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Today is the feast of Saint Gertrude. Father explains the importance of the image of the Heart of Jesus for a living relationship with God. What does this have to do with Saint Gertrude? Father explains in this reflection.

From the responsorial psalm: "Blessed the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commands. His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed. Blessed the man who fears the Lord." A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke (Lk 18:1-8) "For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'” The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?" In the parable of the persistent widow, Jesus emphasizes the importance of persevering in prayer. Jesus uses the example of a dishonest judge who is initially indifferent but ultimately grants the widow justice because of her constant pleading. This illustrates that even if God seems slow to respond, our persistent prayer will eventually be answered by our loving Father. The parable concludes with a question about the strength of our faith in our experience of God's justice and mercy. "But when the Son of Man comes," Jesus says, "will he find faith on earth?” God, help me see what today's Gospel and psalm reveal about your justice and its work in the lives of those who act justly. To pray always and not become weary requires persistence and faith in your justice and mercy. “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says," Jesus tells the disciples. As I recognize the limitations of human justice, give me the grace to depend more strongly on you for my daily needs and for the constant need of my soul, which seeks union with you whether or not it recognizes that. As Saint Gertrude did, let me be thankful, Lord, for your mercy in preparing me to know the infinite mystery of your justice manifested through the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ your Son. Saint Gertrude, pray for us! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lectio-divina-daily/support

Full Text of ReadingsThursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 494The Saint of the day is Saint Gertrude the GreatSaint Gertrude the Great's Story Gertrude, a Benedictine nun in Helfta, Saxony, was one of the great mystics of the 13th century. Together with her friend and teacher Saint 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 deeply 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 in 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. The Liturgical Feast of Saint Gertrude the Great is November 16. Reflection Saint Gertrude's life is another reminder that the heart of the Christian life is prayer: private and liturgical, ordinary or mystical, but always personal. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Chapter 17 of The Sacred Heart of Jesus by Saint John Eudes

The Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Faithful Departed, Corona Divinae Misericordiae pro Fidelibus Defunctorum, in Latin Only. Prayers begin at 16 min. Chaplet begins at 24 min. Latin Used here: Sign of the Cross: In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. “O Jesus, Eternal Truth, our life…” https://saintpolycarp.org/divine-mercy/ . In Latin: “O Jesu, Veritas aeterna, Vita nostra… Cor Sacratissimum, Fons Misericordiæ… O Jesu, considerans impensium Sanguinis Tui… Confidat ergo omnis anima in Passione Domini… ut Misericórdiam Tuam glorificent per infinita sæcula.” “You expired, O Jesus…” In Latin “Jesus, Qui expletis, sed pro animas fons vitae ante continuatus, et Oceanus Misericórdiæ pro totius mundi adaperire est. O Fons Vitæ, Misericórdia Divinæ investigábilæ, implica totius mundi, et super nos Te inane.” “O Blood and water… I trust in you.” ***V. O Sanguis et Aqua qui ex Cordis Jesu exivit, ut Fons Misericordiae pro nobis R. Ego Tibi confído *** Collect: Fidélium, Deus, ómnium Cónditor et Redémptor. Prayer of Saint Gertrude to release 1,000 souls from Purgatory (slightly altered): Pater æterne, offero Tibi Pretiosissimum Corpus, Sanguinem, Animam et Divinitatem Dilectissimi Filii Tui, Domini nostri Jesu Christi, in unione cum omnibus Missis quae hodie per universum mundum dicúntur, pro omnibus Animabus Sanctis in Purgatorio, et pro peccatoribus ubique - qui in suis ultimis diebus, in ultimis suis horis ac ultimo cruciatu in Ecclesia universali, in mea domo ac familia. Amen. Pater Noster, Ave Maria, and Symbolum Apostolorum/Our Father, Hail Mary and Apostles' Creed, and usual prayers of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, find in link https://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Filius/DivinaMiser.html . Here, the Latin is prayed in third person plural, as we pray here for all the faithful departed and those approaching their final judgment: V. Pater aeterne, offero Tibi Corpus et Sanguinem, animam et divinitatem dilectissimi Filii Tui, Domini nostri, Iesu Christi. R. In propitiatione pro peccatis *EIS* et totius mundi. V. Pro dolorosa Eius Passione. R. Miserere *EIS,* et totius mundi. Fatima Prayer: V. Domine Jesu. R. Dimitte nobis debita nostra, salva nos ab igne inferiori, perduc in caelum omnes animas, praesertim eas quae Tuæ misericordiae maximae indigent. V. Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine. R. Et lux perpétua lúceat eis. V. Requiescant in pace. R. Amen. Prayers of the Chaplet: https://www.usccb.org/prayers/chaplet-divine-mercy . Prayers for the Faithful Departed from the traditional Tridentine Latin Mass, November 2, All Souls' Day. Opening Collect and Post Communion, Masses 1, 2 and 3. Animábus, quǽsumus, Dómine. Deus, indulgentiárum Dómine. Præsta, quǽsumus, Dómine, ut ánimæ. Deus, véniæ largítor et humánæ salútis amátor. Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens et miséricors Deus, ut ánimæ fratrum. https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl . Closing Prayers V. Sanctus Deus, Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Immortalis | (in original Greek) Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, Ἅγιος ἰσχυρός, Ἅγιος ἀθάνατος - Hágios ho Theós, Hágios Iskhūrós, Hágios Āthánatos. R. Miserere nobis, et totius mundi! | ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς και σε όλο τον κόσμο - eléison hemas kai se ólo ton kósmo. Final Prayers: Clementíssime Deus, Pater misericordiárum. “Eternal God, in Whom mercy is endless...” Deus aeternus, in Quo misericordia est infinita… quæ Caritas et Misericordia ipsa est. “O Greatly Merciful God, Infinite Goodness…” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55317/divine-mercy-prayer . Misericors Deus, infinitae bonitatis… Domine, super intellectum nostrum bonitatem… Omnia, quæ nobis per Iesum promissa sunt… per Eius Cor Misericordem, ut per portam apertam, ad Cælos transeamus. Added: “Who lives and reigns with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit….” Qui vivit et regnat cum Deo Patri, in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia sæcula sæculorum. Amen. Music Credit: All Music Performed by Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles. Album: Lent at Ephesus --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Johnathan-St.Dominic/support

