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
The back part of this room was separated from the rest by a curtain,
also of blue transparent gauze. This division of the supper-room into
three parts gave a resemblance to the Temple--thus forming the outer
Court, the Holy, and the Holy of Holies. In the last of these
divisions, on both sides, the dresses and other things necessary for
the celebration of the feast were placed. In the centre there was a
species of altar. A stone bench raised on three steps, and of a
rectangular triangular shape, came out of the wall; it must have
constituted the upper part of the oven used for roasting the Paschal
Lamb, for to-day the steps were quite heated during the repast. I
cannot describe in detail all that there was in this part of the room,
but all kinds of arrangements were being made there for preparing the
Paschal Supper. Above this hearth of altar, there was a species of
niche in the wall, in front of which I saw an image of the Paschal
Lamb, with a knife in its throat, and the blood appearing to flow drop
by drop upon the altar; but I do not remember distinctly how that was
done. In a niche in the wall there were three cupboards of various
colours, which turned like our tabernacles, for opening or closing. A
number of vessels used in the celebration of the Pasch were kept in
them; later, the Blessed Sacrament was placed there.
In the rooms at the sides of the supper-room, there were some
couches, on which thick coverlids rolled up were placed, and which
could be used as beds. There were spacious cellars beneath the whole of
this building. The Ark of the Covenant was formerly deposited under the
very spot where the hearth was afterwards built. Five gutters, under
the house, served to convey the refuse to the slope of the hill, on the
upper part of which the house was built. I had preciously seen Jesus
preach and perform miraculous cures there, and the disciples frequently
passed the night in the side rooms.
MEDITATION III.
Arrangements for eating the Paschal Lamb.
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