I,
Bishop
Roman Danylak,
Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Toronto for Ukrainian
Catholics in Toronto, Canada, and titular bishop of Nyssa, herewith
solemnly testify that I concelebrated the Divine Liturgy of Holy
Mass, with the Reverend Fathers Aloysius Chang, parish priest
of the Kwangju Archdiocese in Korea, invited by me to assist during
my visit to Korea, and Joseph Peter Finn, retired priest of the
London Diocese in Ontario on Friday, September 22, 1995, at 5
p.m. in an open-air celebration on the grounds of the valley where
a future church is to be erected, God-willing, to the honour of
the Blessed Virgin Mary and Mother of God.
Following
the Liturgy of the Word, I delivered a brief homily for the occasion.
After the communion of the priests, Fr. Chang and I administered
Holy Eucharist under both species to Julia Kim and the eleven
others. As we continued to distribute Holy Communion to the others
present, we heard the sudden sobbing of one of the women assisting
at Mass. The Sacred Host received by Julia Kim was changed to
living flesh and blood. Fr. Joseph Finn, who had remained at the
altar during the communion of the faithful, was observing Julia;
he noted that at the moment he turned to observe Julia, he saw
the white edge of the host disappearing, and changing into the
substance of living flesh.
Fr.
Chang and I returned to Julia. The Host had changed to dark red,
living flesh and blood was flowing from it. After Mass, Julia
shared with us that she experienced the Divine Flesh as a thick
consistency and a copious flowing of blood, more so than on the
occasion of previous miracles of the changing of the host into
bleeding flesh. We remained in silence and prayer; all present
had the opportunity of viewing and venerating the miraculous Host.
After some moments I asked Julia to swallow and consume the Host.
And after the Mass Julia explained that the Host had become large
and fleshy; and that she consumed it with some difficulty. The
taste of blood remained in her mouth for some time. I then asked
that she be given a glass of water, from the miraculous source
of water nearby. As she drank the water, her finger touched her
lips, and a trace of blood was visible on her finger. She rinsed
her finger in the water and drank it.
In
testimony of this, I append my signature, together with the signatures
of all the witnesses present.
Dated
at Naju, this twenty-second day of September, 1995
+Roman
Danylak, titular Bishop of Nyssa, Apostolic Administrator, Eparchy
of Toronto, Canada.
Joseph
P. Finn, St. Peter's Cathederal Basilica, London, Ontario, Canada
and other Korean pilgrims.
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