Transubstantiation 'miracle' shenanigans

[Randy Carson]

The alleged miracle of Lanciano has been bothering me ever since someone used it as 'proof' in an argument

Long story short, some Basilian monk/priest was having doubts about transubstsntiation, and during a service the wine and bread turned into blood and flesh for realsies, gais!!

So the story is obviously bogus and I'd rather not delve too deep into who the flesh being displayed today belonged to or what happened to them (and neither does the Vatican, ofc), but it begs the question...

If the catholics deeply believe that transubstantiation takes place every single service in the literal sense, why is this dubious tourist attraction called a 'miracle'?

Ah...this is an easy one. When the bread and wine are consecrated, the substance changes and becomes the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus. Hence the term transubstantiation. However, the accidents (the look, feel, taste, etc) of bread and wine remain. Thus, at mass Catholics receive the body and blood of Jesus in species that still look and taste like bread and wine. With me so far?

Now, the Miracle of Lanciano is that the host which most days still appears to be a normal host (made of bread) becomes actual human flesh. IOW, even the accidents become the accidents of real flesh and blood.

As for the investigation(s), you can read more about them here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_Lanciano