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Gertrude the Great or Gertrude of Helfta (January 6, 1256 – November 17, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic who was a member of the Monastery of Helfta.While herself a Benedictine, she also has strong ties to the Cistercian Order; her monastery in Helfta is currently occupied by nuns of the Cistercian Order.
Hail Mary of Gold is a Roman Catholic Marian prayer attributed to Saint Gertrude the Great.. According to Saint Gertrude, the Virgin Mary stated that: "At the hour when the soul which has thus greeted me quits the body, I will appear to them in such splendid beauty that they will taste, to their great consolation, something of the joys of Paradise".
The traditional prayer in honor of the shoulder wound of Jesus calls to mind the wound that Jesus is said to have received carrying the cross on which he was crucified.It is variously attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux or to Saint Gertrude or Saint Mechtilde.
The relevant prayer calls to mind the wound he is said to have received during the carrying of his cross. It is variously attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, [29] St. Gertrude, or St. Mechtilde. [30] The shoulder wound did not inspire as significant a devotional following as the wound in the side "...with its direct access to Christ's heart." [31]
Geltrude Comensoli was born in Bienno, Italy on January 18, 1847, the fifth of ten children, to Carlo and Anna Maria Milesi Comensoli, [1] seven of whom died in infancy. . Her father was a forge worker in the local ironworks and her mother was a seamstr
The hymn did not receive wide acceptance, however, until Sullivan wrote the tune "St. Gertrude" for it. Sullivan quoted the tune in his Boer War Te Deum , first performed in 1902, after his death. Another hymn sung to the St. Gertrude tune is "Forward Through the Ages", written by Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840–1929) in 1908.
Prayer card of Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga from the Philippines. Most cards are circulated to assist the veneration of the saints and images they bear.. Special holy cards are printed for Catholics to be distributed at funerals by the family of the deceased that include the name and usually dates of birth and death of the deceased.
Gertrude's Vita describes how Bishop Amandus came to Itta's home, "preaching the word of God. At the Lord's bidding, he asked whether she would build a monastery for herself and Christ's handmaid, Gertrude". [5] Itta founded Nivelles as a Benedictine monastery of nuns. It later became a double monastery, with one section for monks and another ...