Nov. 16 Saint Gertrude the Great. Reflection for 11/16/09 www.apostleshipofprayer.org Saint Gertrude the Great (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta) (Italian: Santa Gertrude) (January 6, 1256 – ca. 1302) …More
Nov. 16 Saint Gertrude the Great.
Reflection for 11/16/09 www.apostleshipofprayer.org
Saint Gertrude the Great (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta) (Italian: Santa Gertrude) (January 6, 1256 – ca. 1302) was a German Benedictine, mystic, and theologian.
She is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and is inscribed as "Saint Gertrude" in the General Roman Calendar, not as "Saint Gertrude the Great", for celebration throughout the Latin-Rite Catholic Church on November 16.[1]
Gertrude was born January 6, 1256, in Eisleben, Thuringia (within the Holy Roman Empire). Nothing is known of her parents, so she was probably an orphan. As a young girl, she joined the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary at Helfta, under the direction of its abbess, Gertrude of Hackeborn. She is sometimes confused with her abbess, which is why she is often depicted in art incorrectly holding a crosier. Some scholars refer to the monastery as Cistercian, since it was founded by seven sisters from the Cistercian …More
Reflection for 11/16/09 www.apostleshipofprayer.org
Saint Gertrude the Great (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta) (Italian: Santa Gertrude) (January 6, 1256 – ca. 1302) was a German Benedictine, mystic, and theologian.
She is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and is inscribed as "Saint Gertrude" in the General Roman Calendar, not as "Saint Gertrude the Great", for celebration throughout the Latin-Rite Catholic Church on November 16.[1]
Gertrude was born January 6, 1256, in Eisleben, Thuringia (within the Holy Roman Empire). Nothing is known of her parents, so she was probably an orphan. As a young girl, she joined the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary at Helfta, under the direction of its abbess, Gertrude of Hackeborn. She is sometimes confused with her abbess, which is why she is often depicted in art incorrectly holding a crosier. Some scholars refer to the monastery as Cistercian, since it was founded by seven sisters from the Cistercian …More
Our Lord dictated the following prayer to St. Gertrude the Great to release 1,000 Souls from Purgatory each time it is said.
"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 …More
Our Lord dictated the following prayer to St. Gertrude the Great to release 1,000 Souls from Purgatory each time it is said.
"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."
"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."
St. Marien zu Helfta (St. Mary’s of Helfta) is the famous 13th century Cistercian convent in Helfta which was known as »The Crown of German Convents«. Three women founded the fame of Helfta. All three living as Religious in the convent:
Mechtild of Magdeburg
Mechtild of Hakeborn
Gertrud (the Great) of Helfta
European mysticism was greatly influenced by their writing. And their spirituality is …More
St. Marien zu Helfta (St. Mary’s of Helfta) is the famous 13th century Cistercian convent in Helfta which was known as »The Crown of German Convents«. Three women founded the fame of Helfta. All three living as Religious in the convent:
Mechtild of Magdeburg
Mechtild of Hakeborn
Gertrud (the Great) of Helfta
European mysticism was greatly influenced by their writing. And their spirituality is gaining renewed effects today. For more than 450 years no church bells sounded here, but in1999 eight Sisters from Seligenthal – a Bavarian Cistercian Abbey - have started to rebuild monastic life. Meanwhile 18 woman live, pray, and work in the convent. Women are also invited to share monastic life for shorter periods of time
The decay of the beautiful medieval buildings has been stopped, church, convent and guesthouse are newly restored, financed solely by donations mainly from German Catholics. Helfta is developing into a centre of Spirituality in the diocese of Magdeburg. We are happy to host a small number of seminars, conduct retreats, and spiritual exercises. We also welcome short-stay visitors and offer guided tours. Guests are invited to join with us in Holy Office.
Kloster St. Marien zu Helfta
Lindenstr. 36
06295 Eisleben
Tel: 03475 711 500 03475 711 500
Fax: 03475 711 555
pforte@kloster-helfta.de
www.kloster-helfta.de/9/index.php
Mechtild of Magdeburg
Mechtild of Hakeborn
Gertrud (the Great) of Helfta
European mysticism was greatly influenced by their writing. And their spirituality is gaining renewed effects today. For more than 450 years no church bells sounded here, but in1999 eight Sisters from Seligenthal – a Bavarian Cistercian Abbey - have started to rebuild monastic life. Meanwhile 18 woman live, pray, and work in the convent. Women are also invited to share monastic life for shorter periods of time
The decay of the beautiful medieval buildings has been stopped, church, convent and guesthouse are newly restored, financed solely by donations mainly from German Catholics. Helfta is developing into a centre of Spirituality in the diocese of Magdeburg. We are happy to host a small number of seminars, conduct retreats, and spiritual exercises. We also welcome short-stay visitors and offer guided tours. Guests are invited to join with us in Holy Office.
Kloster St. Marien zu Helfta
Lindenstr. 36
06295 Eisleben
Tel: 03475 711 500 03475 711 500
Fax: 03475 711 555
pforte@kloster-helfta.de
www.kloster-helfta.de/9/index.php
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The Prayer of Saint Gertrude St Gertrude showed "tender sympathy towards the souls in purgatory" and urged prayers for them. She is therefore invoked for souls in purgatory. Perhaps for that reason, to her name has been attached a prayer that, according to a legend of uncertain origin and date (neither are found in the Revelations of Saint Gertrude the Great), Our Lord promised to release a thousand …More
The Prayer of Saint Gertrude St Gertrude showed "tender sympathy towards the souls in purgatory" and urged prayers for them. She is therefore invoked for souls in purgatory. Perhaps for that reason, to her name has been attached a prayer that, according to a legend of uncertain origin and date (neither are found in the Revelations of Saint Gertrude the Great), Our Lord promised to release a thousand souls from purgatory each time it was said. The prayer was extended to include living sinners as well. Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus Christ, 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, for those in my own home and within my family. Amen. [edit] See also Christian mystics St. Mechtilde Mary, White Lily of The Trinity and Vermilon Rose of Heaven [edit] Notes 1.^ Like other early saints, including figures such as Saint Peter, Saint Gertude was never formally canonized. 2.^ Patron Saints Index: "Saint Gertrude the Great" [edit] External links [1] youtube video on Gertrude the Great Kloster Helfta - Official website of Helfta Monastery The Life and Revelations of Saint Gertrude the Great - the full text online. Matrologia Latina - Latin text of Sanctae Gertrudis Legatus divinae pietatis (Books 1 and 2) Patron Saints Index: Saint Gertrude the Great A biographical note on St Gertrude and an excerpt from her book, The Herald of Divine Love, from the website of her recently refounded monastery at Helfta. Mission To Empty Purgatory - Pledge to say St Gertrude's prayer. St. Benedict's Abbey - Benedictine Brothers and Fathers in America's Heartland The Holy Rule of St. Benedict - Online translation by Rev. Boniface Verheyen, OSB, of St. Benedict's Abbey Benedictine College - Dynamically Catholic, Benedictine, Liberal Arts, and Residential "St. Gertrude the Great". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. www.newadvent.org/cathen/06534a.htm. Bibliography en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_the_Great