Post #6037

[...] Among these few was a certain Bonville, head of a faction, who either was not present at the miracle or wanted to show a strong spirit, mocking it and also mocking the conversions that had taken place, for having seen, he said, stopped by accident at beach four or six fish. He thought of putting St. Anthony to the test to make him lose his acquired reputation, asking him for a new miracle, which he believed impossible to obtain. He proposed to him that it was indecent to Jesus Christ that he was in the Eucharist under the species of bread; that he preached this to the people to seduce them; and to convince him of the truth. “I want to judge my mare - he added -. We will see, if you place your Sacramentary Bread before her, she adores it”. He horrified the Saint at such blasphemies and proposals; but he, inspired by God, he accepted the challenge and set his day.