This is notably older than the average marriage age from 1950which was just 21 years old. They cut off the Blessed Virgin's beautiful locks of hair to be kept in remembrance of her. Her head and whole figure were wrapped in a long cloth; she was covered by a brown woolen blanket. (SB)[194] Simeon Justus and Barnabas or Barsabas. It was Mary.s custom to sit in front of this curtain when she was working or reading. The sides of this box were covered with carpets reaching down to the floor and were decorated with tassels and fringes. In many of the places where they had taught, the Apostles had already built little churches. Each of these stones rested on a base of the same stone whose thickness was hidden by the close turf and the beautiful flowers surrounding them. [Please refer to Figure 24.] After the Blessed Virgin's death I saw this Way of the Cross being visited by Christians, who threw themselves down and kissed the ground. The fireplace was on the floor opposite the door; it was sunk into the ground beside a wall which rose in steps on each side of it up to the ceiling. Peter then gave her Holy Communion. During these visions I had by my side, amongst the many relics I possess, those of Andrew, Bartholomew, James the Greater, James the Less, Thaddeus, Simon Zelotes, Thomas, and several disciples and holy women. Her head rested on a round cushion. He touched her hands and feet with ointment, marking forehead and breast with the sign of the cross. ET on EWTN: Holy Mass and Rosary on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Tell us where you're. I found Mount Calvary built up and desolate. Its beams were decorated with a mixture of paneling and wickerwork, and ornamented with a pattern of leaves. I saw him alone in a little boat with a very simpleminded servant crossing a wide expanse of water -- then journeying across country without, I think, touching at any town. John had been in Jericho a short time before; he often traveled to the Promised Land. The upright piece is somewhat broader than the arms. However, we can assume that Mary was at least eighteen when she gave birth to Jesus. There seems to be some geographical confusion here, although the precise geographical history of Ephesus is rendered difficult through the silting-up of its harbor. Consequently, scholars believe that our Lord ministered for three and a half years before His death on the cross, making Jesus 33 years old when He died. (She was twenty years older than the Blessed Virgin.) In this continued state of fervor she then recounted the following:]. [August 11 ^th, 1821:] Today I saw a ninth Apostle, Simon, arrive. It was on this plateau that the Jewish settlers had made their home. At the same time I had the feeling that it was the cloth which priests use at Mass, after drinking the Precious Blood, to cleanse the chalice; Mary, in wiping the. (SB), [193] The late arrival of Thomas is included in the tradition preserved by St. John Damascene, but among the early legends only in that entitled of Joseph of Arimathea' (17). Didnt you know I had to be in my Fathers house?, This account in Lukes Gospel is the last time we hear about Marys husband, Joseph, in Scripture. Her gaze was directed intently upwards; she said no word to anyone and seemed in a state of perpetual ecstasy. 1. That is one reading. There was no standing cross there, but only one cut into a stone. Jesus, becoming aware of His true identity, spent His time in the temple with the priests and teachers, amazing them with His wisdom. Wikimedia Commons. [At another time Catherine Emmerich said that St. Andrew had also helped in this work.] I never saw her laugh, though she had a beautiful smile. She was, however, quite different from me, as light as air, and when I tried to take hold of her I could not do it. She married Aphras, of the family of the priests who had carried the Ark of the Covenant. to A.D. 75. The others indicate the Vale of Josaphat, usually identified with the Kedron Valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. 42-44. At first they were just rough stones to mark the places, afterwards everything was made more elaborate. He was ordained a priest in 1827, and engaged in the parochial ministry for . He told her, too, that in answer to her prayers the Apostles and several disciples would be present at her death, and what she was to say to them and how she was to bless them. (SB). Today I saw a number of women, among whom I remember a daughter of Veronica and the mother of John Mark, coming to prepare the body for burial. The Blessed Virgin received the Blessed Sacrament. The dwellings of the other families were all scattered about at some distance. After this I betook myself to Our Lord's Sepulcher. The dogmatic decree of Nov. 