http://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2018/09/jesus-blood-type.html Jesus blood type Jesus' Blood type and what it may possibly signify How could we possibly know that Jesus blood type is AB positive? However true it may be that we cannot know Jesus blood type for absolute certainty, it seems that God has been pleased to give us a very large body of evidence which overwhelmingly shows Jesus blood type as being AB positive—evidences such as the Shroud of Turin, the Sudarium of Oveido, along with quite a few important Eucharistic miracles, both historical and also very recent, whose blood test results have all consistently confirmed the AB positive thesis. In fact, recent scientific blood analysis has confirmed once again the AB blood type in both the Shroud and the Sudarium, as the links for each of them reveal. Presented below are just a few of the many cases which having been scientifically tested by laboratories in different areas of the world, all of which reveal the AB blood type: - The Corporal of Bolsena (13th century, blood tested in 1995) -The Shroud of Turin -The Sudarium of Oviedo - The Eucharistic Miracle at Lanciano (8th century) And for those more interested in recent phenomenon we have 4 in just the last 25 years whose blood results were all type AB positive: - The Eucharistic host at the Marian Shrine of FincaBetania in Cúa, Venezuelia (1991) - The (desecrated) Eucharistic host at Buenos Aires,Argentina (1996) – An interesting side note about this miracle is that the Archbishop who commissioned the investigation was Archbishop Bergoglio --now Pope Francis! -The Eucharistic host at the Parish of Saint Martin ofTours in Tixtla, Mexico, (2006) -The Eucharistic host at the Parish of St. Jacek, diocese of Legnica, Poland (2013) As of today the full list of blood test results in this area numbers well over a dozen. Rarity of the AB blood type among the human population Together the AB blood type (both positive and negative) is one of the rarest of the human blood types, with only approximately 3.4 percent of the world population having AB+, and only 0.6 percent of the population with AB-. AB blood type and its universal receptivity What makes the AB blood type even more special is that people who have AB blood can receive blood from anyone, and are therefore known as “universal recipients”, unlike all other blood types who can only receive from other specific blood types. Therefore AB blood type is referred to as the "Universal Receiver" blood type. So what to make of the universal receptivity of Jesus blood type? So this begs the question--why would Jesus’ blood be universally receptive by all the blood types of humanity? What could this signify? Well, this is where Science and Faith may very well merge. In the Eucharist, we often speak of “receiving” Jesus in Holy Communion. When we consume the Eucharist, Jesus literally unites and becomes one with us, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. Eucharistic "Koinonia" However, from Its beginning the Church has always taught that Eucharistic communion flows in two directions, Jesus uniting with us, and we joining together in Communion with Him--for when we receive Communion, it’s actually less about Jesus becoming part of us, than it is of we becoming ever more part of Him – and, by extension, ever more part of his Body, the Church. The ancient Greek word the Church uses for this is “Koinonia” which essentially means that the Eucharist is the sacrament of communion with one another, in the one Body of Christ. “Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ?"(1 Corinthians 10:16) And so it is that St. Paul tells us in 1 Cor 10:16 that we simply don’t receive Jesus in the Eucharist, but that together we join Him in Communion in the blood of Christ—“Nonne communicatio sanguinis?” as it is written in the Latin Vulgate; κοινωνία or Koinonia in Greek. Likewise St. Thomas Aquinas writes: “…the Eucharist is the sacrament of the unity of the Church, which results from the fact that many are one in Christ”, or as the Catechism states “...by this sacrament we unite ourselves to Christ, who makes us sharers in his Body and Blood to form a single body.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1331). With this in mind we can now better perceive one of the reasons why Jesus perhaps chose to possess blood type AB: for being that it is the universally receptive blood type, our blood, regardless of our own blood type, can be received by Him, so that no sinner is excluded from being taken up into His divine life! And so it is that by reflecting upon the the possibility of Jesus and the AB blood type we have a beautifully symbolic representation that points to the mystery of Holy Communion and union with, and in, His most precious Body and Blood! AB+ is also the universal plasma donor blood type But this is not all---for not only is AB blood the universally receptive blood type, but AB+ blood is also known for being the universal plasma donor blood type, meaning that AB+ plasma can be transfused into any person, regardless of their blood type. So, what would a blood plasma transplant provide, and why would a patient need one? Plasma attacks molecules called antibodies to help fight infections and it carries the clotting factors that stave off deadly hemorrhaging. In other words, plasma fights infections and it also helps to stop bleeding. With this in mind, what spiritual allegories and symbolic conclusions can we derive from contemplating this last bit of information? Well, in this final matter I will leave it to the reader to reflect and make one’s own spiritual speculations and conclusions, and I will conclude this article in the joy of knowing that Jesus precious Blood is an inexhaustible font of salvation for humanity, and through receiving His precious Body and Blood in Communion we together unite in His divine life. For further reading on this subject: -Eucharistic Miracles and the Divine Blood type, NCRegister -The Shroud of Turin authenticated again, National Review
Combine this with the evidence gleaned from some scientifically investigated Eucharistic miracles that the Host is His very heart muscle, at the moment of death!!!