  Today's Topics: 1) Gospel - Lk 17:20-25 - Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, "The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you." Then He said to His disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. There will be those who will say to you, 'Look, there he is,' or 'Look, here he is.' Do not go off, do not run in pursuit. For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation." Memorial of Saint Gertrude, Virgin Memorial of Saint Margaret of Scotland Saints Gertrude and Margaret, pray for us! Bishop Sheen quote of the day 2) The fallout from Pope Francis' suspension of ordinations by France's most faithful https://www.lifesitenews.com/episodes/the-fallout-from-pope-francis-suspension-of-ordinations-by-frances-most-faithful-bishop/?utm_source=telegramcath 3, 4) Update on the "Deposit of Faith" press conference at Baltimore, Maryland, and my conversation with an Nobel laureate atheist scientist

Friends of the Rosary: Today we read in the Gospel (⁠Lk 17:20-25⁠) how Christ Jesus responded to the Pharisees regarding the Kingdom of Heaven: "The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed,and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.'For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you." Today, we also honor Saint Gertrude the Great (1256-1302), a Benedictine German nun and one of the great mystics of the Middle Ages. She was favored by visions of our Lord and has left an account of them in her books The Herald of Divine Love, The Life and Revelations, and Spiritual Exercises. St. Gertrude introduced the devotion to the Sacred Heart, which four centuries later, St. Margaret Mary spread throughout the Church. She accepted the illness and pain of her final years in a spirit of personal sacrifice. Ave Maria! Jesus, I Trust In You! St. Gertrude Pray for Us! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel A. | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠⁠November 16, 2023, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET⁠  

