love the movie spawned by this book, But I was less impressed with the source material itself, It was reverent to Our Lord and at times it offered some interesting anecdotes, such as a very convincing explanation as to why Christ had to carry a complete cross instead of only the patibulum the horizontal piece as was usual.
However, the at times questionable historical accuracy and the portrayal of Our Lady as weak and rather helpless were major turnoffs for me, This was given to me by a parishoner, Lloyd yesterday, He recommended it as a good Lenten read, I've always meant to read it, . . Great aid in meditating on the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ, Everything that took a little effort to believe from the light of faith, . . after reading about the passion of Christ and God's plan of salvation, etc, I believe in it now more than the physical realities I see with my eyes, This book was fascinating to me, Anne Catherine Emmerich was a nun who had visions of the Passion of Christ, Her descriptions of what she saw retell the stories of the gospels, but also offer more details, painting quite a vivid picture of what took place in the final days of Jesus' life on earth.
It was a great book to finish during Holy Week, This book is for anyone wishing to feel closer to are Savoir, This book is a very real and touching story of the passion of our Lord, This book has moved me to the core of my entire being, Makes you look the the passion of our Lord in a whole new way! A must read, A different account of the Passion of Jesus, It was a bit disappointing at the end because I was expecting more detail, Have some of the data presented in the book been verified It would be quite interesting to know, . . not for the lighthearted. Moving. Written around, this book is the visions a nun had of the Passion, It was an extraordinary book to read during Lent, Warning: It is filled with gruesome, gory, stomachturning and detailed descriptions of Our Lord's torture and crucifixion, You will come away with a greater appreciation of the sacrifice Jesus made, I highly recommend this any time of the year, but especially as a Lenten discipline, from ppld. org: Anne Catherine Emmerich was born in Germany in, As a child she believed that angels, saints, and the Holy Family visited and talked with her as she worked in the fields, At, she had her first mystic vision of the sufferings of Christ, accompanied by stigmata and bleeding as if from the crown of thorns, At, she became an Augustinian num and continued to have visions and stigmata, In her visions she recounted scenes from the life of Christ, which she seemed to have witnessed, This book, one of the sources for motion picture The Passion of the Christ, is taken from theth century journals of Anne, do this book again and again, . . incredible detail. This is a prehistorical reproduction that was curated for quality, Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process, Though we have made best efforts the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience, We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
To read this book without falling deeper into His love is impossible, Broke my heart and made it new, I absolutely recommend it , with it you go through the passion of our lord with the spiritual eyes that allow you to see all the visible and invisible torments that he underwent for our sake.
Please read it.
Un libro impresionante sobre la pasión de nuestro Señor, Desgarra el corazón y lo inflama, Vamos viendo con ojos espiritualizados todos los tormentos visibles e invisibles que Jesús soportó por amor a nosotros, Me marcó profundamente, léanlo, This book will strengthen your faith to Jesus and Mary, Please read. Thanks and God bless. Vote:,
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from these revelations about the Passion of Christ comes the Mel Gibson movie"The Passion"
In these book are collected the private revelations concerning the passion of Christ, shown in theth century to Anna Katharina Emmerick, an Agustinian nun beatified on.
Even for non believing people, in this book is a clear and realistic recollection of what was done to Jesus Christ during his agonising final days on Earth.
For us Christian here is the touching and ultimate gift of his life by the Son of God, a gift given for our eternal salvation and to let us become a part of God's "family".
The book is a collection of Emmerick's visions "I saw Mary, . . ", "I saw Jesus " about the passion, death, resurrection and some of the apparitions to his disciples, The scenes of the passion and the crucifixion are depicted with many particulars too many for young readers, and much devotion by the author,
I was greatly moved by this book and recommend it to all who want to know and understand more about the Passion of Christ, These visions consist only of Holy Week and Easter, They are at times painfully detailed thinkpages for something that takes aboutin the Bible, outlining the layout of Jerusalem, the construction of Pilate's palace, and sometimes pages of backstory for seemingly insignificant characters.
In the midst of such detail there's also ample room for vagueness, and repetition, particularly in phrases such as, "Jesus uttered kind words," or "The archers committed many atrocities against him.
" If the vague and repetitive phrases would have been cut, this book could have beenpages shorter, But I guess it's important for us to continuously know that Jesus spoke kind words and suffered a lot of pain and humiliation leading up to the crucifixion,
The place where these visions are really satisfying lies in Anne Catherine's treatment of the supporting cast in the passion story: Pilate, Judas, Peter, Veronica, the other disciples.
She zooms in close and paints intimate, complex portraits of these characters that are fascinating to read, The places which include dialog not present in the Bible are also a treat, but happen rarely usually she forgoes real dialog for "they spoke quietly," and other such descriptors.
This book didn't have nearly the sense of ridiculous piety as I'd expected i, e. : The Life of Mary as Seen by the Mystics, which was refreshing, For the most part, she portrayed even the holiest characters Jesus and Mary as people, only dabbling in the supernatural when talking about angels or Jesus and Mary's psychic connection.
I'd like for a historian to read this book and see how accurately Anne Catherine portrayed the politics and setting, There were a few very obvious bits of Catholic propaganda in here, such as the assertion that all the angels admire the One Catholic Church come on, they're angels what do they care for what is essentially a political institution.
And while I do believe that Anne Catherine truly did have visions, she lost credibility in their "accuracy" when she described Jesus as "fair in complexion, "
Reportedly, this book served as the inspiration for Mel Gibson to produce the film, The Passion of the Christ, This is a recitation of visions granted to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich of the last days of Jesus, from His Last Supper, through his passion, death, descent into hell and resurrection.