I don't think so. I know that I am an O and my husband is AB, but my children are just A and just B. It has to do with recessive genes.
I think the more important questions is what is the dna like? Does it have 2 strands? One comes from the Mother and one comes from the Father. We know Mary was human, but what about the Holy Spirit, DNA????
In the Book , 'Mystical City of God' regarding the Incarnation Venerable Mary of Agreda said that the Holy Spirit took a drop of blood from Mary's heart and worked on from that. I was very interested in this because Ven Mary wrote this centuries ago but it sounds very much like cloning to me. In which case Jesus had the exact same DNA as his mother, so much so that He would have been the male version of Mary. This to me ties in with Genesis, with Jesus and Mary being the new Adam and the new Eve. Eve was created from Adams Rib, which is also cloning.
Interesting...Mary conceived without sin, Jesus conceived without sin. How do you explain the beard. LOL However in all seriousness, Jesus did take on the appearance of a male, a Y chromosome would be needed one would think. But I am human and do not think as God thinks. I wonder if they ever tested the Eucharistic miracles as to what the heart tissue was,male or female. I will have to research that.
I would guess Mary as the Immaculate Conception was created in the same way as Jesus, though in the Case of St Anne, she was not a Virgin.
Excellent article. The mothers blood type can be but it is not typically. But the blood of mother and infant in the womb co mingle and this is known. This is an argument I use for persistent Protestants who declare Our Blessed Mother to be just another woman. She can not be. For the Blood of Jesus co mingled with hers and remained in her as it does all mothers who give birth. Our Blessed Mother was certainly a positive blood type however. There in an interesting thing about positive blood types and mothers who are negative. Positive or negative indicates the RH factor of the blood. Rhesus factor it is scientifically named because it was originally discovered that the Rhesus monkey shares this trait due to it being used in medical experiments. It is an immune response that is part of the exterior of the blood cell. A mother who is negative but who marries a positive man and conceives a child with positive blood line will develop antibodies which will attack and often kill the child in the womb. This happened often in days gone by and I believe that 1 in 7 children died from it. The first child might avoid this if there were not enough antibodies but it often killed the second child and those after because those antibodies stay in the mothers blood and attack any child that is conceived as positive going forward. So when she conceives a second time and the child is positive the body will produce even more antibodies which attack the child. Today, we have a shot for this which will stop those antibodies from being produced in the mother. However, the woman can still become sick and have a hard term because of the co-mingling of the blood. Now, Catholics and Christians in general are not hung up about blood lines but there are some people that are. Very much so in fact. So much so that they are spoken to directly by Jesus regarding the Father raising up stones as his children in their stead. So, if you come across the right person and are ever confronted regarding this because some people love to throw the monkey angle up in insult to our faith you now have the answer to their arrogance. But, I forgot, we are no longer to evangelize the Jews so I guess this is moot. In any case, the more you know.
When we consider that it was only in the 1600's when it was discovered that it was the heart and not the lungs which circulate blood and that there are different types of blood it is a testament to God's love for us to see the science behind our Salvation at work and explained in a way that is so miraculous and ties all the lineage of the Old and New Testament and covenants together. God is so Good. He gave us the miracles of the Eucharist changing into the physical body and blood before this was even known and the science that then proves it out. Now this is a use of science in union with the Faith that is just.
