The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ

By: Anne Catherine Emmerich

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Anne Catherine Emmerich was born in Germany in 1774. As a child she believed that angels, saints, and the Holy Family visited and talked with her as she worked in the fields. At twenty-four, she had her first mystic vision of the sufferings of Christ, accompanied by stigmata and bleeding as if from the crown of thorns. At twenty-nine, she became an Augustinian nun and continued to have visions and stigmata. In her visions, she recounted scenes from the life of Christ, which she seemed to have witnessed. These phenomena brought her fame and investigation by both science and the Church.

This book was one of the sources for Mel Gibson's motion picture, The Passion of the Christ.

©2004 Blackstone Audiobooks (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks

Ourstanding

This book made you feel like you were right there in the Passion of Christ. I highly Recommend it

A wonder to hear

I very much enjoyed this reading. It was quite enlightening. It will remain one of my favorites.

Amazing!

Listened to whole book while working, and it made my few days listening very thoughtful and contemplative. Wonderful narrator, very easy to listen to and her style of reading flowed so well with, Blessed Sister Emmerich's, that it made the entire experience very enjoyable and natural. Such a very spiritually enriching book, not for the faint of heart. But those who have an interior want to devote more meditation on the Passion of Christ, this is the book for you.

Narrator ruins an interesting account

Once again, Wanda McCaddon steps all over a good book. In this car crash, her insidious inflections cast doubt on the writer's "dreams" and I'm not referring to her attempts to dramatize voices of various characters. It's clear she doesn't believe a word she's reading, thus defeating the author's purpose in sharing her incredibly unique accounts of being an eye-witness to the last days of Christ's life on earth. Such a shame McCaddon dominates so many audio book jobs because, in my opinion, she never, ever does a book justice. Another woman's name was listed on the thumbnail art as being the narrator and it's a shame that version, whether good or bad, was not given a chance within Audible. might have made all the difference....

Great for self guided meditation

Meditation is deep, moving and edifying. Reading is clear and at the right speed for listening to something that requires attention but punctuation is not well rounded.