i think i found the book:
An ideal Easter gift for Catechumens journeying to be Catholics
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Greetings from Wellsprings!
Read the book that inspires Mel Gibson to make the movie, "The
Passion". This book traces the details of the life of Jesus Christ
not recorded in the Bible.
About the Author .. Anne Catherine Emmerich
Born of poor parents in northern Germany, Anne Catherine Emmerich
(1774-1824) joined a convent at the age of 28, after years of
working as a seamstress and servant. As a nun of the Order of St.
Augustine, she eventually was confined to her bed due to failing
health. She spontaneously displayed the stigmata (the wounds of
Jesus on her hands and side), and was subject to extended visions
of the life of Jesus. Her visions were recorded by the poet Klemens
Maria Brentano, and published after her death.
