Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

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Has anyone read The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich? If so, what do you think?

Blessed Anne (1774-1824) was an Augustinian nun who had the stigmata and recieved remarkable visions of the life of Christ. She also wrote (well, dictated) The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Life of Our Lord.

The Dolorous Passion was used with the Gospels in Mel Gibson’s the Passion of the Christ.

**If the Church is true, all in her is true; he who admits not the one, believes not the other.
  • Blessed Anne **
 
Hello Caesar,

I have the 4 volume TAN edition and so far I haven’t read much of
it except for the parts about Our Lord’s Passion. I read it when I want to “meditate” on His Passion.

I have to say I was very much moved by the chapter about Our Lord’s agony in the garden! Have you read it? It’s so terribly sad.

God bless,
Noel.
 
I have the book, “The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ” and it is so moving and emotional that I can only read small sections at a time.

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich is a very special soul and it is so obvious in her writings about her love for Our Lord. 🙂
 
Has anyone read The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich? If so, what do you think?

Blessed Anne (1774-1824) was an Augustinian nun who had the stigmata and recieved remarkable visions of the life of Christ. She also wrote (well, dictated) The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Life of Our Lord.

The Dolorous Passion was used with the Gospels in Mel Gibson’s the Passion of the Christ.

**If the Church is true, all in her is true; he who admits not the one, believes not the other.
  • Blessed Anne **
I read the book before I saw the movie, The Passion. At first the description of Our Lord’s crucifixion, didn’t match the historical accounts of Roman Crucifixion. However, over the time since, I’ve been thinking that perhaps our Lord’s crucifixion, was not done according to the norm. It could be that the Sanhendrin, set up a special crucifixion for Jesus, that would remove any risk of some sort of miracle which the people would grab onto. It’s why they convinced the Romans to place a guard over the tomb. Normal excutions would never have received such a thing.

BTW, you can read the book on line. sacred-texts.com/chr/pjc/index.htm

Jim
 
I find this excerpt interesting…

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It was made known to me that these apparitions were all those persons who in divers ways insult and outrage Jesus, really and truly present in the Holy Sacrament. I recognised among them all those who in any way profane the Blessed Eucharist. I beheld with horror all the outrages thus offered to our Lord, whether by neglect, irreverence, and omission of what was due to him; by open contempt, abuse, and the most awful sacrileges; by the worship of worldly idols; by spiritual darkness and false knowledge; or, finally, by error, incredulity, fanaticism, hatred, and open persecution. Among these men I saw many who were blind, paralysed, deaf, and dumb, and even children;—blind men who would not see the truth; paralytic men who would not advance, according to its directions, on the road leading to eternal life; deaf men who refused to listen to its warnings and threats; dumb men who would never use their voices in its defence; and, finally, children who were led astray by following parents and teachers filled with the love of the world and forgetfulness of God, who were fed on earthly luxuries, drunk with false wisdom, and loathing all that pertained to religion. Among the latter, the sight of whom grieved me especially, because Jesus so loved children, I saw many irreverent, ill-behaved acolytes, who did not honour our Lord in the holy ceremonies in which they took a part. I beheld with terror that many priests, some of whom even fancied themselves full of faith and piety, also outraged Jesus in the Adorable Sacrament. I saw many who believed and taught the doctrine of the Real Presence, but did not sufficiently take it to heart, for they forgot and neglected the palace, throne, and seat of the Living God; that is to say, the church, the altar, the tabernacle, the chalice, the monstrance, the vases and ornaments; in one word, all that is used in his worship, or to adorn his house.

Entire neglect reigned everywhere, all things were left to moulder away in dust and filth, and the worship of God was, if not inwardly profaned, at least outwardly dishonoured. Nor did this arise from real poverty, but from indifference, sloth, preoccupation of mind about vain earthly concerns, and often also from egotism and spiritual death; for I saw neglect of this kind in churches the pastors and congregations of which were rich, or at least tolerably well off. I saw many others in which worldly, tasteless, unsuitable ornaments had replaced the magnificent adornments of a more pious age.
 
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