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February 9 Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerick. Born to poor but pious peasants. She was a very pious child who suffered with poor health, but who received visions and prophesies; they were so common …More
February 9 Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerick.

Born to poor but pious peasants. She was a very pious child who suffered with poor health, but who received visions and prophesies; they were so common that she thought all children could see the Child Jesus and the souls in Purgatory. She was able to diagnose illness and recommend cures, and to see a person’s sins.
She worked on her family’s and other area farms, as a seamstress, and as a servant to a poor organist where she studied the instrument. Entered the Augustinian convent at Agnetenberg, Dulmen, Germany in 1802. Though her health was poor, her enthusiasm for the religious life was great, and she either energized her sisters, or put them off badly. Given to going into religious ecstasies in church, her cell, or while working.
The convent was closed by government order in 1812, and Anne moved in with a poor widow. Her health failed, and instead of working as a servant, in 1813 she became a patient. Her visions and prophesies increased, and later that year she received the stigmata with wounds on her hands and feet, her head from the crown of thorns, and crosses on her chest, and the gift of inedia, living off nothing but Holy Communion for the rest of her life. She tried to hide the wounds, but word leaked out, and her vicar-general instituted a lengthy and detailed investigation; it was determined to be genuine.
In 1818 she was relieved of the stigmata. In 1819 the government opened their own investigation. She was imprisoned, threatened, cajoled, and kept under 24-hour-a-day surveillance. The commission found no evidence either way, could not get Anne to change her story, eventually gave up, and failed to publish their findings. When they were forced to report, they declared the incident a fraud, but could not explain why they thought so, or why they had not published their findings.
The poet Klemens Brentano visited Anne. She announced that she had seen Brentano in a vision, and that he was to make a written record of the revelations that she received. He made notes of the messages, translating from Anne’s Westphalian dialect to common German, getting Anne to confirm his version. In 1833 these were published as
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to the Meditations of Anne Catherine Emmerich
. This was followed in 1852 by
The Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary
, and a three-volume
Life of Our Lord
from 1858 to 1880. While many such revelatory works deal with spirituality and ideas, these are very much straight-forward narratives and descriptions of events, yet have been the source of encouragement for many.
Her Cause for Canonization formally introduced on 14 November 1892. Due to accusations about her vow of chastity, the investigation was halted on 30 November 1928. However, the accusations were proven false, and the investigation resumed on 18 May 1973.

Born

8 September 1774 at Flamsche, diocese of Munster, Westphalia, Germany

Died

9 February 1824 at Dülmen, Germany
due to rumours that her body had been stolen, her grave was opened six weeks after her death
the body was found incorrupt
relics translated to Holy Cross Church, Dülmen, Germany on 15 February 1975

Venerated

24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

3 October 2004 by Pope John Paul II
decree of beatification miracle promulgated on 7 July 2003

Representation

bed-ridden stigmatist

Additional Information

jesus-passion.com/ANNE_CATHERINE_EMMERICH.htm


Works by Anna Katharina Emmerich at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Anne Catherine Emmerich at Internet Archive
Works by Anne Catherine Emmerich at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Vatican biography of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
Both the one-volume The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the four-volume The Lowly Life and Bitter Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother Together with the Mysteries of the Old Testament online
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (PDF)
Catholic Encyclopedia biography
Hartmann S.J., Hubert, "the Case of Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich", Fortnightly Review, Vol.XXIX, No.12, St. Louis, Missouri, 1922
catholicsaints.info/blessed-anne-ca…
André Fillipe
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AugusteB 👍 Sel. Anna-Katharina, bitte für unsere hl. Kirche und unser deutsches Vaterland!
Du bist eine von uns und kennst unsere Not.
o.p.n. 🙏 🙏 🙏
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Ursula Wegmann
"I WAS ABOUT TO DIE" Testimony of Jim Caviezel.
Er spielte Jesus in dem Film : Die Passion - von Mel Gibson
AugusteB
Sel. Anna-Katharina, bitte für unsere hl. Kirche und unser deutsches Vaterland!
Du bist eine von uns und kennst unsere Not.
o.p.n.
Jungerheld
I don't think I've ever heard of Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerick. Beautiful.
Eugenia-Sarto
Ich wünsche dieser grossen Seligen, dass man ihr eines Tages eine barocke Kapelle erbaut , wo ihre Gebeine ruhen könnten.
Peter(skala)
👍 😇 👏 👌 bl.A.K.Emmerichova, oroduj za nás 🙏
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Ursula Wegmann
@Irapuato Danke !!!!
Ich nehme jetzt die Anliegen aller User von gltv mit in die hl Messe am Grab der sel. Emmerick und bete schon unterwegs alle .
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✍️ Abramo Thank you, Father... ✍️ Patmos 2009....who would have thought.... ☕ 😎
Abramo
Excellent video, very interesting.
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👏 Ursula Wegmann THANK YOU so much for the prayers, Novena, medals, und, und, und... 😇
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