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J.M.J.
SAINT GERTRUDE THE GREAT
(Feast day - November 16)
Taken from the booklet "Saint Gertrude the Great - Herald of Divine Love"
One thing is particularly remarkable in the life of St. Gertrude,
the like of which cannot be found in the life of any other saint; it
is the extraordinary promises made to her by our Savior in favor of
those who venerate her.
TESTIMONIES OF GERTRUDE'S SUBLIME SANCTITY
Even during St. Gertrude's lifetime, OurLord revealed her
sublime sanctity to many holy souls. Once He addressed these words to
a person bound to the saint by the bonds of a holy friendship:
"She for whom thou prayest is My dove who has no guile in her,
for she rejects from her heart, as gall, all the guile and bitterness of sin.
"She is My chosen lily which I love to bear in My hands, for it
is My delight and My pleasure to repose in the purity and innocence
of this chaste soul.
"She is My rose whose fragrance is full of sweetness, because
of her patience in every adversity and the thanksgiving which she
continually offers Me, which ascend before Me as sweetest perfume.
"She is that spring flower which never fades; and I take
pleasure in gazing upon her, because she keeps and maintains
continually in her breast an ardent desire, not only for all virtues,
but for the utmost perfection of every virtue.
"She is a sweet melody which ravishes the ears of the blessed, and
this melody is composed of all the sufferings she endures with so
much constancy."
To another person our Divine Savior thus praised the favorite of His
Heart: "I have borne her (Gertrude) in My arms from her infancy. I
have preserved her in her baptismal purity and innocence, and she, by
her own free choice and will, has given herself to Me entirely and
forever. As a recompense for the perfection of her desires, I, in
return, have given Myself entirely to her. So pleasing is this soul
to Me that when I am offended by men I often enter her heart to
repose, and I make her endure some pain of body or of mind, which I
inflict on her for the sins of others. She accepts this suffering
with the same thanksgiving, humility and patience as she receives all
that comes from Me, and offers it to Me in union with My sufferings.
Thereby she appeases My anger and obliges My mercy to pardon, for her
sake, an immense number of sinners."
Jesus showed to another soul a precious stone, the beauty of which
cannot be described. "This jewel," said Our Lord, "I always wear as a
pledge of My affection for My spouse. By its brightness the whole
celestial court knows that there is no creature on earth so dear to
Me as Gertrude, because there is no one at this preset time amongst
mankind who is so closely united to Me by purity of intention and
uprightness of will. There is no soul still bound by the chains of
flesh and blood whom I am so disposed to enrich with My graces and
favors. There is no soul who refers to My glory alone the gifts
received from Me, with such sincerity and fidelity as Gertrude. . .
You can find Me in no place where I delight more, or which is more
suitable for Me, than in the Sacrament of the Altar, and after that,
in the heart and soul of Gertrude, My beloved."
Jesus Himself condescended to reveal to St. Mechtilde: "I have united
My Heart so closely to Gertrude's soul by the ties of My mercy, that
she has become one spirit with Me."
A similar revelation was made about the same time to another saintly
person. Our Savior said that Gertrude would become still more perfect
and would attain to so intimate a union with God that her eyes would
see, and her lips would speak only what God willed, and all her other
senses would be equally submissive to Him.
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Prayer for Unborn Life:
O GOD OF LIFE AND LOVE, You have given us the gift to participate
with You to bring new life into the world. But, all too often, the
mother's womb, which should be a nursery of life, becomes instead a
place of it's destruction.
Help us to remove this evil and ensure respect for all life made in
Your image and likeness, called to fulfill its promise on this earth,
and destined to find a home with you for all eternity.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Our God, Our Savior, and Our ALL.
Amen.
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