I Am He Who Is

Short Summary: During a Benediction service, an image of Jesus appeared in place of the Eucharist, witnessed by multiple people, including the priest and the mother superior, who reported His serene presence and a message: "I Am He Who Is."

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Location: Bordeaux, France

Year: 1822

Prayer: God, You reveal your face to us in a hidden way throughout our day - through other people, in encounters with nature, and directly inside our hearts. Help us to recognize you. Help us to use the eyes of our heart and soul. Give us the grace to transcend our human perspective, to see the world through you and with you. Amen.

Verse: "The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace." -Nm 6:24-26

Full Story

During a Benediction service (in which the Eucharist is displayed in a metal monstrance for public adoration and prayer), an image of Jesus appeared in place of the Eucharist on the altar. Witnesses declared seeing the head and chest of the Savior smiling sweetly at the gathering, at times with his left hand resting gently on the red scarf draped over His shoulder while the right hand was raised in blessing. The miracle endured for about 20 minutes, the length of the service. In addition, someone testified to have heard Jesus saying: “I Am He Who Is”. Fourteen testimonials were given and signed after the event by the first hand witnesses. These include that of the celebrating priest, the mother superior of the convent, the altar boy, and several others. Below is a portion of the document given by the priest, Father Delort: “I wish to attest before by Savior, my God, the truth of the facts contained in the present declaration. …I exposed the Blessed Sacrament, but I was not finished blessing the Sacrament with the incense when I looked at the monstrance. I realized that I had placed the Holy Eucharist there, but instead of the Holy Eucharist, I saw our Savior, head, chest and arms, in the middle of the circle that served Him as a frame like a painting, but with this difference, that the painting looked alive. His figure was very white and represented a young man about thirty years old, extraordinarily beautiful. He was dressed with a dark red scarf draped over His shoulder and chest. His head was inclined from time to time on the right side and the left side. Struck by this miracle and not believing my eyes, I thought it was an illusion, but the miracle continued…. I asked the server if he saw something extraordinary. He answered that he had already perceived the miracle and that he could still see it. I told him to go and get the superior. …Outside the chapel all the persons of the house and the laypeople of the parish talked to me asking me if I had seen the sensation and asked me many questions about the subject. I could only say these words: “You have seen our Savior, which is a signal favor He has accorded us in order to love Him always, and more so than before, and to practice the virtues since He gave you such a great grace.” …Whatever happened I declare what I saw and what I almost touched with my own hands. Whatever will be the consequences of my testimony, I would be regarded as very ungrateful and the most guilty of all men if I refused to attest to the truth.” Signed: Delort, priest. 5th of February, 1822. To supplement his account, here is a portion of the testimony provided by the mother superior of the convent, Mother Trinité: “I perceived that the Eucharist was replaced by our Savior Jesus Christ all illuminated. I could see His head to His chest. He was framed in the circle of the ostensorium, but He seemed to move from time to time and then His face seemed to want to come out of the circle on the side where I was. I saw light flashing from all sides and so quickly that each seemed, for a moment, to resemble long stems ending in a burst of a flower before it disappeared. …I was feeling it was only an illusion, but I could always see the Savior under the same form. …Although we do not always see Him with the eyes of the body, He did give me the grace to see Him.” Signed: Mère Trinité, Supérieure de la Maison de Lorette, the 6th of February, 1822.

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