The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus ChristEmmerich, Anna Katharina
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The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Emmerich, Anna Katharina
Jesus Christ -- Passion -- Devotional literature
Mary then went to Calvary; but when she had almost reached it, she
stopped suddenly, and I saw the sacred body and soul of our Saviour
standing before her. An angel walked in front; the two angels whom I
had seen in the tomb were by his side, and the souls whom he had
redeemed followed him by hundreds. The body of Jesus was brilliant and
beautiful, but its appearance was not that of a living body, although a
voice issued from it; and I heard him describe to the Blessed Virgin
all he had done in Limbo, and then assure her that he should rise again
with his glorified body; that he would then show himself to her, and
that she must wait near the rock of Mount Calvary, and that part where
she saw him fall down, until he appeared. Our Saviour then went towards
Jerusalem, and the Blessed Virgin, having again wrapped her veil about
her, prostrated on the spot which he had pointed out. It was then, I
think, past midnight, for the pilgrimage of Mary over the Way of the
Cross had taken up at least an hour; and I next saw the holy souls who
had been redeemed by our Saviour traverse in their turn the sorrowful
Way of the Cross, and contemplate the different places where he had
endured such fearful sufferings for their sakes. The angels who
accompanied them gathered sacred flesh which had been torn off by the
frequent blows he received, as also the blood with which the ground was
sprinkled on those spots where he had fallen.
I once more saw the sacred body of our Lord stretched out as I first
beheld it in the sepulchre; the angels were occupied in replacing the
garments they had gathered up of his flesh, and they received
supernatural assistance in doing this. When next I contemplated him it
was in his winding-sheet, surrounded with a bright light and with two
adoring angels by his side. I cannot explain how all these things came
to pass, for they are far beyond our human comprehension; and even if I
understand them perfectly myself when I see them, they appear dark and
mysterious when I endeavour to explain them to others.
As soon as a faint glimmering of dawn appeared in the east, I saw
Magdalen, Mary the daughter of Cleophas, Johanna Chusa, and Salome,
leave the Cenaculum, closely wrapped up in their mantles. They carried
bundles of spices; and one of their number had a lighted candle in her
hand, which she endeavoured to conceal under her cloak. I saw them
direct their trembling steps towards the small door at the house of
Nicodemus.
CHAPTER LXIII.
The Resurrection of our Lord.
I beheld the soul of our Lord between two angels, who were in the
attire of warriors: it was bright, luminous, and resplendent as the sun
at mid-day; it penetrated the rock, touched the sacred body, passed
into it, and the two were instantaneously united, and became as one. I
then saw the limbs move, and the body of our Lord, being reunited to
his soul and to his divinity, rise and shake off the winding-sheet: the
whole of the cave was illuminated and lightsome.
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