1st, 1950, however, makes no pronouncement about the death of Our Lady. Ordained priest in 1815, he became a canon of Bamberg in 1821. They brought her to Sion, to the Cenacle, where she was living in one of the outer buildings. They are following the Way of the Cross and are preparing the grave of the Mother of God.' The men then went back into the front part of the house and prepared for the service, while the women who were present came up to the Blessed Virgin's couch, knelt down and received her blessing. I also saw coming into Mary's house Mary Heli, the elder sister of the Blessed Virgin, and her younger stepsister, a daughter of Anna by her second husband. I saw the Apostles standing in prayer together on the right-hand side of the front part of the house, where they had arranged an oratory. When she said this, she was already seeing what happened after Mary's death. Why Did Jesus Give Believers the Beatitudes? He recruited, loved, and cherished His disciples. Peggy died on the morning of 30th September, one of her rescuers saying 'She had more pluck than any person I have ever known'. Then again V and three strokes, does not that make eight? 29 Apr 2023 23:20:01 At the neck it was crossed over the breast and shoulders, and was held on one shoulder by a button, making a kind of scarf. The fire on the hearth was covered, and all the household utensils put aside and covered up. Emerentia had three daughters: Elizabeth, the mother of the Baptist, Enue (who was present as a widow at the birth of the Blessed Virgin in St. Anne's house), and Rhoda, whose daughter Mara was, as I have said, now at Ephesus. released through Familius Publishing in 2020. He did not wear. [188] These were James the Less and Matthew, who is his step-brother, since Alpheus married when a widower Mary the daughter of Cleophas, having had Matthew by a former wife. Mary responded with faithful obedience to God's plan, despite the personal . 2. It is a very lonely place, but has many fertile and pleasant slopes as well as rock-caves, clean and dry and surrounded by patches of sand. She herself chose a cave in the Mount of Olives, and the Apostles caused a beautiful sepulcher to be prepared here by the hands of a Christian stonemason. I saw all, the farthest as well as the nearest, being summoned by visions to come to the Blessed Virgin. Soon after her arrival at her new home I saw her every day climbing part of the way up the hill behind her house to carry out this devotion. Below the girdle it was folded back to show the lining, which had red and yellow stripes running down and across it. After their betrothal was finalized, Mary and Joseph probably had little to no contact for up to a year as they awaited their wedding ceremony and the consummation of their marriage. Here for several days she was so weak and ill and so often suffered from fainting attacks that her companions again and again thought her end was near and made preparations for her burial. This is still a common practice in the middle east today. (SB)[189] St. Susanna was a Roman maiden, martyred in AD. A little way behind it was the summit of the rocky hill from which one could see over the trees and hills to Ephesus and the sea with its many islands. I saw that he was the only one of The Twelve who was missing. 9. These Stations were all in hollows like little round basins. In 600 A.D. Emperor Maurice decreed that the Feast of the Assumption was to be observed on August 15 in Constantinople. The Chalice was small, white, and thick as though of cast metal; its stem was so short that it could only be held with two or three fingers. Undoubtedly, a sword did pierce Marys soul as she watched Jesus blood pour from His body, knowing there was nothing she could do to comfort Him. It must have been half an hour's journey from Mary's house to the tomb. According to Simeons prophecy when he took the infant Jesus into his arms, Marys destiny was to witness her sons ultimate suffering. At that age, Mary rejoiced over the privilege to carry the Messiah into the sin-fallen world. The date at the heading of this section of AC's statement shows that she was speaking less than two months after this event, which therefore had a great topical interest. One thing we can deduce from the biblical story of Mary and Jesus Christ is that if she gave birth to Jesus as a teenager and Jesus lived up to 33 years before he died and rose again, then Mary must . The maidservant had brought a table which she covered with red and white cloths. He foretold that when the sea should reach this stone, another would come to that country preaching Jesus Christ. (Today is her feast day, and I have a relic of her, and she was with me the whole night.) " [H]aving completed the course of her earthly