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While he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI advocated the cause for sainthood of a 19th century Westphalian nun who was a stigmatic (bled from wounds in her hands, feet and side), ecstatic (visionary) and inediac (lived on water and communion wafers).

In the 100-page introduction to a new edition of this religious classic, The Dolorous Passion, Atlanta author and historian Noel Griese writes about this nun whose piety touched the pope, and relates how Mel Gibson used the account of her visions to script his "Passion of the Christ" movie.

The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ is an 1833 work in which German author Clemens Brentano related the visions of the 19th-century nun, Anne Catherine Emmerich, regarding the Last Supper, Passion, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.

"Had Mel Gibson relied solely on the accounts in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Acts of the Apostles, he would perhaps have had only two or three minutes of film," says Griese. "The visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich gave him many of the details that permitted him to create what is perhaps the most dramatic Passion Play yet produced."

Griese's introduction to the new edition of "The Dolorous Passion" links more than 40 scenes in the Gibson movie to the 19th-century German classic.

"People who saw the movie will recall Judas hanging himself over the carcass of a flyblown dead animal," Griese notes. "In the New Testament, only the Gospel of Matthew says Judas hanged himself, and it does not describe the locale. In Acts of the Apostles, a continuation of the Gospel of Luke, Judas is said to have met his end when his insides burst out. Gibson takes his cue for Judas hanging himself from Matthew, but his details of the locale are from Emmerich and Brentano."

Another example: one of the thieves crucified with Jesus is named Gesmas in the Gibson movie. The thieves, Griese notes, while not named in the Bible, have variously over time been identified in apocryphal material as Dismas and Cestas, Dumachus and Titus, Joca and Matha and Nismus and Zustin. Only Emmerich and Gibson identify the "bad thief" as Gesmas.

Similarly, the Roman centurion Abenadar in the movie, the 'right-hand man' for procurator Pontius Pilate, is an extrabiblical figure drawn straight from "The Dolorous Passion." Griese, a student of religious mysticism and the author of 17 books, says of Abenadar, "According to Emmerich, he was converted to Christianity as a result of his presence at the crucifixion. She says he took the Christian name Ctesiphon, and became an evangelist."

Emmerich and Gibson place Abenadar at the trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate, the scourging and crucifixion. There is a historical record of a first-century Ctesiphon, Griese says. "This Ctesiphon accompanied the apostle James the Greater into Spain, where he helped to evangelize the Spanish at Verga. After James was martyred in Jerusalem, Ctesiphon is said to have taken his body back to Spain."   

To write The Dolorous Passion, Clemens Brentano sat beside the sickbed of ailing nun Emmerich daily from 1818 forward, recording the visions she experienced up to her death in 1824.

Brentano, a friend of Germany's greatest author, Johann Goethe, and of the Brothers Grimm of fairy tale fame, was a well educated author of poetry and plays who first gained fame as a collector and editor of German folk songs. Emmerich, whose visions he recorded, was a nun whose convent was closed in 1811 by Napoleon Bonaparte's brother Jerome Bonaparte, the king of Westphalia.

Brentano worked on his notes for nine years after Emmerich died in 1824 before publishing them as The Dolorous Passion. The book soon outsold even Goethe in Germany and became an international best-seller. However, it was all but forgotten until Gibson resurrected it to script his Passion movie.

The book is available in both cloth and paperback from Anvil Publishers and from local bookstores. It is distributed by Ingram and Baker & Taylor.

Emmerich, Anne Catherine, and Clemens Brentano. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Anvil Publishers, 2005.

Hardback version with dust jacket, just $26.95 plus $3 S&H.
 

From the old days of knuckle-cracking nuns to today's more liberal teaching methods, Catholic schools have evolved into the best option even for non-Catholic parents especially if they live in large cities. Author Mary Reardon explores the history of Catholic schools in America, where they are today and where they are headed in the future. Mary Reardon is a freelance writer whose work has been published by newspapers, magazines and online. She attended Catholic schools and spent a year researching her book.