The visions closely track the Gospels, and further give insight into the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, This recitation collapses the four Gospels into one narrative, and adds details omitted from the Gospels themselves, There was some controversy concerning this book, as it was alleged that the poet Brentano took liberty with the narrative and freely rewrote portions, This has never been proven, nor disproven, Accordingly, no consideration was given to the memoirs of Blessed Anne Catherine during her consideration for sainthood, Also, some of the works attributed to her are said to be highly antisemitic, although I did not percieve such a perspective in this work,
Notwithstanding these cautions, this work is highly edifying and enlightening, It gives a deeper perspective into the Gospels, but most particularly, of course, into the Passion of Jesus Christ, One can see that Jesus was wholly God and wholly human at the same time,
The horrific corporal punishments borne by Jesus are evident, and the agony they called forth, The torture was on many levels, but most especially the involvement of the devil and the temptation and despair that he sowed, The patience and tenderness and love that Jesus displayed when in the darkest and deepest depths of His Passion demonstrate a level of love beyond human capacity,
The book is followed by an appendix which is a hagiography of Anne Catherine Emmerich which traces quickly through her life and shows her to have been one of God's favorites from a very early age.
She lived in a time of great cynicism and sin, not unlike the modern age although in truth, it must be noted that it does not go as far as that of current times.
In that light, it is interesting that she noted that the reign of Satan on Earth was to begin "toyears before the year, " That would, of course, put Satan's reign on Earth starting around the same time as Hitler's rise to power, which could not have been forseen in a book written a full century earlier.
Cf. her visions with those of Pope Leo XIII, approximately a decade
following her death,
The Church does not require acceptance of private visions, bu there is nothing in this work contrary to the revealed Word of God in the Bible, and there is much that is edifying.
Grievingly Beautiful! Great read for Lent season, fitting for contemplation, I will definitely get back to it for reread, heart renching makes me love god more An excellent book, in line with the gospel accounts of the crucifixion of Our Lord, It helps me to appreciate more what Jesus did for us and to love him more, Aside from the first few chapters, full of descriptions of buildings, scenery, etc, it is very interesting and inspiring of deep love, Many of the details and explanations are very intriguing, My only "complaint," for lack of a better word, is that Mary is continually spoken of as fainting, or almost fainting which is probably because I had previously read another mystic's account which said on the contrary that she was very much outwardly strengthened.
. . but is not my say such was the vision granted to Anne Catherine Emmerich!
For any who might shy away from contemplation of the crucifixion, on account of how awful it was, Anne Catherine says:
“We ought, indeed, to be ashamed of that weakness and susceptibility which renders us unable to listen composedly to the descriptions, or speak without repugnance, of those sufferings which our Lord endured so calmly and patiently for our salvation.
The horror we feel is as great as that of a murderer who is forced to place his hands upon the wounds he himself has inflicted on his victim.
Jesus endured all without opening his mouth and it was man, sinful man, who perpetrated all these outrages against one who was at once their Brother, their Redeemer, and their God.
I, too, am a great sinner, and my sins caused these sufferings, At the day of judgment, when the most hidden things will be manifested, we shall see the share we have had in the torments endured by the Son of God we shall see how far we have caused them by the sins we so frequently commit, and which are, in fact, a species of consent which we give to, and participate in, the tortures which were inflicted on Jesus by his cruel enemies.
If, alas! we reflected seriously on this, we should repeat with much greater fervor the words which we find so often in prayerbooks: Lord, grant that I may die, rather than ever willfully offend thee again by sin.
” p.
On Our Lord's great Love for us:
“The day was beginning to dawn the day of his Passion, our Redemption and a faint ray penetrating the narrow venthole of the prison, fell upon the body of the holy and immaculate Lamb, who had taken upon himself the sins of the world.
Jesus turned towards the ray of light, raised his fettered hands, and, in the most touching manner, returned thanks to his Heavenly Father for the dawn of that day, which had been so long desired by the prophets, and for which he himself had so ardently sighed from the moment of his birth on earth, and concerning which he had said to his disciples, I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized, and how am I straitened until it be accomplished.
. . I was quite overwhelmed with feelings of love and compassion when I looked upon him thus welcoming the first dawn of the great day of his Sacrifice, and that ray of light which penetrated into his prison might, indeed, be compared to the visit of a judge who wishes to be reconciled to a criminal before the sentence of death which he has pronounced upon him is executed.
” p.
On Confidence at the time of death:
“Jesus then offered to his Eternal Father his poverty, his dereliction, his labours, and, above all, the bitter sufferings which our ingratitude had caused him to endure in expiation for our sins and weaknesses no one, therefore, who is united to Jesus in the bosom of his Church must despair at the awful moment preceding his exit from this life, even if he be deprived of all sensible light and comfort for he must then remember that the Christian is no longer obliged to enter this dark desert alone and unprotected, as Jesus has cast his own interior and exterior dereliction on the Cross into this gulf of desolation consequently he will not be left to cope alone with death, or be suffered to leave this world in desolation of spirit, deprived of heavenly consolation.
” p.
Jesus' regard and love for his Holy Mother:
At his resurrection, Jesus "showed his mother: his wounds and Mary prostrated to kiss his sacred feet but he took her hand, raised her, and disappeared.
” p.
On Thanksgiving after Holy Communion:
Judas “left after receiving Holy Communion from our Lord: without praying or making any thanksgiving, and hence you may perceive how sinful it is to neglect returning thanks either after receiving our daily food, or after partaking of the LifeGiving Bread of Angels.
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