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - The US bishops voted Tuesday to advance the cause of beatification and canonization of Servant of God Isaac Thomas Hecker, a 19th-century American priest who founded the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle, today known as the Paulist Fathers. Hecker's cause for canonization was formally opened in 2008, at which time he received the title “Servant of God.” The next step in the process is to publicize the cause for canonization in the Archdiocese of New York, where the Paulists are headquartered. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256020/us-bishops-vote-to-advance-the-cause-of-canonization-for-american-priest-isaac-hecker The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released a document on Wednesday reaffirming that Catholics are forbidden from becoming Freemasons. The new document signed by Pope Francis and DDF Prefect Cardinal Victor Fernández was written in response to a bishop from the Philippines who had expressed concern at the growing number of Catholics in his diocese who are taking part in Freemasonry and asked for suggestions for how to respond pastorally. The Freemasons are the largest worldwide oath-bound secret society. Freemasonry promotes ideas and rituals incompatible with the Catholic faith, including indifferentism, or the position that a person can be equally pleasing to God while remaining in any religion, and a deistic concept of a “Great Architect of the Universe.” The Catholic Church's prohibition on Freemasonry dates back to Pope Clement XII, who formally condemned it in a papal bull in 1738. Catholics who enroll in Masonic associations “are in a state of grave sin and may not receive holy Communion.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256014/vatican-doctrine-office-reaffirms-that-catholics-cannot-be-freemasons US bishops are hoping for further guidance from the Vatican before they formulate concrete plans to prepare for the final stage of the Synod on Synodality next fall. At the conclusion of the synod's first assembly that took place at the Vatican between October 4–29, delegates approved a 42-page synthesis document titled “A Synodal Church in Mission” containing more than 80 proposals, including recommendations aimed at giving lay Catholics a greater role in decision-making. The preliminary document did not, however, specify the next steps that dioceses and episcopal conferences should take during the interim period before the synod reconvenes in October 2024. Flores agreed that the USCCB might have to produce its own summary if the Vatican doesn't provide one soon. Asked if there was a timeline for when additional steps need to be taken, he said it was premature to formulate a schedule. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256019/synod-s-next-steps-us-bishops-look-to-rome-for-guidance-say-priests-and-poor-need-a-voice Today, the Church celebrates Saint Joseph Moscati, the first modern medical doctor to be canonized. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-joseph-moscati-55 The Church also celebrates Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland. Margaret worked tirelessly to bring justice and relief to the poor of Scotland. She also built churches and encouraged practices of religious devotion. In her private life, she exhibited great prayerfulness and piety. Her influence was seen not only in her husband's life, but throughout all of Scotland. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-margaret-of-scotland-657 Finally, the Church celebrates Saint Gertrude the Great, a distinguished medieval nun and writer in the Benedictine monastic tradition. One of the most esteemed woman saints of the Christian West, she was a notable early devotee of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-gertrude-the-great-715

Today's Topics: 1) New Priests are more conservative/orthodox, Saint Gertrude's Prayer for the Holy Souls 2) The Parable of the Cockle and the Wheat 3) The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven 4) Ten Ways to Avoid Purgatory

Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 492The Saint of the day is Saint Gertrude the GreatSaint Gertrude the Great's Story Gertrude, a Benedictine nun in Helfta, Saxony, was one of the great mystics of the 13th century. Together with her friend and teacher Saint 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 deeply 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 in 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. The Liturgical Feast of Saint Gertrude the Great is November 16. Reflection Saint Gertrude's life is another reminder that the heart of the Christian life is prayer: private and liturgical, ordinary or mystical, but always personal. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Wisdom from the Abbey–Mother Hilda–Gertrude (Mother Hilda recounts the story of a Benedictine Saint called, St Gertrude. By the time she got to her late 30s, Gertrude's life was in a mess. One time in church, as the nuns were reciting the Word of God, she heard these words: Why are you consumed by fear? And why has sorrow changed you? Fear not, for I am with you. I am the Lord your God, the holy one of Israel. She heard those words, and it changed her life. Any Word of God that you hear is a word meant for you. Are you consumed by fear right now? What is it that's made you so fearful? What sorrow has changed you? What's happened? Have you talked to God about it? This is God who is issuing an invitation to you through the story of Saint Gertrude. If fear and sorrow have claimed you right now, go to God. Sit down somewhere, tell him all about it. And in the quietness of your heart, you'll hear him say to you too. Fear not, I am the Lord your God, I am with you.)

Encore Presentation from August 24, 2023 What are some resources for dealing with addiction? Is there a prayer that will relieve souls from purgatory? Should I invest in Precious Medals? Josephina - I went to college in Utah and wanted to say that it is a requirement for Mormon's to try to convert people so they can be able to go into the temple. Denise - Is it okay for me to read “Is Atheism Dead” by Eric Metaxas? Cassandra - I had a protestant group who were friendly and welcoming but when they wanted me to join their Church they started debating me about my faith Jeanine – Is there a prayer that was given to Saint Gertrude to help relieve souls from purgatory? Rachel - My spiritual director recommended the Chosen when I was struggling with scrupulosity and it helped me get back into reading the bible Sandra - Should I invest in Precious Medals? Deanna - My husband got drunk and beat me on our honeymoon and would always beat me when he got drunk. Was our marriage still valid in God's eyes? Francisco - What does it mean to be enriched with heavenly things? Ann - Do you have any resources for family dealing with addiction

