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Yves Dupont included the following paragraph - allegedly being a direct quote from the above-named book "The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich" [See "The True Status of Anna Katharina Emmerick"]:

"I saw again the new and odd-looking Church which they were trying to build. There was nothing holy about it... People were kneading bread in the crypt below... but it would not rise, nor did they receive the body of Our Lord, but only bread. Those who were in error, through no fault of their own, and who piously and ardently longed for the Body of Jesus were spiritually consoled, but not by their communion. Then, my Guide [Jesus] said: 'THIS IS BABEL.' [The Mass in many languages]." recorded in The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich by Rev. Carl E. Schmoeger, C.SS.R

As you will see, I have re-produced pages 84/5, 131/2 and 283/4 hereunder:

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not do as he; consequently, he had a dream in which he saw many of those over whom he had gloried far above him in piety, and he was filled with confusion.

"When I had finished my work, I saw by the Saviour two large tablets on which were recorded all neglects and their expiation. All my labors were shown to me in figures and I saw whatever was lost. On one side were beautiful crowns, ornaments, and flowers, on the other faded garlands garments slovenly made or only half-finished, and scraps of fruits and vegetables; on one side a pile of the most magnificent of God's gifts, on the other a heap of rubbish and potsherds. I was overcome by sorrow. I prostrated on the ground and wept bitterly for two whole hours. I felt that my heart would break. Then I was shown all this rubbish behind Jesus. He turned his back on it; but I still wept. The loving Saviour approached me and said 'These tears alone were wanting! I allowed thee to see all this that thou mightest not think thou hadst done anything of thyself; but now I take all upon My own shoulders!' I saw the six other laborers weeping in like manner and receiving the same consolation. Then I saw the Blessed Virgin extend her mantle over the Church and a crowd of the poor, the sick, and the lame raise it in some way, until it floated in the air clear and shining, where it met and united with the Church Triumphant. Jesus and the Apostles appeared in the upper choir and distributed the Holy Eucharist as a renewal of strength, and numerous souls, among them kings and princes, went from Abraham's bosom into the Church. I saw, above all, many a soul, thought to be among the saints, still in Abraham's bosom, not yet in possession of the vision of God, and I saw others going to heaven after one or two days' purification. I saw purgatory in this vision as the Church Suffering, a vast, sombre cave

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in which souls were paying off their debt. There was a dull glare in it, like candle-light, and a kind of altar. An angel comes several times a year to administer something strengthening to the poor sufferers, but when he retires everything church-like disappears with him. Although the poor souls cannot help themselves, yet they intercede for the Church. When I have visions of the Church as a whole, I always see to the north-west a deep, black abyss into which no ray of light enters, and I feel that that is hell. Afterward I saw a great feast in the Church and multitudes uniting in it. I saw several churches, or rather meeting-houses surmounted by weather-cocks, the congregations, disunited from the Church, running here and there like beggars hurrying to places where bread is distributed, having no connection with either the Church Triumphant or the Church Suffering. They were not in a regularly founded, living Church, one with the Church Militant, Suffering, and Triumphant, nor did they receive the Body of the Lord, but only bread. They who were in error through no fault of their own and who piously and ardently longed for the Body of Jesus Christ, were spiritually consoled, but not by their communion. They who habitually communicated without this ardent love received nothing; but a child of the Church receives an immense increase of strength."

December 4th-Sister Emmerich lay prostrate and miserable after her labors and sufferings of the last eight days with continual vomiting of blood, bleeding of her side, and bloody sweats, though she never ceased, day or night, making caps for poor children and lint for the Abbe Lambert. The greater part of several nights she passed in a sitting posture, her head resting on her knees. She was unable to lie down and still too weak to sit upright Her heart and breast

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their correspondence to the needs of him who received them. The messengers from the Church Triumphant are delegated with due regard to the importance of the occasion on which they are sent, and not in accordance with the blind judgment of the world. With regard to the gift of recognizing relics, I must add that St. Praxedes possessed it to a certain degree.

