Fir-rivelazonijiet ta St. katerina Emmerich dwar il-Passjoni ta Gesu, naraw kif x hin Kristu kien fil-gnien taz-zebbug kien qed jigi imgarrab mix xitan u insibu hekk: (minn hu interessat li jaqra dan il ktieb jista jnizlu minn:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10866)
"It was made known to me that these apparitions were all those
persons who in divers ways insult and outrage Jesus, really and truly
present in the Holy Sacrament. I recognised among them all those who in
any way profane the Blessed Eucharist. I beheld with horror all the
outrages thus offered to our Lord, whether by neglect, irreverence, and
omission of what was due to him; by open contempt, abuse, and the most
awful sacrileges; by the worship of worldly idols; by spiritual
darkness and false knowledge; or, finally, by error, incredulity,
fanaticism, hatred, and open persecution. Among these men I saw many
who were blind, paralysed, deaf, and dumb, and even children;--blind men
who would not see the truth; paralytic men who would not advance,
according to its directions, on the road leading to eternal live; deaf
men who refused to listen to its warnings and threats; dumb men who
would never use their voices in its defence; and, finally, children who
were led astray by following parents and teachers filled with the love
of the world and forgetfulness of God, who were fed on earthly
luxuries, drunk with false wisdom, and loathing all that pertained to
religion. Among the latter, the sight of whom grieved me especially,
because Jesus so loved children, I saw many irreverent, ill-behaved
acolytes, who did not honour our Lord in the holy ceremonies in which
they took a part. I beheld with terror that many priests, some of whom
even fancied themselves full of faith and piety, also outraged Jesus in
the Adorable Sacrament. I saw many who believed and taught the doctrine
of the Real Presence, but did not sufficiently take it to heart, for
they forgot and neglected the palace, throne, and seat of the Living
God, that is to say, the church, the altar, the tabernacle, the
chalice, the monstrance, the vases and ornaments; in one word, all that
is used in his worship, or to adorn his house.
Entire neglect reigned everywhere, all things were left to moulder
away in dust and filth, and the worship of God was, if not inwardly
profaned, at least outwardly dishonoured. Nor did this arise from real
poverty, but from indifference, sloth, preoccupation of mind about vain
earthly concerns, and often also from egotism and spiritual death; for
I saw neglect of this kind in churches the pastors and congregations of
which were rich, or at east tolerably well off. I saw many others in
which worldly, tasteless, unsuitable ornaments had replaced the
magnificent adornments of a more pious age.
I saw that often the poorest of men were better lodged in their
cottages than the Master of heaven and earth in his churches. Ah, how
deeply did the inhospitality of men grieve Jesus, who had given himself
to them to be their Food! Truly, there is no need to be rich in order
to receive him who rewards a hundredfold the glass of cold water given
to the thirsty; but how shameful is not our conduct when in giving
drink to the Divine Lord, who thirst for our souls, we give him
corrupted water in a filthy glass! In consequence of all this neglect,
I saw the weak scandalised, the Adorable Sacrament profaned, the
churches deserted, and the priests despised. This state of impurity and
negligence extended even to the souls of the faithful, who left the
tabernacle of their hearts unprepared and uncleansed when Jesus was
about to enter them, exactly the same as they left his tabernacle on
the altar.
Were I to speak for an entire year, I would never detail all the
insults offered to Jesus in the Adorable Sacrament which were made
known to me in this way. I saw their authors assault Jesus in bands,
and strike him with different arms, corresponding to their various
offences. I saw irreverent Christians of all ages, careless or
sacrilegious priests, crowds of tepid and unworthy communicants, wicked
soldiers profaning the sacred vessels, and servants of the devil making
use of the Holy Eucharist in the frightful mysteries of hellish
worship. Among these bands I saw a great number of theologians, who had
been drawn into heresy by their sins, attacking Jesus in the Holy
Sacrament of his Church, and snatching out of his Heart, by their
seductive words and promises, a number of souls for whom he had shed
his blood. Ah! it was indeed an awful sight, for I saw the Church as
the body of Christ; and all these bands of men, who were separating
themselves from the Church, mangled and tore off whole pieces of his
living flesh. Alas! he looked at them in the most touching manner, and
lamented that they should thus cause their own eternal loss. He had
given his own divine Self to us for our Food in the Holy Sacrament, in
order to unite in one body--that of the Church, his Spouse--men who were to
an infinite extent divided and separated from each other; and now he
beheld himself torn and rent in twain in that very body; for his
principal work of love, the Holy Communion, in which men should have
been made wholly one, was become, by the malice of false teachers, the
subject of separation. I beheld whole nations thus snatched out of his
bosom, and deprived of any participation in the treasure of graces left
to the Church. Finally, I saw all who were separated from the Church
plunged into the depths of infidelity, superstition, heresy, and false
worldly philosophy; and they gave vent to their fierce rage by joining
together in large bodies to attack the Church, being urged on by the
serpent which was disporting itself in the midst of them. Alas! it was
as though Jesus himself had been torn in a thousand pieces!"
