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Anne Catherine Emmerich ( September 22nd–23rd)  described the preparations made in the house of Saint Anne for a great feast. The furniture had been moved aside, and the dividing screens removed so that several small rooms became one large hall. Along both sides of this space stood long, low tables arranged for a celebratory meal. On the tables were delicate vessels with openwork tops resembling baskets, possibly intended for flowers. On a side table lay small white rods, which appeared to be made of bone, and spoons shaped like deep shells with ringed handles. There were also small curved tubes, perhaps used for sipping liquid. At the center of the hall stood a type of altar table covered in red and white cloths. Upon it rested a small trough-shaped cradle woven of red and white wickerwork and covered with a sky-blue cloth. Nearby stood a lectern draped with fabric, upon which parchment prayer scrolls were placed. Five priests from Nazareth were present, one vested more promine...

In her visions, Anne Catherine Emmerich described being shown a profound mystery concerning the creation of the soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary and its union with her body. She perceived what she often described as the representation of the Most Holy Trinity in glory. In this vision, the divine majesty appeared to her in a symbolic form — at once resembling a vast radiant mountain and yet also suggesting a majestic human figure. From within this brilliance, she saw a movement, as though a living light arose from its very center. This light seemed to ascend and then proceed outward like a shining breath or luminous ray. She then beheld this radiant brightness standing before the divine presence. It appeared distinct, yet entirely dependent upon God. She described seeing it take on form — though she understood that this shaping was not self-formed but entirely the result of the divine will. The light gradually assumed the likeness of a human soul, resplendent in a beauty beyond ordinar...