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Monday 23 June 2014

A Dog Story


Many of you may have heard this story. I had not, most likely as I was busy doing other things in the early 1980s.

Apparently, when St. John Paul II was visiting the USA in one of his early visits, he expressed a desire to go to the seminary in Baltimore. The secret service and those who had to secure every place the Pope was going to see tried to dissuade him as they had not scoured the seminary.

However, what John Paul II wanted to do, he did and convinced the security that a seminary visit would be safe. However, the security fellows went ahead with dogs to make sure there were no bombs or hidden nasties in the seminary.

They went through every room, every closet, the kitchens, the pantries. Finally, two men with dogs entered the chapel. Suddenly, the dogs came alive, fully alert, acting like they were trained to do when sensing a person. The two security men search every nook and cranny of the chapel, but found nothing. They then got the rector, and asked him to come down to the chapel. The rector complied and watched as the dogs stood in front of the tabernacle in the sanctuary and barked.

“Ah, I understand, “ he said. “They sense the Presence of the Person of Christ in the Eucharist.”

This was considered a small Eucharistic miracle. The priest who shared this story Sunday at Mass said that a recent survey indicated that 70% of Catholics who go to Sunday Mass no longer believe in the Real Presence, but, these two dogs experienced this Person….