Deepertruth: Eucharistic Miracle of Gorkum, El Escorial 1572

The relic of the Eucharistic miracle can be venerated even today in Spain.  It is kept in the Royal Monastery in El Escorial, but the miracle was verified in Holland. Some Protestant mercenaries entered into the Catholic church in Gorkum and plundered it. As a sign of insult, one of the mercenaries trampled a consecrated Host with a spiked boot, which broke the Blessed Sacrament into three pieces. Live Blood immediately began to drip from these piercings, which in the Hosts formed themselves like three small wounds in the shape of a hoop that is possible to contemplate even today.

The “Sagrada Forma” (Sacred Form) is kept intact and venerated even today in the sacristy of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo in El Escorial (near Madrid). It was desecrated in Gorkum (in Holland) in 1572 by followers of Ulrich Zwingli called the “Sea Beggars” who were paid by the Prince of Orange.

After invading the city, the conquerors began to desecrate it, not sparing even the cathedral. In fact, as soon as they entered, they began striking the tabernacle with bolts of iron, and seized from it the monstrance that contained the Blessed Sacrament. The Host was then thrown onto the ground and trampled with a spiked boot which broke the Host into three Pieces.