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The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine Emmerichthem gathered up and preserved the smallest fragments of our Lord’s sacred flesh which had beentorn off by the frequent blows he received, as also the blood with which the ground was sprinkledon 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; theangels were occupied in replacing the fragments they had gathered up of his flesh, and they receivedsupernatural 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 allthese things came to pass, for they are far beyond our human comprehension; and even if I understandthem perfectly myself when I see them, they appear dark and mysterious when I endeavour toexplain them to others.As soon as a faint glimmering of dawn appeared in the east, I saw Magdalen, Mary the daughterof 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, whichshe endeavoured to conceal under her cloak. I saw them direct their trembling steps towards thesmall door at the house of Nicodemus.332CHAPTER LXIII.The Resurrection of our Lord.I BEHELD the soul of our Lord between two angels, who were in the attire of warriors: it wasbright, luminous, and resplendent as the sun at mid-day; it penetrated the rock, touched the sacredbody, passed into it, and the two were instantaneously united, and became as one. I then saw thelimbs move, and the body of our Lord, being reunited to his soul and to his divinity, rise and shakeoff the winding-sheet: the whole of the cave was illuminated and lightsome.At the same moment I saw a frightful monster burst from the earth underneath the sepulchre. It hadthe tail of a serpent, and it raised its dragon head proudly as if desirous of attacking Jesus; and hadlikewise, if I remember correctly, a human head. But our Lord held in his hand a white staff, towhich was appended a large banner; and he placed his foot on the head of the dragon, and struckits tail three times with his staff, after which the monster disappeared. I had had this same visionmany times before the Resurrection, and I saw just such a monster, appearing to endeavour to hideitself, at the time of the conception of our Lord: it greatly resembled the serpent which tempted ourfirst parents in Paradise, only it was more horrible. I thought that this vision had reference to theprophetic words, that ‘by the seed of the woman the head of the serpent should be crushed,’ andthat the whole was intended to demonstrate the victory of our Lord over death, for at the samemoment that I saw him crush the head of the monster, the tomb likewise vanished from my sight.192
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine Emmerich333I then saw the glorified body of our Lord rise up, and it passed through the hard rock as easily asif the latter had been formed of some ductile substance. The earth shook, and an angel in the garbof a warrior descended from Heaven with the speed of lightning, entered the tomb, lifted the stone,placed it on the right side, and seated himself upon it. At this tremendous sight the soldiers fell tothe ground, and remained there apparently lifeless. When Cassius saw the bright light whichilluminated, the tomb, he approached the place where the sacred body had been placed, looked atand touched the linen clothes in which it had been wrapped, and left the sepulchre, intending to goand inform Pilate of all that had happened. However, he tarried a short time to watch the progressof events; for although he had felt the earthquake, seen the angel move the stone, and looked at theempty tomb, yet he had not seen Jesus.At the very moment in which the angel entered the sepulchre and the earth quaked, I saw our Lordappear to his holy Mother on Calvary. His body was beautiful and lightsome, and its beauty wasthat of a celestial being. He was clothed in a large mantle, which at one moment looked dazzlinglywhite, as it floated through the air, waving to and fro with every breath of wind, and the nextreflected a thousand brilliant colours as the sunbeams passed over it. His large open wounds shonebrightly, and could be seen from a great distance: the wounds in his hands were so large that afinger might be put into them without difficulty; and rays of light proceeded from them, divergingin the direction of his fingers. The souls of the patriarchs bowed down before the Mother of ourSaviour, and Jesus spoke to her concerning his Resurrection, telling her many things which I haveforgotten. He showed her his wounds; and Mary prostrated to kiss his sacred feet; but he took herhand, raised her, and disappeared.When I was at some distance from the sepulchre I saw fresh lights burning there, and I likewisebeheld a large luminous spot in the sky immediately over Jerusalem.334CHAPTER LXIV.The holy Women at the Sepulchre.THE holy women were very near the door of Nicodemus’s house at the moment of our Lord’sResurrection; but they did not see anything of the prodigies which were taking place at the sepulchre.They were not aware that guards had been placed around the tomb, for they had not visited it onthe previous day, on account of its being the Sabbath. They questioned one another anxiouslyconcerning what would have to be done about the large stone at the door, as to who would be thebest person to ask about removing it, for they had been so engrossed by grief that they had notthought about it before. Their intention was to pour precious ointments upon the body of Jesus, andthen to strew over it flowers of the most rare and aromatic kinds, thus rendering all the honourpossible to their Divine Master in his sepulchre. Salome, who had brought more things than anyone else, was a rich lady, who lived in Jerusalem, a relation of St. Joseph, but not the mother of193
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