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1/ Bl. Emmerich, Heavenly Patron of all in the discernment of the true Pope, was born into a poor family of farmers in Germany, on the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, in the year of 1774, at Flamschen, at Coesfeld, a small farming town in Westphalia, in the Diocese of Münster
2/ As a child she worked in the fields helping her parents and 9 brothers and sisters. As she grew, she went to work for a three year stint at a larger farm to earn money for her family. She then became a seamstress, for the same reasons. She had very little education, ....
3/ but from childhood was devoted to prayer.
Sensing the call to dedicate herself to Christ as one of His faithful virgins, she sought admission to several convents. In those years, Convents required that the prospective vocations bring with them the basic necessities of life
Sensing the call to dedicate herself to Christ as one of His faithful virgins, she sought admission to several convents. In those years, Convents required that the prospective vocations bring with them the basic necessities of life
4/ and sometimes even money. This was called the convent dowry. Being poor she could not afford this, then, so she took a job with a nearby family, to earn the money necessary. And her charity was so great, that seeing the poverty of that family she helped them rather than ..
5/ saved money, and so delayed some years outside of the Convent.
Eventually, at the age of 28, along with one of the daughters of the same family, she was admitted to the Augustinian Nuns at Agnetenburg in Dülmen, in the same Diocese of Münster. Soon she would show, ..
Eventually, at the age of 28, along with one of the daughters of the same family, she was admitted to the Augustinian Nuns at Agnetenburg in Dülmen, in the same Diocese of Münster. Soon she would show, ..
6/ as many late vocations who persevered through many trials to arrive, exceptional virtue.
Virginity and Devotion, path to Sainthood
After a year of formation, she took her vows. — Back then, perpetual vows were made after only a year.
Virginity and Devotion, path to Sainthood
After a year of formation, she took her vows. — Back then, perpetual vows were made after only a year.
7/ She was known for her strict observance of the Rule of the Convent... And soon, in reward for her true devotion to her duties as Christ’s virgin bride, she was graced with an exalted mystical life and frequent ecstasies.
8/ In 1812, the godless Jerome Bonaparte, now King of the French puppet state of Westphalia dissolved the monasteries and seized the property of her convent. She was forced to take refuge with a local widow.
9/ In 1815, the Lord Jesus gave her His stigmata — mystically produced wounds which replicated some of those which He endured for our salvation. Her wounds bled and remained on her body until 1818. Their miraculous nature and...
10/ inexplicable duration was the cause of must astonishment among the doctors and scientists of the region, and remained a source of much controversy. She was written off by one local priest as a self-induced madwoman, because the shape of one of her wounds was that ..
11/ of the Cross in a local Church! At one point the hysteria about her wounds was such, that the Local Authorities detained her for 3 weeks under constant guard, and seeing that the wounds had no natural cause nor closed, let her go.
12/ Mystical Life
From her writings we know that Bl. Emmerich had visions of Jesus as a little girl and spoke with the souls in Purgatory. She was given the tremendous and very rare grace to behold the Most Holy Trinity under the form of an Angelic-iconic form, of 3 Circles, ...
From her writings we know that Bl. Emmerich had visions of Jesus as a little girl and spoke with the souls in Purgatory. She was given the tremendous and very rare grace to behold the Most Holy Trinity under the form of an Angelic-iconic form, of 3 Circles, ...
13/ concentric about one another.
Of her visions, she best tried to describe them to Clemens Brentano as she could, so it is not surprising that some of her descriptions are very child-like or take from local lore and legend in an attempt to explain what she saw.
Of her visions, she best tried to describe them to Clemens Brentano as she could, so it is not surprising that some of her descriptions are very child-like or take from local lore and legend in an attempt to explain what she saw.
14/ But her character and personal holiness demonstrated her credibility and soon she had acquired among her friends Father Clemens von Droest, future Archbishop of Cologne, and Johan Saller, Bishop of Ratisbon.
15/ Bl. Emmerick on account of her poor education was inspired by God to ask Clemens Brentano to write her visions down, when he visited her, after many years, in 1818. Attacked and vilified by all the enemies of the Blessed, Brentano fulfilled the task so faithfully that..
16/ he has become ever since the object of scorn by all who wish to delegitimize Anna-Katerina and the graces she was given by Jesus.