What are some resources for dealing with addiction? Is there a prayer that will relieve souls from purgatory? Should I invest in Precious Medals? Josephina - I went to college in Utah and wanted to say that it is a requirement for Mormon's to try to convert people so they can be able to go into the temple. Denise - Is it okay for me to read “Is Atheism Dead” by Eric Metaxas? Cassandra - I had a protestant group who were friendly and welcoming but when they wanted me to join their Church they started debating me about my faith Jeanine – Is there a prayer that was given to Saint Gertrude to help relieve souls from purgatory? Rachel - My spiritual director recommended the Chosen when I was struggling with scrupulosity and it helped me get back into reading the bible Sandra - Should I invest in Precious Medals? Deanna - My husband got drunk and beat me on our honeymoon and would always beat me when he got drunk. Was our marriage still valid in God's eyes? Francisco - What does it mean to be enriched with heavenly things? Ann - Do you have any resources for family dealing with addiction

Sacred Heart of Jesus Friday following the Second Sunday after Pentecost Solemnity; Liturgical Color: White Behold the heart which drips red for love of man It's always the tissue of male heart muscle when the molecular structure of a Eucharistic miracle is examined under a microscope. Jesus had “heart” but, more importantly, He had a heart. The word “heart” is synonymous with grit, soul, intuition, love, strength, generosity, and, in its most total sense, the very center of man. Today's feast embraces all of those meanings. Christ's Sacred Heart teaches us that God loves us as a friend loves a friend, as a parent loves a child, or as a sibling loves his closest brother or sister. That is, Christ loves us in the same way as a person loves us, only more intensely. Our God doesn't shift the planetary order, redirect the rays of the sun, or create a parallel gravitational field to magnetize His love for mankind. Science fiction requires a fluid imagination. Understanding God's love should not, and does not, demand such mental contortionism. Understanding God's love should be as simple as recalling your little hand in your father's big hand as you walked next to him at night as a little girl. It requires remembering running into your mother's soft embrace, cheek to cheek, after skinning your knee. Jesus Christ's love for man is as human and as clear as a beating heart. Simply put, Jesus loves us from just above His solar plexus, where His heart pulsates with emotion for every sacred creature who harbors a human soul. The widely loved devotion to the Sacred Heart is not rooted in a feast of ancient pedigree similar to those of Holy Week. No Christian of the first millenium ever gazed into the haunting eyes of Christ as He stared out from a Sacred Heart image enthroned on the family-room wall. It was only in 1856 that Pope Pius IX placed this feast on the Church's universal calendar. The Pope acted after almost two centuries of devotion to the Sacred Heart, which had grown out of the thinking, preaching, and prayer of the indefatigable Saint John Eudes and out of the visions of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. Both of these saints were indebted, in turn, to the medieval revelations of the Sacred Heart granted to Saint Gertrude the Great. We love the Heart of Christ because His heart loved us first. We adore the adorer, love the lover, and worship the worshiper. Because God comes first, all of our love for Him is the repayment of a debt. We are not doing God a favor by loving him any more than a hammer does a carpenter a favor by slamming nails into wood. Religion is about raw justice, not doing God favors. That God loves us is not readily apparent from creation itself or from the history of mankind. The gods were many things to many races throughout the ages, but love was not one of them. Christianity had to tell the world that God was love. And Jesus had to attach His arms to a cross and die for that message to be convincing. The visions of Saint Margaret Mary made God's love concrete and comprehensible, while the visions of Saint Faustina Kowolska deepened the meaning of this feast still more. In these challenging visions, Christ rips open His heart to Sister Faustina and shows her a calm and deep ocean of mercy waiting to bathe repentant sinners in its saving waters. Three strands—the Sacred Heart, love, and mercy—are now braided in a tight belt of spiritual truth. True heart is not proven by waving to the crowds from a car in a victory parade or by luxuriating on the beach with friends. Real heart is in the last stretch of the neck over the finish line, in climbing the stage to receive a diploma after years of academic struggle, or in pulling yourself out of bed to go to nocturnal adoration. True heart is synonymous with long suffering, perseverance, and conquering through adversity. True heart is dying on the cross when you didn't deserve it. A true heart is a Sacred Heart. That's the heart of our God. No athlete goes to the Olympics to compete for the silver. Jesus reached for the gold from the dais of the cross, slick with his own blood. There's no need for us to keep on searching for a heart of gold in this world. We know in exactly whose body that heart beats. It's all gold, it's all sacredness, and it loves us like Himself. Sacred Heart of Jesus, You told us to ask and we shall receive, to seek and we shall find, to knock and the door shall be opened. Today, we ask, we seek, and we knock, in the sure and certain hope that you will hear us and answer us.

