Encyclopaedia of the Holy Spirit
The wind blows where it wills.
From the waters of Creation to the miracles of our own age — these are the works of the Holy Spirit, told in His own voice.
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Our Lady · December 1531
Our Lady of Guadalupe
In December 1531, near Mexico City, the Virgin Mary appeared to the Aztec convert Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac, leaving her image imprinted on his cactus-fiber cloak. The tilma survives nearly five centuries later, and generations of scientists have failed to explain how it was made or why it has not decayed.
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Acts of the Apostles · c. AD 30-33, fifty days after the Resurrection
Pentecost
Fifty days after the Resurrection, the Holy Spirit descends upon the apostles and Mary in the upper room as tongues of fire, filling them with power and the gift of languages, and Peter's proclamation that day draws three thousand into baptism. Pentecost marks the public birth of the Church and the beginning of the Spirit's age among men.
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Eucharistic Miracles · 8th century (analysis: 1970–71, 1981)
The Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano
In the 8th century, a Basilian monk in Lanciano, Italy, doubting the Real Presence, saw the consecrated host visibly turn to flesh and the wine to blood during Mass. The relics have survived to the present day, and a 1970-71 scientific analysis by Prof. Odoardo Linoli identified the flesh as human cardiac tissue and the blood as type AB.
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Our Lady · May 13 – October 13, 1917
Fátima and the Miracle of the Sun
From May to October 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared six times to three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal, culminating on October 13 in a public solar phenomenon witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people, including secular journalists who had come expecting to debunk a hoax. The event was reported the next day in the Lisbon press.
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Saints & Wonder-workers · 1991–2006; canonized September 7, 2025
Carlo Acutis, the Cyber-Apostle of the Eucharist
Carlo Acutis (1991–2006), an Italian teenager who died of leukemia at fifteen, built an online exhibition cataloguing Eucharistic miracles worldwide and was canonized on September 7, 2025 by Pope Leo XIV, becoming the Catholic Church's first millennial saint. This Encyclopaedia continues the mission he began.
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Miracles of Christ · c. AD 30-33, the third day after the Crucifixion, with appearances over forty days
The Resurrection
On the third day, the crucified Jesus rises bodily from the dead, the tomb found empty and His risen presence confirmed by numerous witnesses over forty days. As the central miracle of the Christian faith, the Resurrection is the Father's vindication of the Son and the pledge of the resurrection of all believers.
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Continuing the mission of St. Carlo Acutis
Carlo Acutis (1991–2006), canonized in 2025, spent his short life cataloguing the Eucharistic miracles of the world so that everyone could see them. This encyclopaedia takes up his work: every miracle, every language, every heart.
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