Eucharistic Host Found Perfectly Intact After Madrid Explosion, Tabernacle Destroyed
This is miraculous! Jesus is really and truly present in the Holy Eucharist!
On January 20, a gas explosion destroyed a parish building at the Virgen de la Paloma Parish in Madrid, Spain. One newly-ordained priest died from injuries.
However, amidst all the destruction, a consecrated Eucharistic host was found completely intact!
The Spanish News outlet Aleluya reported that the Eucharist was found undamaged after the explosion inside a small golden monstrance. The tabernacle was completely destroyed.
Here’s a photo of the building:


“The tabernacle is from the chapel on the sixth floor, that is, adjacent to the parish priest’s house, where the priests on the fifth floor also went up,” A Virgen de la Paloma parish spokesperson said.
The Archdiocese of Madrid confirmed that “indeed, the broken tabernacle is [now] in the Archdiocese, and the Sacred Form is in the tabernacle at the Cathedral of Santa María la Real de la Almudena “
Here’s a photo of the untouched consecrated host:
