Saturday, March 3, 2012
Blessed Patron Gertrude (Patron of Nuns)
Prayer of St Gertrude:
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary.
O my adorable and loving Savior, consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is aflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your love. Let my heart be united with Yours. Let my will be conformed to Yours in all things. May Your Will be the rule of all my desires and actions. Amen.
Patron Saint: Nuns
Additional Patronage: West Indies
Born: January, 1256 in Germany
Died: Easter of 1302 - Natural causes
Canonized: Was never, but a feast day was declared by Pope Clement XII in 1677. The day is November 16th.
Why she is venerated by the Holy Roman Catholic Church:
Visions of Christ
Mystic
Influental writer regarding the Blessed Sacred Heart of Jesus
Saint Gerturde Charm Medal
Patrick
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