"I saw the Holy' Father surrounded by traitors and in great distress about the Church. He had visions and apparitions in his hour of greatest need. I saw many good pious Bishops; but they were weak and wavering, their cowardice often got the upper hand. I saw the black fellow plotting again, the destroyers attacking the Church of Peter, Mary standing with her mantle over it, and the enemies of God put to flight. I saw Sts. Peter and Paul laboring actively for the Church and their basilica greatly enlarged. Then I saw darkness spreading around and people no longer seeking the true Church. They went to another, saying: ' All is more beautiful, more natural here, better regulated " - but, as yet, I have seen no ecclesiastic among them. I saw the Pope firm, but greatly perplexed. The treaty thought to be so advantageous to us will be of no use; things will go from bad to worse. The Pope shows more energy now; he has been advised to hold out till death, and this he gained by his late act of firmness. But his last orders are of no account, he enforces them too feebly. I saw over the city terrible evils from the north.

"Thence I went over water in the midst of which lie islands with their good and evil; the most insolated are the happiest, the brightest. I travelled westward into Xavier's country (Portugal) where I saw many saints and the whole land full of soldiers in red. The master was toward the south beyond the sea. This country was pretty tranquil

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compared with that of St. Ignatius, which I now entered and found in frightful misery. Darkness lay over the whole land where reposes the treasure of the saint's graces and merits. I was at the central point, and I recognized the place where long before I had had a vision of people cast into a fiery furnace around which their enemies were gathered; but they who had kindled the flames were themselves consumed by them (1). I saw unheard-of abominations spreading over the land, and my guide said to me: 'This is Babel!' - I saw throughout the whole country a chain of secret societies with influences at work like those of Babel. They were connected with the building of the tower by a web fine as that of a spider, which extended up through all ages. Its highest blossom was the diabolical woman Semiramis. I saw all going to ruin, sacred things destroyed, impiety and heresy flowing in. A civil war was brewing and a destructive internal crisis was at hand. I saw the former labors of innumerable saints, as well as the saints themselves, of whom I shall mention only Isidore, John of the Cross, Jane of Jesus, and chiefly Teresa, many of whose visions I saw. I was shown the labors of St. James whose tomb is on a mountain. I saw what numbers of pilgrims here find salvation. My guide pointed out Montserrat. He showed me the old hermits who formerly dwelt there, and I had a touching vision of them. They never knew the day of the week. They counted time by dividing a loaf into seven parts of which they ate one part each day. Sometimes when in ecstasy, they made a mistake of a whole day. The Mother of God used to appear and tell them what to announce to men. I saw such misery in this country, so many graces trodden under foot, so many saints

(1) The preceding March Sister Emmerich had seen under the symbol of a burning furnace into which the innocent were cast, the condemnation of the good, the destruction of faith and morals in the country of St. Ignatius; and she understood that they who prepared the ruin of the innocent should share the fate of their victims.

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priest whom the unchaste bride wanted to marry. It was a very comprehensive vision and portrayed anew all that had been previously shown me regarding the Churches destiny. On another occasion, I had a vision of the Vicar-General's stanch resistance to secular power in behalf of the interests of the Church. The affair covered him with glory(1), though upon some other points he was to blame. I was told that I should have to go again to the Pope', but when all this will take place I cannot say."

A NEW CHURCH UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PLANETARY SPIRITS.

September 12, 1820. - "I saw a fantastic, odd-looking church being built. The choir was in three parts, each raised some steps above the last; and under it was a deep vault full of fog. On the first platform of the choir was a seat; on the second, a basin of water; on the third, a table. I saw no angel helping in the construction, but numbers of the most violent planetary spirits dragging all sorts of things into the vault where persons in little ecclesiastical mantles received them and deposited them in their various places. Nothing was brought from above; all came from the earth and the dark regions, all was built up by the planetary spirits. The water alone seemed to have something holy about it. I saw an enormous number of instruments brought into the church, and many persons, even children, had different tools, as if trying to make something; but all was obscure, absurd, dead! Division and destruction reigned everywhere. - Near by, I saw another church, shining and rich with graces from on high, angels ascending and descending. In it were life and increase, tepidity and dissipation ; and yet it was like a tree

(1) An allusion to his vigorous resistance to the Prussian government in the affair of mixed marriages, after he had been raised to the Archbishopric of Cologne.