After 10 years of taking dictation and re-editing the material, he published in 1833, Bl. Emmerich’s monumental Life of Christ, entitled..
After 10 years of taking dictation and re-editing the material, he published in 1833, Bl. Emmerich’s monumental Life of Christ, entitled..
17/ The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to the Meditations of Anne Catherine Emmerich. He then began her second book, but died before it could be completed. It was published ten years after his death in 1852, under the title, The Life of the Blessed ...
18/ Virgin Mary from the Visions of Anna Catherine Emmerich.
In 1881 Father Julien Gouyet, a French priest, believing in her visions, as transcribed by Brentano, rediscovered the House of Our Lady at Ephesus, using information related by Anna-Katerina.
In 1881 Father Julien Gouyet, a French priest, believing in her visions, as transcribed by Brentano, rediscovered the House of Our Lady at Ephesus, using information related by Anna-Katerina.
19/ Her cause for beatification was begun in 1892, but was stopped in 1925 by the Vatican on account of the criticisms of Brentano’s work, which was believed to be more of his own production, than that of the Blessed.
20/ Subsequently, however, the Vatican laid aside his writings and began her process again, in 1973, based solely on her personal virtues and example.
The Congregation for the Saints approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to her intercession in July of 2003.
The Congregation for the Saints approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to her intercession in July of 2003.
21/ She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on the vigil of Saint Francis of Assisi, in 2004, 16 years to the date of the abominable idolatrous rituals in the Vatican, which she foresaw in part.
22/ This seems to be an indication that the Pope had read her writings and put profound faith in what she had said about the coming war between the Church of Light and the Church of Darkness.
Her writings inspired Mel Gibson's depiction of the Passion of the Christ, the movie.
Her writings inspired Mel Gibson's depiction of the Passion of the Christ, the movie.
23/ The great lesson of Bl. Anna-Katerina’s life is that God rewards his faithful servants with knowledge of divine and future things. He does this to console us, lead us to Heaven and help us know of troubles ahead here on Earth so that we can recognize them as such ...
24/ when they arrive. We are blessed if we accept them with the same simple faith that Bl. Emmerich had in receiving them.
25/ additional info from "The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich and Cemens Brentano with an Introduction identifying more than 40 scenes in Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" movie based on the book"
Ed.N L. Griese. Anvil Publishers Altanta
Ed.N L. Griese. Anvil Publishers Altanta
26/ from page 53 of the above cited book:
"The recorded visions of Emmerich have been praised and recommended by many, including, St. John Neumann, St. Sophie Madeleine Barat (canonized 1925), St. Mary Euphrasia (Canonized 1940) and Leon Dupont, the "holy man of Tours".
"The recorded visions of Emmerich have been praised and recommended by many, including, St. John Neumann, St. Sophie Madeleine Barat (canonized 1925), St. Mary Euphrasia (Canonized 1940) and Leon Dupont, the "holy man of Tours".
27/ and again
"Samuel Sinner is among those who make a cogent case for the authenticity of her writings. From a comparative philological and literary view, he says, the contention that Brentano "fabricated almost all" the Emmerich material is exaggerated and untrue. ..."
"Samuel Sinner is among those who make a cogent case for the authenticity of her writings. From a comparative philological and literary view, he says, the contention that Brentano "fabricated almost all" the Emmerich material is exaggerated and untrue. ..."
28/ "Editorial work by Brentano there certainly was, but Brentano's accounts agree with the basic picture of Emmerich found in the firsthand written accounts of Dr. Franz. Wilhelm Wesener (Emmerich's medical doctor) and author Luisa Hensel....."
29/ " Moreover, as the internationally renowned and critically reserved Germanist Dr. Anton Brieger states, the Emmerich visions recorded by Brentano have all the marks of a woman's psychology and feminine attention to detail."
30/ "Sinner notes that 19th-century German editions of the Brentano-Emmerich works contain extensive theological introductions and explanations to explain discrepancies. These were not included in the works when they were translated into English...."
31/ "The older German comments, plus recent literature from the Emmerich beatification case, counter charges made by ill-informed critics." (op.cit).
Thus concludes this thread.
Thus concludes this thread.
