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Saint Gertrude The Great
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Posted on 11/16/2002 6:35:54 PM PST by Lady In Blue
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To: Judith Anne
To: Salvation
THANKS FOR 
THE PING!
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:00:34 PM PST
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Smartass
(BUSH & CHENEY to 2008 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
To: Smartass
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11/30/2004 3:19:37 AM PST
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GoBoks
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To: Lady In Blue
BTTT on the Optional Memorial of St. Getrude the Great, 11-16-05!
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posted on
11/16/2005 7:32:02 AM PST
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Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Lady In Blue
American Catholic’s Saint of the Day
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November 16
St. Gertrude
(1256?-1302)
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Gertrude, a Benedictine nun in Helfta (Saxony), was one of the great mystics of the 13th century. Together with her friend and teacher St. Mechtild, she practiced a spirituality called "nuptial mysticism," that is, she came to see herself as the bride of Christ. Her spiritual life was a deep personal union with Jesus and his Sacred Heart, leading her into the very life of the Trinity. But this was no individualistic piety. Gertrude lived the rhythm of the liturgy, where she found Christ. In the liturgy and Scripture, she found the themes and images to enrich and express her piety. There was no clash between her personal prayer life and the liturgy.
Comment:
Gertrude's life is another reminder that the heart of the Christian life is prayer: private and liturgical, ordinary or mystical, always personal. Quote:
"Lord, you have granted me your secret friendship by opening the sacred ark of your divinity, your deified heart, to me in so many ways as to be the source of all my happiness; sometimes imparting it freely, sometimes as a special mark of our mutual friendship. You have so often melted my soul with your loving caresses that, if I did not know the abyss of your overflowing condescensions, I should be amazed were I told that even your Blessed Mother had been chosen to receive such extraordinary marks of tenderness and affection" (Adapted from The Life and Revelations of Saint Gertrude). |
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posted on
11/16/2005 8:17:49 AM PST
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Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Lady In Blue
BTTT on the Optional Memorial of St. Getrude the Great, 11-16-06!
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posted on
11/16/2006 6:37:12 AM PST
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Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Lady In Blue
I love St. Gertrude, is today her feast day?
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posted on
11/16/2006 6:38:45 AM PST
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diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: diamond6
BTTT on the Optional Memorial of St. Getrude the Great, November 16, 2007!
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posted on
11/16/2007 7:39:03 AM PST
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Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
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posted on
11/16/2007 7:30:39 PM PST
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diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: diamond6
**To her was granted the privilege of seeing our Lord’s Sacred Heart. The graces flowing from it appeared like a stream of purest water flowing over the whole world. **
I wasn’t aware of her visions of the Most Sacred Heart until today! Wow!
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11/16/2007 9:02:55 PM PST
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Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
Wow! That is absolutely beautiful. I have a little book on St. Gertrude, it’s a fascinating read.
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11/17/2007 11:02:48 AM PST
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diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)
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