Lent and Eastertide

This page gives you quick and easy links to each of the daily readings from Sister Emmerich for Lent and Eastertide.

Introduction: Sister Emmerich at Lent and Eastertide


Ash Wednesday

The Creation

Introductory Remarks

1. Fall of the angels

2. Creation of the earth

Thursday after Ash Wednesday

3. Adam and Eve

4. The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge

Sin and its consequences

1. The Fall

Friday after Ash Wednesday

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

2. The promise of the Redeemer

First Sunday of Lent

3. Adam and Eve driven from Paradise

4. The family of Adam

Week 1, Monday

9. Jesus on the Mount of Olives

Week 1, Tuesday

Week 1, Wednesday

Week 1, Thursday

Week 1, Friday

Week 1, Saturday

10. Judas and his band. The wood of the cross

Second Sunday of Lent

11. The arrest of the Lord

Week 2, Monday

Week 2, Tuesday

Week 2, Wednesday

12. Means taken by Jesus’ enemies for carrying out their designs. Glance at Jerusalem at this hour

Week 2, Thursday

13. Jesus before Annas

Week 2, Friday

14. Jesus led from Annas to Caiaphas

15. Jesus before Caiaphas

Week 2, Saturday

Third Sunday of Lent

16. Jesus mocked and insulted

17. Peter’s denial

Week 3, Monday

18. Mary in the judgment hall of Caiaphas

Week 3, Tuesday

19. Jesus imprisoned

20. Judas at the judgment hall

21. The morning trial

Week 3, Wednesday

22. The despair of Judas

23. Jesus is taken to Pilate

Week 3, Thursday

25. Jesus before Pilate

Week 3, Friday

26. Origin of the devotion of the “Holy Way of the Cross”

27. Pilate and his wife

Week 3, Saturday

28. Jesus before Herod

Fourth Sunday of Lent

29. Jesus taken from Herod to Pilate

Week 4, Monday

30. The scourging of Jesus

Week 4, Tuesday

31. Mary during the scourging of Jesus

33. Personal appearance of Mary and of Magdalen

34. Jesus crowned with thorns and mocked

Week 4, Wednesday

35. “Ecce homo!”

36. Jesus condemned to the death of the cross

Week 4, Thursday

Week 4, Friday

37. Jesus carries his cross to Golgotha

38. Jesus’ first fall under the cross

Week 4, Saturday

39. Jesus, carrying his cross, meets his most holy and afflicted mother. His second fall under the cross

40. Simon of Cyrene. Jesus’ third fall under the cross

Fifth Sunday of Lent

41. Veronica and her veil

Week 5, Monday

42. The weeping daughters of Jerusalem. Jesus’ fourth and fifth falls beneath the cross

43. Jesus on Golgotha. The sixth and the seventh falls of Jesus. His imprisonment

Week 5, Tuesday

44. Mary and the holy women go to Golgotha

The weather

45. Jesus stripped for crucifixion

Week 5, Wednesday

46. Jesus nailed to the cross

47. The raising of the cross

Week 5, Thursday

48. The crucifixion of the thieves

49. The executioners cast lots for Jesus’ garments

50. Jesus crucified. The two thieves

Week 5, Friday

51. Jesus mocked. His first word on the cross

52. The sun obscured. The second and the third words of Jesus on the cross

Week 5, Saturday

53. Jesus abandoned. His fourth word on the cross

54. The death of Jesus. Fifth, sixth, and seventh words on the cross

Palm Sunday

Holy Week – Monday

55. The earthquake. Apparitions of the dead in Jerusalem

Holy Week – Tuesday

56. Joseph of Arimathea requests the body of Jesus from Pilate

Holy Week – Wednesday

57. The side of Jesus opened. The legs of the thieves broken

60. The descent from the cross

Holy Week – Thursday

61. The body of Jesus prepared for burial

62. The sepulture

Good Friday

63. The return from the burial. The sabbath

64. The imprisonment of Joseph of Arimathea. The holy sepulchre guarded

66. Some words on Christ’s descent into hell

Holy Saturday

65. The friends of Jesus on Holy Saturday

The Resurrection. The Ascension. The descent of the Holy Ghost

1. The eve of the Holy Resurrection

Easter Day

2. The Resurrection of the Lord

Easter Week – Monday

3. The guards’ statements

Easter Week – Tuesday

4. The first love feast (agape) after the Resurrection

5. Communion of the holy apostles

Easter Week – Wednesday

6. The disciples going to Emmaus. Jesus appears to the apostles in the hall of the Last Supper

Easter Week – Thursday

Easter Week – Friday

7. The apostles preaching the Resurrection

Easter Week – Saturday

Divine Mercy Sunday

8. The second love feast (agape). Thomas puts his hand into the marks of Jesus’ wounds