Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich lived between 1774 and 1824 and was born in Germany to a peasant family. Since she was young, she received visions of the lives of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the saints. Her guardian angel would appear to her when she was a child, and Jesus would visit while she was taking care of the sheep. Even the souls in purgatory would call for her prayers. She entered the religious life at the age of 28 years old, where she suffered physically from supernatural phenomena which left her bedridden. Her daily visions continued giving her insight into the spiritual realm which was recorded in books that they are now popular.
