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The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine Emmerich325share of them; we must gain our bread by the sweat of our brow. Everything which our Lord hasdone for us in time must produce fruit for eternity; but we must gather these fruits in time, withoutwhich we cannot possess them in eternity. The Church is the most prudent and thoughtful of mothers;the ecclesiastical year is an immense and magnificent garden, in which all those fruits for eternityare gathered together, that we may make use of them in time. Each year contains sufficient to supplythe wants of all; but woe be to that careless or dishonest gardener who allows any of the fruitcommitted to his care to perish; if he fails to turn to a proper account those graces which wouldrestore health to the sick, strength to the weak, or furnish food to the hungry! When the Day ofJudgment arrives, the Master of the garden will demand a strict account, not only of every tree, butalso of all the fruit produced in the garden.CHAPTER LX.The Eve of the Resurrection.TOWARDS the close of the Sabbath-day, John came to see the holy women. He endeavoured togive some consolation, but could not restrain his own tears, and only remained a short time withthem. They had likewise a short visit from Peter and James the Greater, after which they retired totheir cells, and gave free vent to grief, sitting upon ashes, and veiling themselves even more closely.The prayer of the Blessed Virgin was unceasing. She ever kept her eyes fixed interiorly on Jesus,and was perfectly consumed by her ardent desire of once more beholding him whom she lovedwith such inexpressible love. Suddenly an angel stood by her side, and bade her arise and go to thedoor of the dwelling of Nicodemus, for that the Lord was very near. The heart of the Blessed Virginleaped for joy. She hastily wrapped her cloak about her, and left the holy women, without informingthem where she was going. I saw her walk quickly to a small entrance which was cut in the townwall, the identical one through which she had entered when returning with her companions fromthe sepulchre.326It was about nine o’clock at night, and the Blessed Virgin had almost reached the entrance, whenI saw her stop suddenly in a very solitary spot, and look upwards in an ecstasy of delight, for onthe top of the town wall She beheld the soul of our Lord, resplendent with light without theappearance of a wound, and surrounded by patriarchs. He descended towards her, turned to hiscompanions, and presenting her to them, said, ‘Behold Mary, behold my Mother.’ He appeared tome to salute her with a kiss, and he then disappeared. The Blessed Virgin knelt down, and mostreverently kissed the ground on which he had stood, and the impression of her hands and kneesremained imprinted upon the stones. This sight filled her with inexpressible joy, and she immediatelyrejoined the holy women, who were busily employed in preparing the perfumes and spices. Shedid not tell them what she had seen, but her firmness and strength of mind were restored. She wasperfectly renovated, and therefore comforted all the rest, and endeavoured to strengthen their faith.188
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine EmmerichAll the holy women were sitting by a long table, the cover of which hung down to the floor, whenMary returned; bundles of herbs were heaped around them, and these they mixed together andarranged; small flasks, containing sweet unctions and water of spikenard, were standing near, asalso bunches of natural flowers, among which I remarked one in particular, which was like a streakediris or a lily. Magdalen, Mary the daughter of Cleophas, Salome, Johanna, and Mary Salome, hadbought all these things in the town during the absence of Mary. Their intention was to go to thesepulchre before sunrise on the following day, in order to strew these flowers and perfumes overthe body of their beloved Master.CHAPTER LXI.Joseph of Arimathea miraculously set at large.327A SHORT time after the return of the Blessed Virgin to the holy women, I was shown the interiorof the prison in which the enemies of Joseph of Arimathea had confined him. He was prayingfervently, when suddenly a brilliant light illuminated the whole place, and I heard a voice callinghim by name, while at the same moment the roof opened, and a bright form appeared, holding outa sheet resembling that in which he had wrapped the body of Jesus. Joseph grasped it with bothhands, and was drawn up to the opening, which closed again as soon as he had passed through; andthe apparition disappeared the instant he was in safety at the top of the tower. I know not whetherit was our Lord himself or an angel who thus set Joseph free.He walked on the summit of the wall until be reached the neighbourhood of the Cenaculum, whichwas near to the South wall of Sion, and then climbed down and knocked at the door of that edifice,as the doors were fastened. The disciples assembled there had been much grieved when they firstmissed Joseph, who they thought had been thrown into a sink, a report to that effect having becomecurrent. Great, therefore, was their joy when they opened the door and found that it was he himself;indeed, they were almost as much delighted as when Peter was miraculously delivered from prisonsome years after. When Joseph had related what had taken place, they were filled with astonishmentand delight; and after thanking God fervently gave him some refreshment, which he greatly needed.He left Jerusalem that same night, and fled to Arimathea, his native place, where he remained untilhe thought he could return safely to Jerusalem.I likewise saw Caiphas towards the close of the Sabbath-day, at the house of Nicodemus. He wasconversing with him and asking many questions with pretended kindness. Nicodemus answeredfirmly, and continued to affirm the innocence of Jesus. They did not remain long together.328189
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