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Veronica witnesses the Passion of Jesus
March 8, 1971
Veronica witnesses the Passion of Jesus
The Passion was seen in vision by Veronica during the
praying of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. Present during this phenomenon
were Camille Debrowski, Ben and Mary Salomone, and Evelyn Murphy.
Veronica received the stigmata of the hands and feet at
this time. A cross appeared on her right foot in the instep area, directly in
line with the big toe and second toe, near the center of the instep, but over
more to her left side of the instep, centered between the ankle area and toes.
The nail bruise appeared on the instep of the left foot, more centered between
the second and third toe from the large toe, at the center of the instep. The
right foot was crossed over the left. The cross fitted perfectly in line with
the nail mark on the left foot.
The Passion as related by Veronica:
“Jesus started by requesting that on the three initial
beads of the Rosary we say the Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Then we entered
into the Sorrowful Mysteries.
The Agony in the Garden
“During the first decade I saw Jesus on His knees, bent
over in anguish, praying. He was wearing a long, burgundy-colored cape over an
inner garment of beige-colored material, long and flowing. There was a great
sadness in His face, great sorrow. He was talking to His Father in Heaven:
“‘Father, I will drink of this cup, down to the last
dreg, if it be Your will. It is not I that should seek that this cup be removed
from Me. My strength is everlasting in the light, and My heart a bleeding vessel
for this cup.’
The Scourging
“During the second Mystery, I cried out, ‘No!
No! Stop that!’ For there was our beloved Jesus being pulled to and fro as His
tormentors pulled His upper garment from His back. They tied His wrists together
and drove a spike into an upright beam. Jesus’ hands were bound by strips of a
brown, leather-like cord. Then the central part of the cord that bound His hands
was looped over the spike in the beam. Poor Jesus was pinned by His hands.
“There were five people in this cave-like room that
appeared to be dug out of a hillside, a sort of hole-room in the hillside.
“I screamed and winced as two soldiers took turns
hitting Jesus’ bare back with a long brown, leather-like strap. On this strap
were metal hooks, laid horizontally all along the strap. These nail-like,
claw-like fixtures on the strap cut and scratched deeply into Jesus’ flesh,
causing blood to pour out. It was a despicable game with the soldiers. They
laughed and joked. Jesus never said a word.
“I cried, ‘Say something! Say something!’ He could save
Himself, but Jesus remained silent as they spat and insulted Him. His back
became a mass of welts and torn flesh. Jesus was barefoot; His sandals had
fallen off as they banged a stake higher into the pole and raised poor Jesus up
so His toes barely touched the floor. The floor was just dirt and blood. The
soldier remarked, ‘Maybe they cut out His lying tongue. Ha, ha!’ Our poor Jesus
remained silent.
“Off to the side I saw a room. There was a large,
kettle-like pot, real old looking—of rough metal, a deep reddish-brown in color,
very large. Underneath was a fire burning; there was a heavy liquid bubbling.
Off to the side was another, longer metal receptacle filled with water. There
were two soldiers dressed in short dresses—short, knee-length skirts, with
pointed metal pieces hanging down in a pattern of triangles all around the
waist, front and back.
“They had a metal, vest-like covering on their chests
and silver-colored metal headpieces that were shaped like a cap, but swooped up
to a flowing design on the top. Three other men were almost naked, dressed in
diaper-like clothing. They were holding a long piece of metal. They placed the
end in the large kettle; it had a red-hot glow. Then the third man had a large,
mallet-like hammer, and he beat on the hot metal. He was pounding it round and
round until it looked like a spike. He would then douse it in that metal water
trough. Two soldiers were talking over at the side. Later they took the five
spikes. (There were five large spikes made.)
The Crowning with Thorns
“I then saw Jesus. He had been cut from the post and
had fallen over. A soldier roughly pulled Him over to a wicker-like stool and
plunked Jesus onto it. Poor Jesus hung forward, and a nasty soldier put a long
stick in His hands to balance Him up, and yelled, ‘Ha, ha! So this is the King
of the Jews! Let’s dress Him as fitting!’
“The soldier went outside, to return with an armful of
brier bush. He used the metal tongs to make it easier to handle. He made a sort
of cap and stuffed a circlet of briers into it. In that way he could handle it
better and shove it on poor Jesus’ head. The thorns were too hard to weave, to
stay together, so the cap was thought of. It was so big, and he kept batting it
down with a stick. The sadist gloated as he swung. Jesus, dearest Savior, said
never a word. The pain was excruciating. Tears coursed down the cheeks of our
poor Jesus, but they were of sorrow. The greatest pain was in His heart!
“Jesus’ hands were tied again with the brown,
leather-like material; and He was dragged to His feet. The soldier draped His
top gown over His torn back. Oh, I could see it stick to His oozing blood. Oh,
it was horrible!
The Carrying of the Cross
“Then a soldier pushed Jesus out of the hole-like
entrance, and down a road. There were many people, all in a spirit of carnival.
