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The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine Emmerich311to make, and to give a good reception to the messengers who would come to announce the doctrineof him who had just died. The evil spirits were forced in this manner by the power of God to informthis good man of their defeat, and announce it to the world. He had the vessels put in safety, andthen an awful storm arose: the devils cast themselves howling into the sea, and half the city felldown. His house remained standing. Soon afterwards he went on a great journey, and announcedthe death of the great Pan, if that is the name by which our Saviour had been called. Later he cameto Rome, where much amazement was caused by what he related. His name was something likeThamus or Thramus.CHAPTER LVII.Guards are placed around the Tomb of Jesus.LATE on Friday night, I saw Caiphas and some of the chief men among the Jews holding aconsultation concerning the best course to pursue with regard to the prodigies which had takenplace, and the effect they had had upon the people. They continued their deliberations quite intothe morning, and then hurried to Pilate’s house, to tell him that, as that seducer said, while he wasyet alive, ‘After three days I will rise again,’ it would be right to command the sepulchre to beguarded until the third day, as otherwise his disciples might come and steal him away, and say tothe people, ‘He is risen from the dead,’ and the last error would be worse than the first. Pilate wasdetermined to have nothing more to do with the business, and he only answered: ‘You have, aguard; go, guard it as you know.’ However, he appointed Cassius to keep a watch over all that tookplace, and give him an exact account of every circumstance. I saw these men, twelve in number,leave the town before sunrise, accompanied by some soldiers who did not wear the Roman uniform,being attached to the Temple. They carried lanterns fastened to the end of long poles, in order thatthey might be able to see every surrounding object, in spite of the darkness of the night, and alsothat they might have some light in the dark cave of the sepulchre.312No sooner had they reached the sepulchre than, having first seen with their own eyes that the bodyof Jesus was really there, they fastened one rope across the door of the tomb, and a second acrossthe great stone which was placed in front, sealing the whole with a seal of half-circular shape. Theythen returned to the city, and the guards stationed themselves opposite the outer door. They werefive or six in number, and watched three and three alternately. Cassius never left his post, andusually remained sitting or standing in front of the entrance to the cave, so as to see that side of thetomb where the feet of our Lord rested. He had received many interior graces, and been given tounderstand many mysteries. Being wholly unaccustomed to this state of spiritual enlightenment,he was perfectly transported out of himself, and remained nearly all the time unconscious of thepresence of exterior things. He was entirely changed, had become a new man, and spent the wholeday in penance, in making fervent acts of gratitude, and in humbly adoring God.180
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine EmmerichCHAPTER LVIII.A Glance at the Disciples of Jesus on Holy Saturday.THE faithful disciples of our Lord assembled together in the Cenaculum, to keep the eve of theSabbath, They were about twenty in number, clothed in long white dresses, and with their waistsgirded. The room was lighted up by a lamp; and after their repast they separated, and for the mostpart returned home. They again assembled on the following morning, and sat together reading andpraying by turns; and if a friend entered the room, they arose and saluted him cordially.313In that part of the house inhabited by the Blessed Virgin there was a large room, divided into smallcompartments like cells, which were used by the holy women for sleeping in at night. When theyreturned from the sepulchre, one of their number lighted a lamp which was hanging in the middleof the room, and they all assembled around the Blessed Virgin, and commenced praying in amournful but recollected manner. A short time afterwards, Martha, Maroni, Dina, and Mara, whowere just come with Lazarus from Bethania, where they had passed the Sabbath, entered the room.The Blessed Virgin and her companions gave them a detailed account of the death and burial ofour Lord, accompanying each relation with many tears. The evening was advancing, and Josephof Arimathea came in with a few other disciples, to ask whether any of the women wished to returnto their homes, as they were ready to escort them. A few accepted the proposition, and set offimmediately; but before they reached the tribunal of Caiphas, some armed men stopped Joseph ofArimathea, arrested, and shut him up in an old deserted turret.Those among the holy women who did not leave the Cenaculum retired to take their rest in thecell-like compartments spoken of above: they fastened long veils over their heads, seated themselvessorrowfully on the floor, and leaned upon the couches which were placed against the wall. After atime they stood up, spread out the bedclothes which were rolled up on the couches, took off theirsandals, girdles, and a part of their clothing, and reclined for a time in order to endeavour to get alittle sleep. At midnight, they arose, clothed themselves, put up their beds, and reassembled aroundthe lamp to continue their prayer with the Blessed Virgin.314When the Mother of Jesus and her pious companions had finished their nocturnal prayer (that holyduty which has been practised by all faithful children of God and holy souls, who have either feltthemselves called to it by a special grace, or who follow a rule given by God and his Church), theyheard a knock at the door. which was instantly opened, and John and some of the disciples whohad promised to conduct them to the Temple, entered, upon which the women wrapped their cloaksabout them, and started instantly. It was then about three, in the morning, and they went straightto the Temple, it being customary among many Jews to go there before day dawned, on the dayafter they had eaten the Paschal lamb; and for this reason the Temple was open from midnight, asthe sacrifices commenced very early. They started at about the same hour as that at which the priestshad put their seal upon the sepulchre. The aspect of things in the Temple was, however, verydifferent from what was usually the case at such times, for the sacrifices were stopped, and the181
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