life" is ambiguous; it allows for the possibility that Mary may not have died before her Assumption. AC suggests that James went directly to his martyrdom after the Assumption, in which case the Assumption must have taken place in AD. (SB), [185] These visits to Jerusalem may be the source of the legends that suppose her death to have taken place there. After a pause she continued, marking on her fingers the figures she mentioned: See this number, a stroke I and then a V, does not this make four? In the prime of her life, around age 46-49, Mary stood and faced the worst day of her lifeand witnessed the best day for all humanity. But Scripture is clear that Mary, from a young age, surrendered her life to the Fathers will, and in the prime of her life, a sword pierced her soul as she watched her son, our Savior, die for the sins of the world. Great avenues lead up to the city, and the ground under the trees is covered with yellow fruit. St. Peter was born in France in 1802. I am not sure whether these were really ulcers or only symbols of old burdens on their consciences. (John 19:25-27). But here there are difficulties about other statements: from AC's remarks on p. 98 we can deduce that she was eighteen at the birth of Christ, though from p. 57 we gather she was fourteen when she left the Temple and was married. She had other sons who all became disciples. The Status Quo, a 250-year old understanding between religious communities, applies to the site. InThe Characters of Easter,youll become acquainted with the unlikely collection of ordinary people who witnessed the miracle of Christs death and resurrection. A short time before the Blessed Virgin's death, as she felt the approach of her reunion with her God, her Son, and her Redeemer, she prayed that there might be fulfilled what Jesus had promised to her in the house of Lazarus at Bethany on the day before His Ascension. After three years' sojourn here Mary had a great longing to see Jerusalem again, and was taken there by John and Peter. Another tradition points to the city of Ephesus, where she is said to have lived for a short time prior to her death. Lisbon, Portugal, Feb 13, 2005 / 22:00 pm. Gethsemani is on one side of the valley. But the angel assured her that the Holy Spirit would accomplish the miracle, and Mary humbly and joyfully agreed to the Holy mission. He was killed in India by being pierced with a lance. The Blessed Virgin might easily have been adored as a goddess. And in doing so, Jesus showed the Fathers love to the world and offered the way of salvation to all who believe. (SB), [192] The martyrdom of James the Great is the only death of an Apostle narrated in the New Testament ( Acts 12.. 1), and the persecutor is named: Herod, i.e. The women stood in the background. Before taking Mary into his home, Joseph's previous wife (with whom he had had several children) died. Matthew and Andrew followed the Blessed Virgin's Way of the Cross till the last Station, the cave which represented Christ's sepulcher. THE EFFECT OF RELICS OF THE APOSTLES ON THE VISIONS. I saw that the Apostles, holy women, and other Christians, when they approached these Stations to pray before them, kneeling or lying on their faces, brought out from under their robes a Y-shaped cross about a foot long, which they set up in the hollow on the various stones by means of a prop at its back. Peter in rich, priestly vestments. There seems to be some geographical confusion here, although the precise geographical history of Ephesus is rendered difficult through the silting-up of its harbor. I saw that one of them bent right down over Mary and was embraced by her. By the time Mary was about 12 or 13 years old, historians believe, she was engaged to Joseph, a devout Jewish man. This made me think of the power of healing in the name of Jesus which is specially bestowed upon priests, and how in our days this grace has been particularly manifested in the person of Prince Hohenlohe. The Station of Mount Calvary was the only one not in a hollow, but on a hill. [On the morning of August 13 ^th, 1822, Catherine Emmerich said: Last night I had a great vision of the death of the Blessed Virgin, but have completely forgotten it all.'