Carl E. SchmogerBesprekingen

Definitive life of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824); a German Augustinian nun-mystic; stigmatist; visionary; prophet; victim soul. Prophecies and amazing revelations on every aspect of the Faith. Extremely edifying; makes the Gospels come alive with details you never knew before! 2 Volume Set. Impr. 2 vol set- 1,297 pgs;

Definitive life of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824); a German Augustinian nun-mystic; stigmatist; visionary; prophet; victim soul. Prophecies and amazing revelations on every aspect of the Faith

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was a Roman Catholic Augustinian Canoness Regular of Windesheim, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist. Anne Catherine Emmerich was told by Our Lord that her gift of seeing the past, present, and future in mystic vision was greater than that possessed by anyone. Visions of Purgatory

I do not know why it takes me a long time to go through these volumes. But it is a wholly edifying read. Going through it I find myself profoundly and inexplicably touched by the life of our Lord Jesus, his ministry, kindness, benevolence. The right-ness of everything about Him. From Volume Two the lesson that stood out for me was that there is a time for everything... and that timing is wholly God's own. "We cannot scandalise the weak." - how even that is taken into account! In this life we must tread carefully, bravely, courageously and with full faith and trust in God. May the Lord bless us and keep us always. Onwards to Volume 3...

With this third book I have finished reading all four of the volumes. My reading order was basically 1-4-2-3 because back in 2012 I decided to jump straight to Vol 4 for my Lent reading list (as it covered everything from Palm Sunday onwards), but I did not track it on GR as I plan to re-read it again.

I may or may not write a proper review for these books somewhere down the line, although I am leaning more towards "probably not"... I would recommend it highly to all Catholics but at the same time realise that it may not be for all Catholics.

My usual stance in this is to leave it to personal discernment.

1499 Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich Volume I, by Very Rev. K. E. Schmoger, C.SS.R. (read 25 Sep 1978) When I was a boy my mother used to read a German book which was Anne Catherine Emmerich's account of the Passion. She was born Sept 8, 1774, at Coelsfeld, Westphalia, Germany, became an Augustinian sister, but her convent was suppressed in 1812; she lived in Dulmen and underwent much suffering. Unfortunately, this book is hopelessly pro-Emmerich, and is discursively and disjointedly written. It is plodding to read it, and even the visions, surprisingly, are not interesting, because they seem like mere dreams, sometimes not making too much sense. I suppose I'll read the second volume [but I never did].

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