I think the physical connection between mother and child has many surprises left for us to discover. https://www.scientificamerican.com/...over-childrens-cells-living-in-mothers-brain/ Scientists Discover Children’s Cells Living in Mothers’ Brains Microchimerism is the persistent presence of a few genetically distinct cells in an organism. This was first noticed in humans many years ago when cells containing the male “Y” chromosome were found circulating in the blood of women after pregnancy. Since these cells are genetically male, they could not have been the women’s own, but most likely came from their babies during gestation. In this new study, scientists observed that microchimeric cells are not only found circulating in the blood, they are also embedded in the brain. They examined the brains of deceased women for the presence of cells containing the male “Y” chromosome. They found such cells in more than 60 percent of the brains and in multiple brain regions. Since Alzheimer’s disease is more common in women who have had multiple pregnancies, they suspected that the number of fetal cells would be greater in women with AD compared to those who had no evidence for neurological disease. The results were precisely the opposite: there were fewer fetal-derived cells in women with Alzheimer’s. The reasons are unclear. Microchimerism most commonly results from the exchange of cells across the placenta during pregnancy, however there is also evidence that cells may be transferred from mother to infant through nursing. In addition to exchange between mother and fetus, there may be exchange of cells between twins in utero, and there is also the possibility that cells from an older sibling residing in the mother may find their way back across the placenta to a younger sibling during the latter’s gestation. Women may have microchimeric cells both from their mother as well as from their own pregnancies, and there is even evidence for competition between cells from grandmother and infant within the mother. What it is that fetal microchimeric cells do in the mother’s body is unclear, although there are some intriguing possibilities. For example, fetal microchimeric cells are similar to stem cells in that they are able to become a variety of different tissues and may aid in tissue repair. One research group investigating this possibility followed the activity of fetal microchimeric cells in a mother rat after the maternal heart was injured: they discovered that the fetal cells migrated to the maternal heart and differentiated into heart cells helping to repair the damage. In animal studies, microchimeric cells were found in maternal brains where they became nerve cells, suggesting they might be functionally integrated in the brain. It is possible that the same may be true of such cells in the human brain. These microchimeric cells may also influence the immune system. A fetal microchimeric cell from a pregnancy is recognized by the mother’s immune system partly as belonging to the mother, since the fetus is genetically half identical to the mother, but partly foreign, due to the father’s genetic contribution. This may “prime” the immune system to be alert for cells that are similar to the self, but with some genetic differences. Cancer cells which arise due to genetic mutations are just such cells, and there are studies which suggest that microchimeric cells may stimulate the immune system to stem the growth of tumors. Many more microchimeric cells are found in the blood of healthy women compared to those with breast cancer, for example, suggesting that microchimeric cells can somehow prevent tumor formation. In other circumstances, the immune system turns against the self, causing significant damage. Microchimerism is more common in patients suffering from Multiple Sclerosis than in their healthy siblings, suggesting chimeric cells may have a detrimental role in this disease, perhaps by setting off an autoimmune attack. This is a burgeoning new field of inquiry with tremendous potential for novel findings as well as for practical applications. But it is also a reminder of our interconnectedness. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633676/ Frequency and Persistence of Fetomaternal Microchimerism Fetomaternal microchimerism appears to occur with great frequency following human pregnancy. It has been suggested that fetomaternal traffic occurs in all pregancies.14 Moreover fetal cells are reported to persist in the mother for decades. Male cells have been found in maternal blood even decades after pregnancy,7,77 including in one case in which the women was last pregnant with a male child 27 years earlier.7 Fetal cells also may persist for even longer after engrafting maternal bone marrow14 and perhaps other organs. By engrafting into niches such as the bone marrow, fetal cells may also be able to proliferate and reinfiltrate blood or other tissues later. There is strong evidence that fetal cells with the characteristics of mesenchymal cells do engraft the bone marrow. Male DNA was detected in 48% of CD34-enriched apheresis products from nonpregnant female marrow donors.1 Male cells were also detected in all bone marrow samples from women who had previously been pregnant with males, including one woman who was last pregnant with a son 51 years earlier.
That is SO cool! So women who have many children are being helped by those children physically, even after they leave the womb! Cool!
I really do believe that mothers have always known that there is some mystical connection between mother and child. I have tried to describe it as if we have these invisible tendrils, these delicate filaments that bind us to our children forever. Now, how amazing to learn that their cells become a permanent part of our bodies. Heavenly Hosts is right...we are fearfully and wonderfully made! Edited to add: We can only imagine what heavenly consolations were given to Our Blessed Mother to bind her Son within her Blessed body for all of eternity.
There was a loely research prenatal psche projest taken in Ueens University Belfast years ago. They found that Mothers who watched a certain TV programme regularly that the babies in the womb reacted when the intro musci was played to them when tehy were born. They also found if they introduced flaovours liek orange into the placenta the babies had a preference to these flavours. It shows the huge importance of the mother to what the child becomes. I thin ksometies of Mary as a Chalice to the child. She was created as the perfect chalice for the Blood of the Lamb. I was listening to the wonderufl Protestant song today , 'Mary did you know?' Did Mary know who her Son actually was? Well Catherine Emmerich suggests at the start she did not know. He was the Son of God, though she did know He was the Messiah. But she quickly grew in this knowledge that He was indeed God. I thnk any Protestant who spends any time thinking about it must see that Mary was at least very, very special..set apart.
I like that, Padraig. I need to take that into adoration, Mary as the perfect Chalice for the Blood of the Lamb.
I think too of St Anne , I suspect she is very much understimated. She bore Mary in her womb. The Chalice of the Chalice. When I think of St Anne as the grandmother os Jesus and the Mother of Mary, I always go , 'Wow!' If Mary is the back door to the Heart of Jesus. St Anne is the back door to the heart of Mary. Both my grandmothers were truly wonderful women. So gentle, so loving. I think of St Anne the same way.