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full of sap compared with the other which was like a chest of lifeless institutions. The former was like a bird on the wing, the latter, like a paper dragon, its tail adorned with ribands and writings, dragging over a stubble-field. I saw that many of the instruments in the new church, such as spears and darts, were meant to be used against the living Church. Every one dragged in something different, clubs, rods, pumps, cudgels, puppets, mirrors, trumpets, horns, bellows-all sorts of things. In the cave below (the sacristy) some people kneaded bread, but nothing came of it; it would not rise. The men in the little mantles brought wood to the steps of the pulpit to make a fire. They puffed and blew and labored hard, but the fire would not burn; all they produced was smoke and fumes. Then they broke a hole in the roof and ran up a pipe, but the smoke would not rise, and the whole place became black and suffocating. Some blew the horns so violently that the tears streamed from their eyes. All in this church belonged to the earth, returned to the earth, all was dead, the work of human skill, a church of the latest style, a church of man's invention like the new heterodox church in Rome."

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November 12, 1820.-" I passed over a dark, cold country to a large city, and I saw again the great, odd-looking church with nothing holy about it and innumerable planetary spirits laboring at it. I saw it in the same way that I see a Catholic institution being erected, angels, saints, and Christians all laboring in common ; only here the concurrence of the laborers was shown under forms more mechanical. The planetary spirits ascended and descended and shot down rays upon the workmen; but all was done in accordance with human reason. I saw a spirit on high drawing lines and tracing figures, and down below the design, the plan immediately carried out. I saw the influ~

In other words, Yves Dupont manufactured the above "quote" by splicing sections as follows:

1. The first portion from page 283, part of paragraph 2 (of 2 paragraphs on that page);
2. Then a portion from Page 283, part of paragraph 1;
3. The next portion was culled from 198 pages earlier - part of page 85!!!
4. Finally, it was completed with a portion from page 132.

Thus:

[p.283, para. 2] "I saw again the new and odd-looking Church which they were trying to build. There was nothing holy about it... [p. 283, para. 1] People were kneading bread in the crypt below... but it would not rise, [p.85 ]nor did they receive the body of Our Lord, but only bread. Those who were in error, through no fault of their own, and who piously and ardently longed for the Body of Jesus were spiritually consoled, but not by their communion. [p. 132 ]Then, my Guide [Jesus] said: 'THIS IS BABEL.' [The Mass in many languages]."

Note also

1. that the portions in blue were added by Yves Dupont - I guess to support his dislike for the Novus Ordo Missae in the vernacular.
   
   
2. While Dupont's book was published in 1973, and TAN's publication in 1976 - nevertheless, the TAN edition was "Reprinted from the 1968 edition of Maria Regina Guild, Los Angeles, California [edition, which was] itself reprinted from the English edition of 1885.
   
   Assuming that the TAN edition was a faithful copy of the 1885 English edition, it is interesting, therefore to note that Dupont's "snipped quotes do NOT faithfully correspond with any of the English editions. I can only assume that he may have done his own translation from the original German or, perhaps, from a French edition. For example, whereas Dupont has:

   "...People were kneading bread in the crypt below...but it would not rise, nor [etc.]"

   TAN's edition has:

   "In the cave below (the sacristy) some people kneaded bread, but nothing came of it; it would not rise."

But, the rhetorical question must be asked: "Was Yves Dupont performing honest scholarship when he fabricated his alleged quote from [now] Venerable Anna Katarina Emmerick - quotes which, in turn, are only those culled by Rev. Karl E. Schmöger, C.Ss.R., who culled them from the notes of the protestant poet Clemens Brentano, who complied them from the MEDITATIONS of Sr. Anna Katarina Emmerick - and which MEDITATIONS played NO PART WHATSOEVER in her elevation to the ranks of the Venerable on April 24, 2001?"