. (SB)[185] These visits to Jerusalem may be the source of the legends that suppose her death to have taken place there. (SB), [187] St. John Damascene, a monk at Jerusalem, died c. A.D. 754, and is a Doctor of the Church. It was neatly and pleasantly arranged; the walls were covered with wickerwork, and the ceiling was vaulted. I cannot clearly recollect whether there were holy bones in one of the boxes or elsewhere. He shepherded hordes of lost and wandering followers. It was fastened round the waist by a girdle and fell from under her arms to the feet on each side of the brown undergarment. These stones were not always uncovered; there was a mat or cover fastened at one side which, when nobody was praying there, was pulled over the stone and held down on the other side with two pegs. How old was Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus) when she had Jesus? There must have been some sort of stiffening round its hem, for I see it standing out all round. On the breast was laid a wreath of white, red, and sky-blue flowers as a token of virginity. Mary's house was the only one built of stone. I saw, too, how He told the inconsolable Mary Magdalen to hide herself in the desert, and her sister Martha to found a community of women; He Himself would always be with them. Rhoda's daughter Mara, who was present at Mary's death at Ephesus, was married and lived near Bethlehem. The women now laid a covering over the holy body, and the Apostles and disciples betook themselves to the front part of the house. This cross was set in a little mound of earth or stone, like Christ.s Cross on Mount Calvary. [183] Mary's dwelling was on a hill to the left of the road from Jerusalem some three and a half hours from Ephesus. When I once more looked down to earth, I saw the Blessed Virgin's body lying on the couch. Thomas did not return to Tartary after Mary's death. 44 at the latest. It is Transitus Mariae which tells us of Mary's burial at Gethsemane. The little piece in my possession comes from the right-hand side of this fold, but not from the lining. His garment was very long and hung in folds, and was of a thin grayish-white material. It is recited in the Breviary on the Octave-Day or during the Octave, and is in fact the simplest collection of popular legends about the Assumption. We know many of the wonderful events that occurred in connection with Mary before the year 1000. The holy women, after making their farewells, covered the holy face and placed the lid on the coffin, which they fastened round with gray bands at each end and in the middle. AC suggests that James went directly to his martyrdom after the Assumption, in which case the Assumption must have taken place in AD. When she woke up again, the writer asked her what she was singing, and she answered, still heavy with sleep: I was following in the procession with that woman there: now she has gone!' James the Greater, Philip and Thomas were the only ones missing. By the time, however, that the sepulcher was ready, [186] she had recovered and was strong enough to journey back to her home in Ephesus, where she did in fact die eighteen months later. The reason for early betrothal (or erusin) was practicality. She then, once more, spoke to them all, doing everything that Jesus had commanded her at Bethany. for the birth of Christ, 30 A.D. for his death, and the marrying age of 13 years old for young Jewish women at the time. This makes sense, given Jewish traditions prohibiting rabbinical teaching . 44 at the latest. They brought with them cloths, as well as spices to embalm the body after the Jewish fashion. Once I saw John come into the house, looking much older too, and very thin and haggard. 5. There were always two praying at the head and foot of the holy body. Every place touched by the sponge was covered up again at once; the middle of the body remained wrapped up and nothing whatever was exposed. At first she went by herself, measuring the number of steps, so often counted by her, which separated the places of Our Lord's different sufferings. Narrow paths lead southwards to a hill near the top of which is an uneven plateau, some half-hour's journey in circumference, overgrown, like the hill itself, with wild trees and bushes. [August 10 ^th, 1821:] The time of the year when the Church celebrates the death of the Blessed Virgin is no doubt the correct one, only it does not fall every year on the same day. The little hill on which the Cross had stood had been leveled and surrounded by banks and ditches to prevent access to it. The whole settlement was like a scattered village. He did not give her a chalice. death, to follow His path to Calvary with tears of compassion. Yesterday at midday I saw that there was already great grief and mourning in the Blessed Virgin's house. [On the afternoon of August 14 ^th Catherine Emmerich said to the writer: Now I will tell of the death of the Blessed Virgin if only I am not disturbed by visits. (SB)[184] The road from Jerusalem', one would suppose, would be the main road eastwards through Colossae, etc., but the suggestion that Mary's house was nearer the sea' than Ephesus (p. 160 ) indicates a road southward along the coast. And Mary was seventy-two years old when she herself died, and was three days later assumed into Heaven, in the year 58. It is