquale Silvestri began anointing parishioners with blessed oil sent from the Maronite Curia in Rome for the occasion. As he moved down the long line of the sick, he noticed the jar of oil was nearly gone.
By the time he reached the final person, Msgr. Silvestri believed the last drops had been used. However, when placing the jar back in its case, he discovered it was once again full and noticeably heavier.
“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” he said, according to RVA.
The news was met with applause from those present. Msgr. Silvestri who remarked that “there was a production of matter; this is a very serious thing,” and noted that, following canon law, he immediately contacted the postulator for St. Charbel.
The following day, a group of Lebanese visitors came to the church and asked to smell the oil. They reported a strong cedar fragrance, a scent closely tied to Lebanon and deeply symbolic in St. Charbel’s life and heritage.
The jar of oil is now secured for examination by Church authorities, who will determine whether the incident meets the Church’s criteria for a miracle.
https://catholicvote.org/pastor-reports-...y-refills/
A July celebration honoring St. Charbel Makhlouf at a parish in Naples, Italy, has drawn attention after worshippers reported what they believe may be a miraculous sign.
The reported event took place at St. Ferdinand Church July 24, where hundreds gathered for Mass in honor of the saint.
Following the liturgy, pastor Msgr. Pasquale Silvestri began anointing parishioners with blessed oil sent from the Maronite Curia in Rome for the occasion. As he moved down the long line of the sick, he noticed the jar of oil was nearly gone.
By the time he reached the final person, Msgr. Silvestri believed the last drops had been used. However, when placing the jar back in its case, he discovered it was once again full and noticeably heavier.
“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” he said, according to RVA.
The news was met with applause from those present. Msgr. Silvestri who remarked that “there was a production of matter; this is a very serious thing,” and noted that, following canon law, he immediately contacted the postulator for St. Charbel.
The following day, a group of Lebanese visitors came to the church and asked to smell the oil. They reported a strong cedar fragrance, a scent closely tied to Lebanon and deeply symbolic in St. Charbel’s life and heritage.
The jar of oil is now secured for examination by Church authorities, who will determine whether the incident meets the Church’s criteria for a miracle.
https://catholicvote.org/pastor-reports-...y-refills/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
