Qualiter vidit sponsa descendentem ignem de celo in altare et in manu sacerdotis vidit agnum et in agno faciem Christi humanam inflammantem et audiuit exposicionem misterii.
The Fire of the Eucharist
During a Pentecost Mass, the visionary witnesses a miraculous manifestation of fire and the living Lamb upon the altar.
A certain priest celebrated his first Mass on the day of Pentecost in a monastery. Then, however, at the very moment the Body of Christ was elevated, the bride saw fire descend from heaven over the entire altar; in the priest's hand she saw the bread, within the bread a living lamb, and in the lamb a face like that of a man, glowing with fire.
The Mystery of the Spirit and the Son
The vision is explained as a descent of the Holy Spirit and a revelation of the Trinitarian nature of the Eucharist.
Then she heard a voice saying to her, "Just as you now see fire descending upon the altar, in the same way my Holy Spirit descended upon my apostles on this very day, setting their hearts on fire." Through the Word, the bread truly becomes the living Lamb—that is, my Body—and the face is in the Lamb, and the Lamb is in the face, because the Father is in the Son, the Son is in the Father, and the Holy Spirit is in both.
The Judge of Hearts
The vision concludes with a warning from the beautiful young man regarding faith and judgment.
And again, the bride saw in the priest's hand, at the very elevation of the Eucharist, a young man of wondrous beauty who said, "I bless you who believe; but for those who do not believe, I will be their judge."
Read the original Latin
Quidam sacerdos in die pentecosten celebrauit primam missam in quodam monasterio. Tunc autem in ipsa eleuacione corporis Christi vidit sponsa ignem descendere de celo per totum altare, et in manu sacerdotis vidit panem et in pane agnum viuum et in agno faciem quasi hominis inflammantem.
Et tunc audiuit vocem dicentem sibi: "Sicut nunc vides ignem descendere in altare, per simile Spiritus meus Sanctus descendit in apostolos meos tali die sicut hodie, inflammans corda eorum.
Panis vero per verbum fit agnus viuus, idest corpus meum, et facies est in agno et agnus in facie, quia Pater est in Filio et Filius in Patre et Spiritus Sanctus in vtroque."
Et iterum sponsa vidit in manu sacerdotis in ipsa eleuacione eucharistie iuuenem mire pulchritudinis, qui dixit: "Benedico vos credentes; non credentibus ero iudex."
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