wild but not desolate, and scattered about it are a number of trees, pyramid-shaped, with big shady branches below and smooth trunks. It completely covered only the back, where it fell to the feet in a few long folds. She was inexpressibly sorrowful, constantly sighing, O my Son, my Son'. They Lid bunches of myrrh in the arm-pits and bosom, and filled with it the spaces between the shoulders and round the neck, chin, and checks; the feet, too, were completely embedded in bunches of herbs. At Easter, the Son of God took on the worlds sin and defeated the devil, death, and grave. The Blessed Virgin lay still and as though near death in her little cell. In short, Mary was said to be a virgin because of an accident of translation when "young woman" became "virgin". What is Easter? Not far away was the Station of Calvary on a hill. When she was living in Jerusalem, she had never failed, ever since Our Lord.s. Neither of them were in a town, but were taking their rest in public shelters such as are found by the roadside in these hot countries. Had His mother not been a widow at that time, Jesus gracious provision for her would have been unnecessary. A covering was stretched on it and fastened to a knob at each of the four corners. Sister Lucia, the last survivor of the three Portuguese shepherd children who told of a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in the village of Ftima in 1917, died on Sunday in . [190] I saw him healing many kinds of illnesses by his prayers; sometimes he cured people who had long suffered from ulcers hidden under their dirty rags. Only a few women remained with the Blessed Virgin. Paul was not summoned. About this time he began to perform some remarkable miraculous cures. She could only say a few words to them. According to Christianity.com, Mary was 46 to 49 years old when Jesus died. I saw several women (five, I think) going into her room one after the other, and coming out again as though they were saying farewell to her. -. Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you., Jesus answered, Why were you searching for me? Today I saw nobody in the Blessed Virgin's room except one woman. 52 views, 1 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Saint Augustin Parish: Mass - 04/23/2023 (SB)[191] The mission-fields of the various Apostles as mentioned by AC on these pages generally correspond to the traditional legends as preserved in the Lives of the Saints, the Breviary, the Acta Bollandiana, and local cult. A fifth woman wrung out the sponges in a bowl and then dipped them into fresh water; three times I saw the basin emptied into a hollow outside the house and fresh water being brought. I saw Peter again bringing her the Blessed Sacrament after the service; he brought it to her in the cross-shaped vessel. From this he took out the Blessed Sacrament in the form of a small square white particle. As I saw all this there was a beautiful ringing in the air and a movement throughout the whole of nature like the one I had perceived on Christmas night. The women wrapped and veiled themselves and, sitting on the ground in the room in front of the house, they began to lament for the dead, kneeling and sitting in turns. I saw that the miracles which the Apostles worked amongst various heathen and savage peoples were quite different from their miracles described in Holy Writ. At its foot there lay a piece of parchment with something written on it; Christ.s words, I think. See n. 193, p. 167 . The women took the Blessed Virgin's body from her death-bed in its wrappings, and laid it in a long basket which was so piled up with thick, roughly woven coverings or mats that the body lay high above it. Some of the Apostles and disciples went on ahead, others followed with the women. (SB)[183] None of the apocryphal legends of the Assumption suggest that Our Lady lived at Ephesus: most suggest Jerusalem, and the Greek legend ( John , 4) gives Bethlehem. How is it, then, that historys most glorious moment is surrounded by fearful fishermen, despised tax collectors, marginalized women, feeble politicians, and traitorous friends? Peter, after he and the other Apostles had received Communion, brought the Blessed Virgin the Blessed Sacrament and administered extreme unction to her. Had the angel not also visited Joseph and assured him that Marys pregnancy was the act of the Holy Spirit, Joseph could have legally divorced Mary for infidelity or had her stoned to death for adultery (Leviticus 20:10). Mary.s couch, which was placed against the wall, was a box one and a half feet high and of the breadth and length of a narrow plank. Seeing her thus entered into the glory of heaven, I forgot the whole scene round her body on the earth. This approximation comes from multiple