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The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine Emmerich88to Judas, but when he had reached the door, I beheld three devils pressing round him; one enteredinto his mouth, the second urged him on, and the third preceded him. It was night, and they seemedto be lighting him, whilst he hurried onward like a madman.Our Lord poured a few drops of the Precious Blood remaining in the chalice into the little vase ofwhich I have already spoken, and then placed his fingers over the chalice, while Peter and Johnpoured water and wine upon them. This done, he caused them to drink again from the chalice, andwhat remained of its contents was poured into the smaller glasses, and distributed to the otherApostles. Then Jesus wiped the chalice, put into it the little vase containing the remainder of theDivine Blood, and placed over it the paten with the fragments of the consecrated bread, after whichhe again put on the cover, wrapped up the chalice, and stood it in the midst of the six small cups.I saw the Apostles receive in communion these remains of the Adorable Sacrament, after theResurrection.I do not remember seeing our Lord himself eat and drink of the consecrated elements, neither didI see Melchisedech, when offering the bread and wine, taste of them himself. It was made knownto me why priests partake of them, although Jesus did not.Here Sister Emmerich looked suddenly up, and appeared to be listening. Some explanation wasgiven her on this subject, but the following words were all that she could repeat to us: ‘If the officeof distributing it had been given to angels, they would not have partaken, but if priests did notpartake, the Blessed Eucharist would be lost— it is through their participation that it is preserved.’There was an indescribable solemnity and order in all the actions of Jesus during the institution ofthe Holy Eucharist, and his every movement was most majestic. I saw the Apostles noting thingsdown in the little rolls of parchment which they carried on their persons. Several times during theceremonies I remarked that they bowed to each other, in the same way that our priests do.8950
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine EmmerichMEDITATION IX.Private Instructions and Consecrations.Jesus gave his Apostles some private instructions; he told them how they were to preserve theBlessed Sacrament in memory of him, even to the end of the world; he taught them the necessaryforms for making use of and communicating it, and in what manner they were, by degrees, to teachand publish this mystery; finally he told them when they were to receive what remained of theconsecrated Elements, when to give some to the Blessed Virgin, and how to consecrate, themselves,after he should have sent them the Divine Comforter. He then spoke concerning the priesthood,the sacred unction, and the preparation of the Chrism and Holy Oils. 8 He had there three boxes,two of which contained a mixture of oil and balm. He taught them how to make this mixture, whatparts of the body were to be anointed with them, and upon what occasions. I remember, amongother things, that he mentioned a case in which the Holy Eucharist could not be administered;perhaps what he said had reference to Extreme Unction, for my recollections on this point are notvery clear. He spoke of different kinds of anointing, and in particular of that of kings, and he saidthat even wicked kings who were anointed, derived from it especial powers. He put ointment andoil in the empty box, and mixed them together, but I cannot say for certain whether it was at thismoment, or at the time of the consecration of the bread, that he blessed the oil.90I then saw Jesus anoint Peter and John, on whose hands he had already poured the water which hadflowed on his own, and two whom he had given to drink out of the chalice. Then he laid his handson their shoulders and heads, while they, on their part, joined their hands and crossed their thumbs,bowing down profoundly before him—I am not sure whether they did not even kneel. He anointedthe thumb and fore-finger of each of their hands, and marked a cross on their heads with Chrism.He said also that this would remain with them unto the end of the world.James the Less, Andrew, James the Greater, and Bartholomew, were also consecrated. I saw likewisethat on Peter’s bosom he crossed a sort of stole worn round the neck, whilst on the others he simplyplaced it crosswise, from the right shoulder to the left side. I do not know whether this was doneat the time of the institution of the Blessed Sacrament, or only for the anointing.I understood that Jesus communicated to them by this unction something essential and supernatural,beyond my power to describe. He told them that when they should have received the Holy Spiritthey were to consecrate the bread and wine, and anoint the other Apostles. It was made known tome then that, on the day of Pentecost, Peter and John imposed their hands upon the other Apostles,and a week later upon several of the disciples. After the Resurrection, John gave the Adorable8 It was not without surprise that the editor, some years after these things had been related by Sister Emmerich, read, in the Latinedition of the Roman Catechism (Mayence, Muller), in reference to the Sacrament of Confirmation, that, according to the traditionof the holy Pope Fabian, Jesus taught his Apostles in what manner they were to prepare the Holy Chrism, after the institutionof the Blessed Sacrament. The Pope says expressly, in the 54th paragraph of his Second Epistle to the Bishops of the East: ‘Ourpredecessors received from the Apostles and delivered to us that our Saviour Jesus Christ, after having made the Last Supperwith his Apostles and washed their feet, taught them how to prepare the Holy Chrism.’51
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