During this month of June, when we celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Father Kubicki talks about a book he wrote called “A Heart on Fire” and shares some words from Saint Gertrude about losing herself in the loving Heart of Jesus.

One of the saints we honor today is Saint Gertrude. Saint Gertrude was deeply devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion Father Kubicki helped to promote for a time. Father reads some words from Saint Gertrude about the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Pope Francis has expressed his condolences for the victims of a deadly bombing on a busy pedestrian street in Istanbul over the weekend. The Vatican published a message on November 15 that expressed the pope's spiritual closeness to the injured and those who mourn the loss of their loved ones who died in the explosion in Turkey's capital. “His Holiness prays that no act of violence will discourage the efforts of the people of Türkiye to build a society based on the values of fraternity, justice and peace,” it said. The explosion on Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, a popular shopping street, on November 13 killed six people and led around 80 others to be hospitalized, according to the Associated Press. Among the victims were two girls, ages 9 and 15. Funerals were held for the victims on Monday. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252816/pope-francis-prays-for-turkey-after-deadly-istanbul-bombing Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, was elected Tuesday to head the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for the next three years in a vote of 138-99. Broglio will be taking the role after serving for three years as secretary of the conference. Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore was elected vice president by a vote of 143-96. The new president serves a three-year term. Already, several known, high-profile challenges await Broglio. These include the first session of the sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome October 4–29, 2023; a national eucharistic congress in Indianapolis in June 2024; the synod's concluding session in October 2024; and the US presidential election in November 2024. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252817/archbishop-timothy-broglio-elected-usccb-president Today, the Church celebrates Saint Joseph Moscati, the first modern medical doctor to be canonized. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-joseph-moscati-55 The Church also celebrates Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland. Margaret worked tirelessly to bring justice and relief to the poor of Scotland. She also built churches and encouraged practices of religious devotion. In her private life, she exhibited great prayerfulness and piety. Her influence was seen not only in her husband's life, but throughout all of Scotland. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-margaret-of-scotland-657 Finally, the Church celebrates Saint Gertrude the Great, a distinguished medieval nun and writer in the Benedictine monastic tradition. One of the most esteemed woman saints of the Christian West, she was a notable early devotee of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-gertrude-the-great-715

November 16: Saint Gertrude, Virgin 1256–1302Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: White Patron Saint of nuns and of the Diocese of Magdeburg, GermanyIncandescent visions of Christ drew her into the deepToday's saint, known as Saint Gertrude the Great, is one of the most provocative spiritual writers in the long and rich history of the Church. When just a child, she was placed in the care of Benedictine nuns, perhaps because of her parents' early deaths. The high walls surrounding the cloister broadened the young girl's mind, instead of confining it. For Gertrude, as for so many women of her era restricted by custom to narrow cultural lanes, a monastery-sponsored education amidst a self-governing community of women was superior to the forms of life otherwise available to them. Gertrude flourished in religious life and became well versed in the humanities, theology, and Latin, a language which she showed mastery of in her spiritual writings. At the age of twenty-five, Sister Gertrude had a jarring spiritual experience which would divide her life dramatically into two halves, “before” and “after.” “Before,” Gertrude was a faithful nun but overly interested in secular writers and knowledge for knowledge's sake. “After,” she buried her head in Scripture, read widely in the Fathers of the Church, and melted under the high-amperage gaze beaming at her from the eyes of Christ.Gertrude struggled to convey in words the richness of her spiritual experiences. A distillation of her visions covers five volumes known in English as the Revelations of Saint Gertrude. Metaphors, adjectives, and other superlatives flow from our saint's pen on page after page as she tries to capture the incandescent mystery of what she sees, hears, and feels. In a heavy, syrupy style common to her era, Saint Gertrude oozes about the intense love of Christ for mankind as symbolized by His Sacred Heart. More than three centuries before the visions of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in France, Saint Gertrude had visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus! In one vision, Saint John the Evangelist placed Gertrude close to Christ's wounded side, where she could feel His pulsating heart. Gertrude asks John why he did not reveal the mystery of Christ's loving heart to mankind. Saint John responds that his duty was to reveal the very person of Christ, but it was for later ages, colder and more arid in their love of God, to discover His Sacred Heart.Gertrude lived a “nuptial mysticism” in which she was Christ's bride and the Mass was the wedding banquet at which a chaste self-giving consummated the sacred bond of lover and beloved. Gertrude's vowed virginity was the proof and basis of her enduring commitment to Christ, a promise made in the company of His mother, Mary, and all the angels and saints. Gertrude composed her spiritual diaries at the express command of her spouse, Christ. Their hymns, prayers, and reflections also show a profound concern for the holy souls in purgatory. Gertrude continually begged Christ's mercy on them, and Christ responded that merely petitioning for the release of such souls was sufficient for Him to grant the favor.In Gertrude's visions, Jesus speaks to her almost exclusively at Mass and during the Liturgy of the Hours. This is consoling. Most Catholics meet Christ more through the Sacraments than through books, so Christ appearing in priestly vestments, holding a chalice, or standing at an altar is absolutely congruent with our experience of Sunday Mass. Apart from her writings, few details of Gertrude's life are known. She left virtually no footprint besides her life of quiet fidelity as a contemplative nun. Like John the Baptist, she decreased so the Lord could increase. Gertrude's alluring private revelations became common spiritual reading among the saints of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and continue to fire the imagination of all who read them today.Saint Gertrude, as we turn the pages of your mystical revelations, we meet the true Christ, so powerful yet so close to us in His Sacred Heart. May we respond as you did to Jesus' invitation and dedicate our lives totally to Him. 