informed but inexact calculations, including the date of 4-6 B.C. Peter stood in priestly vestments before the altar, with the others behind him as if in choir. I saw it all and will recount it in due course. Even her hands were covered except when she was alone. Again at Our Lord's crucifixion I saw her wearing this garment, completely hidden under her praying and mourning cloak. A Christian tradition is that she died at an old age, while some believe she was taken up bodily and alive into heaven. When did the Virgin Mary marry Joseph? The Apostles prayed for a while, and then, raising herself rather less, she received the Chalice from John. The holy man became a titular bishop in 1844 and died in 1849. Her eyes were raised towards heaven in holy joy. Whereupon the holy virgin and martyr Susanna [189] came to me and encouraged me, saying that she would be my companion on the journey. I think that they often traveled in a supernatural manner without knowing it, for I often saw them passing through crowds of men apparently without anyone seeing them. The veil over her head was arranged in folds across her forehead; when speaking with men she lowered it over her face. Britannica states that she "flourished" from 25 B.C. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The Blessed Virgin died after the ninth hour, at the same time as Our Lord. They had tools with them with which to enlarge the tomb, for it was here that the Blessed Virgin's body was to rest. One of these I saw particularly clearly; to be sure, he helped many people whose hearts were, I saw, being gnawed by ugly creatures (these, no doubt, signified sins), but others, who lay stricken with bodily illness and whom he could certainly have helped, he neglected to assist owing to distractions, which caused disturbances and obstacles within him. Mary most likely lived out her remaining years in John's home, according to John 19:27. James the Greater, who had a narrow pale face and black hair, came from Spain to Jerusalem with several disciples, and stayed some time in Sarona near Joppa. Gethsemani is on one side of the valley. She told John what was to be done with her body, and bade him divide her clothes between her maidservant and another poor girl from the neighborhood who sometimes came to help. In the meantime the altar was set up and the Apostles vested themselves for the service in their long white robes and broad girdles with letters on them. In other words, while tradition has always . This church dates back to the 5th century. But in ancient times, Jewish families traditionally arranged marriages for their sons and daughters while they were still in their youth. All these came up to me in that order more clearly and distinctly than the others, and then entered into the vision that I saw. Several of the Apostles were, I believe, assembled there: I saw Thomas among them and I think a Council was held at which Mary assisted them with her advice. I think that this was done as a mark of respect for the holy body, as at the burial of Our Lord. If she was then sixty-four years old (as AC says here), she was born in 20 B.C. If this part of the house was needed as one large room, these screens, which did not nearly reach to the ceiling, were taken apart and put aside. Although Mary is mentioned at the wedding at Cana (John 2), there is no Biblical evidence that Joseph was there, nor was he present at any of Jesus other public appearances. In most of these the Apostles are transported by clouds to Mary's deathbed, and in the Syriac legend some are already dead and come to life for the occasion. The Station of the Mount of Olives was in a little valley near a cave, in which several people could kneel at prayer. As he came in he girt up his long white ample garment in his girdle, then took off this girdle and put on another one, inscribed with letters, which he drew out from under his robe. The Blessed Virgin pulled at the ribbon or strap which turned the tabernacle in the wall to show the cross in it. This place later became a bishop's see. [Please refer to Figure 23.] Feb. 16, 2005. It was an over-garment. I saw her soul leave her body like a little figure of infinitely pure light, soaring with outstretched arms up the shining mountain to heaven. Figure 24. The most outstanding was that performed on June 21st, 1821, when Princess Mathilda von Schwarzenberg was released from her paralysis of the previous eight years. His sermon ( 2 de Dormitione Deiparae) relates her burial at Jerusalem. Since she was a virgin, Mary couldnt understand how this blessing could occur. It was as if she were only here in appearance, as if her spirit had already passed beyond and her whole being was far away.
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