Miracles have been a part of the Catholic religion
since it was founded. The miracles which are events unexplained by the laws of
nature can be attributed to the Almighty and the great saints. The law of
nature says that the body when placed in the tomb decomposes due to the
moisture in the body and the environment present around the dead. The
decomposition starts immediately after the death and any kind of preservation
just delays the decomposition. Yet the bodies of numerous saints have not
decomposed for centuries even when the body was tortured so much that it would
have hastened the process of decomposition.
St. Sharbel died on Christmas Eve in 1898 and as per
the tradition, was buried without being embalmed in a large room beneath the
altar of the church. As the rain water in the chamber had converted it into a
swamp, the body was put on two planks so that mud and water would not submerge
it. For the next 45 days the villagers who resided in the houses opposite the
Monastery witnessed a bright light above the tomb. It was decided that the body
be moved to a more accessible place for the villagers. When it was opened it
was found that the water had turned the grave into a quagmire but the body
which was floating on it was incorrupt with muscle remaining supple and even
the hair and the beard remaining intact. Even the blood was still oozing out of
the pores to such a great extent that the clothing had to be changed twice a
week. The doctors who examined the body were amazed by the oozing out of blood
which they felt was against the law of nature and could be explained only as
supernatural.
One of the greatest miracles of the Bible has been the
feeding of the 5000. It is also known as the miracle of ‘5 loaves and 2 fish’.
When Jesus came to know that John the Baptist had been killed he moved to a
solitary place close to Bethsaida but a large crowd followed him. Seeing the
large crowd Jesus started to preach them about many things. By this time it was
already evening and so his disciples requested him to send the people away so
that they could buy food for themselves from the nearby villages. Jesus did not
agree with them and said that it was their duty to feed them. He ordered them
to find out the number of loaves that they had. The disciples came back and informed
Jesus that they had 5 loaves and 2 fish. On instructions of Jesus the people
sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties on the green grass. Jesus took the 5
loaves and the 2 fish, thanked the Heavens and broke the loaves. He asked his
disciples to distribute the bread and the fish among the people. Amazingly, all
5000 people that gathered there could eat and were satisfied with what they had
got.
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