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When a man confesses to Father Michael Ross that he has seen Satan, it disturbs the priest. But the confession is just the beginning of a harrowing tale of madness and how a family struggles to cope with it. Fr. Dale Grubbs is a parish priest in Princeton, Wis. He once served in Wisconsin Dells, where his novel is set.  He is the author of several books, including one on the history of auto racing in Wisconsin.

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Maffeo, Richard. We Believe: Forty Meditations on the Nicene Creed. Xulon Press, 2007.

Before joining the Catholic Church, Richard Maffeo worshipped in evangelical Protestant churches for more than 30 years. He earned his theological degrees from Pentecostal schools, and his religious articles have appeared in dozens of Christian publications. His book, We Believe: Forty Meditations on the Nicene Creed, invites not only meditation on the Creed, but encourages readers to apply the creedal statements to their own lives. Maffeo's book accomplishes these goals very well.

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Kelly, Matthew. Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star. Hardcover, 313 pages. Beacon Publishing, 2002 ISBN - 1929266-08-1. Suggested retail price: $22.95. 5,000 copies available. Retailers, dealers and wholesalers, please email custserv@anvilpub.com for quotes on various quantities.

Matthew Kelly was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1973. Over the past 10 years more than three million people in 50 countries have attended his talks, seminars, and retreats. Millions more have been touched by his writings and appearances on radio and television programs.

More than 100,000 copies have already been sold of Rediscovering Catholicism, which addresses some of the most important questions Catholics face as individuals and as a Church. Kelly proposes that Catholicism is not a lifeless set of rules and regulations, but a way of life designed by God to help each person reach his or her full potential. With remarkable insight, Kelly dispels dozens of the myths that surround the practice and rejection of Catholicism today, and provides a profound and practical vision of what will lead the Catholic Church to thrive again in the future. "The goal of the Christian life is holiness," Kelly explains, "but somewhere along the way this term disappeared from most Catholics' vocabulary. Maybe we thought the idea of holiness made people feel guilty. Perhaps we just wanted to make it easier for people. Whatever the reason, the disappearance of this goal hasn't made it easier for modern Catholics; it's made it harder for them. The great confusion that is torturing the Church and weakening our faith surrounds one question. What is holiness? The falling attendance at church, the marginalization of the Church by secular culture, and our failure to reach youth are all caused by our inability to communicate clearly the answer to this question: "What is holiness?" Modern men and women have simply become disoriented. We have lost our way. By putting aside the goal of the Christian life  - the call to holiness - we have lost sight of the great Spiritual North Star. The North Star is the only star in the sky that never moves; it remains constant, unwavering, and therefore is truly a guide. If we are to find our way, we must rediscover the great Spiritual North Star."

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Kelly, Matthew. The Shepherd: A Modern Parable About Our Search For Happiness. Hardcover, 81 pages. Beacon Publishing, 2001. ISBN - 1-929266-07-3. 5,000 copies available. Retailers, dealers and wholesalers, please email custserv@anvilpub.com for quotes on various quantities.

The Shepherd is a story about a man who has found the happiness that our hungry hearts desire. His simple and peaceful spirit provides a vision of happiness that is deeply rooted in ancient wisdom, but may just be that "new vision of happiness" that can rescue us. In today's world where appearance is valued more than substance there is a restlessness rampant among us. Deep within one question tugs consistently at our hearts: "What will truly bring me happiness?" As we wrestle with this question we come to one very potent realization: "There must be more to life..." In The Shepherd, Kelly sorts through the false conclusions, half-baked theories, and endless contradictions which seem to dominate our modern search for happiness, to arrive at the one true source of this happiness we desire. If you open yourself up to its message, The Shepherd will guide you to the happiness your heart desires.

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Emmerich, Anne Catherine, and Clemens Brentano. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Anvil Publishers, 2005.

More than 40 scenes in Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" movie are drawn from the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, a 19th-century Westphalian nun, stigmatic, ecstatic and inediac. Her visions were recorded over the course of six years by German romantic poet Clemens Brentano, who sat by her bedside daily to record what she was seeing while in trance. Includes a 100-page introduction by Noel Griese, who explains not only the visions but how they fit in Passion devotionals and how Mel Gibson used them to craft his film.

Specifications: 6 x 9.5, pbk, 384 pp., ISBN 0970497504.
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