Recent report of the “gift of tears” during Mass that was being live streamed

Recently there was a nasty desecration of the Most Precious Blood at a parish I know well in my native place. I wrote about it HERE.

Today, I am informed that an assistant priest at that parish received the “gift of tears” during Mass for the Exaltation of the Cross.  Video HERE

Some are circulating that it was a “Eucharistic miracle”.

NO. It wasn’t.

The “gift of tears” is a classic, spiritual locus for priests. There was a Votive Mass for the Gift of Tears. The title was changed to “for compunction of heart”. I wrote about that HERE.

There is more, but here is the Collect:

COLLECT

Omnipotens et mitissime Deus, qui sitienti populo fontem viventis aquae de petra produxisti: educ de cordis nostri duritia lacrimas compunctionis; ut peccata nostra plangere valeamus, remissionemque eorum, te miserante, mereamur accipere. Per Dominum.

O Almighty and most gentle God, who draw forth living water out of a rock for Thy thirsting people: draw now forth tears of compunction from the hardness of our hearts; so that we may be able to weep for our sins, and that we might merit, as Thou art merciful, their forgiveness.

Note the reference to God bringing forth water from the rock for the people in the wilderness.  See Exodus 17 and 1 Cor 10.

In any event, I am glad that this young priest had this experience.

I regret that Mass was not ad orientem.