Deepertruth: Totus Tuus! Eucharistic Miracle of Avignon France 1433

In the official documentation of this event, which is still preserved in the chapel of the Gray Penitents, we read that on November 30, 1433, while the Blessed Sacrament was exposed in the little chapel for public adoration, the city of Avignon was hit by a terrible flood.  The Rodano river overflowed after days of heavy rain.  In the confusion, Armand and
Jehan de Pourzillhac-Fature, the latter being the head of the confraternity at the time, with great effort struggled to reach the chapel by boat in order to save the monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament.

From the gates the two men looked into the chapel toward the altar to see what had happened to the monstrance.  The saw that the water, which was almost six feet deep inside the chapel, had parted to the right and to the left of the altar, like two walls, and the altar and the monstrance had remained dry and untouched.

News of the miracle spread rapidly, and all the people, together with the authorities, hastened to the place singing hymns of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord.  Several hundred persons witnessed the miracle.  The Confraternity of the Gray Penitents decided that the anniversary of the miracle would be celebrated each year in the chapel on the fear of St.
Andrew the Apostle.