Two soldiers pushed Jesus over to the side of the big crossbeam which was
carried through the crowd. It looked like a heavy log—real rough, and a brownish
wood. Two soldiers stood it up and another put Jesus over to it. Two soldiers
started to tie His hands onto it. It was supported across His back and on the
shoulders. It looked awfully heavy and awkward. The brown leather rope was taut
across His elbow area. He seemed to be balancing and supporting the beam as He
struggled on.
“There were three ladies and a man walking off to one
side with Him. The ladies were weeping silently. The man had his arm about a
lady. The man was very tall. He had a long, brown gown on, and he had a brown
beard and dark brown hair. The ladies wore beige-colored gowns; but one lady had
a purple, coat-like garment over hers.
“Jesus tripped and fell. He was so weak now, the beam
had thrown Him off balance as He staggered. Poor Jesus fell. One nasty old man
ran out of the crowd to spit and kick Him—the nasty old beast! I tried to tear
off my tunic to wipe the blood out of His eyes. It was awful! He looked up at
me—the soldiers wouldn’t let me through. I pulled at my hair in frustration and
anguish. Jesus looked at me, and I saw the love of an eternal, glorious promise.
I cried, ‘What could I do?’ I screamed, ‘Help Him! Help Him, please!’ I,
Veronica, was helpless to lift the cross. I could only hope to wipe His dear
face.
“Soon a soldier grabbed a man out of the crowd. This
man had a long gown on with stripes down the front, and he had a turban wrapped
around his head with stripes in the front. He sure didn’t want to carry the
beam, but they knew Jesus couldn’t make it to the outskirts of the town. So this
man shouldered the beam while the insane crowd taunted. Jesus was pushed and
pulled along. Dirt and blood were all over Him; He was a picture of bloody
grime.
“I was retching; I was sick. Oh, such a horror! Such
torture! How could they do this to Him? What did He do but love everyone!
Beasts! Beasts! Soon the soldier ran up with the five spikes. When they reached
the hill, there was a long piece of wood already on the ground. A soldier lifted
the beam from the shoulders of this other man and threw it to the ground. Two
other soldiers placed it on top of the long piece of wood to form a cross—long
all the way down, and sort of sticking out at the top. They slammed one spike
into the two beams and the cross was made.
The Crucifixion
“Two lousy soldiers threw Jesus to the ground,
and they pulled His arms out to stretch across the cross beam. Oh, how it hurt,
the back so torn! I could see the pain in Jesus’ eyes, but He never uttered a
word. He just looked sad. Then they took brown, leather-like cord and wrapped it
around His wrists at the board, bound to the board. Then they lifted and tied
the wrists to the board, bound and wound the leather cord around the ankles and
the wood to hold Him in place.
“Then the spikes were thrown onto the ground, and one
soldier got down on his knees and he placed the spike in the center of the palm
of poor Jesus’ hand. With that metal mallet he drove it in through the skin and
out into the board. I screamed! I threw up! This was repeated on the right hand.
Then Jesus looked up to the sky. They started on the legs—one large spike into
both feet, His right foot over the left, at a twisted sort of angle, placed to
lie flat against each other. I retched as I heard the metal against flesh and
bone and wood. One spike protruded out the other side. They hammered a block of
wood under His poor feet, ‘to line ‘em up,’ they said. It was awful!
“I looked off into the crowd. Oh, there were only nine
people there to stay with Jesus. I now knew His Mother, Mary Cleophas (the wife
of Clopas), Mary Magdalen, and John. Oh, poor Jesus—never a word did He say as
they nailed Him to the wood. Oh, such love!
“Soon two soldiers lifted the head of the wood and
three the bottom, carrying Jesus on the cross, and dropped the end into a hole.
It went in with a thump! Jesus winced. And it tore His hands more. Blood was
trickling down His face. He couldn’t move His head. The pain was awful; each
movement cut deep. He sagged a bit, but pulled upward. The sagging tore more.
“Mary and Mary ran up to Him. They did not speak at
first; they could talk with their eyes to each other. They didn’t need words.
John came over, for Jesus’ bottom tunic fell down. Oh, dear, He was almost
naked. I turned away, but John ran over and tied sort of knots in it, like a
diaper. Oh, the humiliation to poor Jesus! Then Jesus said to John: “Behold,
John, your Mother. And this, Mother, is Your son. I must go to the Father soon.”
“The crowd started to move off. Jesus cried: “Abba,
abba sabba la bec tori”—that is what it sounded like—a foreign sound. Sabba
sabba sabba la bec tori. (I can’t spell it well, just by sound.) Then He looked
up. “I thirst!” (This I heard in English.)
“. . . Water, yellowish water. . . .
Jesus’ head hung down to His right. It became dark, so dark. Everyone went away
but the nine. They all came close; and Mary clung to His feet, wordless in
sorrow.”
Veronica finished the recitation of what she
experienced to find her feet swollen and her arms sore, the feet marked and the
hands stinging. Her wordless reaction was a mixture of wonder, joy, and love—joy
that now she could join Jesus in His suffering and hold His hand on the road to
the Kingdom.
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