March 25th, 1384 A.D.
On Holy Thursday (and simultaneously the Feast of the Annunciation) in the small village of Seefeld, Austria, a knight named Oswald Müsler attended Mass at St. Oswald church [1]. "Müsler was infamous for unjustly imprisoning those travelling through his lands and extorting money from them; those who could not pay would be left to rot away and die." [1]. During Mass, Müsler demanded that the local priest give him the large Host, which is typically reserved for the priests, and instead of kneeling (which was the standard way of receiving the Eucharist at the time), demanded that the Host be given to him while standing [1]. Immediately upon receiving communion however, Müsler sank to his knees as the stone floor under his feet began to tremble, and he felt as though he was being sucked into the floor [1] [2]. While he was falling, he tried to grab onto the nearby altar for support, but he was unable to do so, as the stone altar seemed to melt through his fingers [1]. Utterly helpless, Müsler cried out desperately to God for mercy, and begged the priest to remove the Host (which he had unworthily received) from his mouth [1]. As soon as the priest removed the Host from his mouth, the ground stabilized, and many in the church noticed that the Host had begun dripping with blood [1] [2].
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