Today, we honor a powerful saint. Gertrude was born at Eisleben in Saxony in 1221.She was characterized by great devotion to Our Lord in His Passion and in the Blessed Eucharist, and by a tender love for the Blessed Virgin. Gertrude was a mystic. By fasting, abstinence, perfect obedience and the denial of her own will, she subdued whatever could oppose the reign of the most holy will of God in her soul. She died in 1302.
Gertrude the Great is invoked for souls in purgatory and for living sinners. Our Lord told Saint Gertrude that the following prayer would release 1,000 souls from purgatory each time it is said. The prayer was extended to include living sinners as well. Pray it daily.
Gertrude the Great is invoked for souls in purgatory and for living sinners. Our Lord told Saint Gertrude that the following prayer would release 1,000 souls from purgatory each time it is said. The prayer was extended to include living sinners as well. Pray it daily.
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.
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