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During her stay at Proceno, the Dominican Saint Agnes Segni would go into the monastery garden alone to pray near an olive plant.
One Sunday morning at the break of dawn she was immersed in prayer from the break of dawn and only after several hours realized that it was a feast day and that she was obliged to attend, attended Holy Mass in the monastery choir.
However, an angel of the Lord came bearing an immaculate Host, giving her Holy Communion. This incident was repeated on other occasions as well
Blessed Angela of Foligno recounted that “on one occasion I saw Christ under the guise of a small Child, Who nevertheless appeared great and majestic, like a king:
It seemed that, seated on His throne, He held in His hand something like a symbol of authority.
Then, when the others knelt down, I did not do so, and I don’t know if I ran up close to the altar or if I could not move from sheer delight and contemplation, and I experienced great regret that the priest put the Host back on the altar so quickly.”
During the three periods of her life, three angels of different rank accompanied her, ready to protect her soul against any onslaught of hell and to lead her step by step to spiritual perfection.
When a woman laughed at the Eucharist, thinking it was only bread, St. Gregory prayed and the host turned to flesh.
St. Gregory was about to give communion to a woman who baked the bread used at Mass.
The woman surprisingly started to laugh, because she thought it was ridiculous to think that the bread she made was the body of Jesus.