Full Text of ReadingsMonday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 497All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint Gertrude the GreatGertrude, a Benedictine nun in Helfta, Saxony, was one of the great mystics of the 13th century. Together with her friend and teacher Saint 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 deeply 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 in 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. The Liturgical Feast of Saint Gertrude the Great is November 16. Reflection Saint Gertrude's life is another reminder that the heart of the Christian life is prayer: private and liturgical, ordinary or mystical, but always personal. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Pope Francis prayed on Sunday that God may “convert the hearts of the violent” after an al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist attack in Somalia. “As we celebrate Christ's victory over evil and death, we pray for the victims of the terrorist attack in Mogadishu that killed more than 100 people, including many children. May God convert the hearts of the violent,” Pope Francis said on October 30. Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reported that at least 100 people were killed and nearly 300 other people were wounded by two car bombings in the country's capital on Saturday. Al-Shabab, a Somali-based branch of al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Associated Press. The extremist group said that it targeted the country's education ministry, calling it an “enemy” that is “committed to removing Somali children from the Islamic faith.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252689/pope-francis-prays-for-victims-of-deadly-islamic-terrorist-attack-in-somalia Catholic bishops in South Korea have offered condolences to the bereaved families of the more than 150 people killed in a crowd surge during Halloween festivities in Seoul on Saturday night. The South Korean bishops' conference released a statement on October 30 offering prayers for the immediate recovery of the injured and calling on civil authorities to “thoroughly examine” what led to the disaster. The bishops underlined that nothing in society should be put before human life and dignity and asked local authorities to respond accordingly to ensure that a disaster like this is never repeated. Police in Seoul announced on October 31 that they had launched a 475-member task force to investigate how the crowd surge developed. The Associated Press reported that an estimated 100,000 people celebrated in Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood when the crowd surge occurred. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252690/south-korea-s-catholic-bishops-pray-for-halloween-crowd-surge-victims Details are still emerging after a violent raid by Fulani herdsmen October 19 in Benue State, Central Nigeria, reportedly left dozens of Catholic villagers killed. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252688/dozens-of-catholic-villagers-reportedly-killed-in-central-nigeria-raid Today the Church celebrates the Vigil of the Solemnity of All Saints, or all Hallows Eve, better known as Halloween. The Church also celebrates Saint Wolfgang of Ratisbon, regarded as one of the greatest German saints of his time. The Benedictine monk and bishop served as a missionary to pagans and a reformer of the Church in southeastern Germany in the 10th century. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-wolfgang-bishop-39 The Church also celebrates Saint Foillan, who founded a monastery at Fosses in the Diocese of Liege, France, and served as its abbot. He was a well-loved preacher and spiritual director, successfully evangelizing the people in the area, which grew into the modern town of Le Roeulx, Belgium. He also served as the spiritual director at the house founded by Saint Gertrude. In 655, while traveling on Church business, Saint Foillan was murdered by bandits along with his three companions. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-foillan-641

Sacred Heart of JesusFriday following the Second Sunday after PentecostSolemnity; Liturgical Color: WhiteBehold the heart which drips red for love of manIt's always the tissue of male heart muscle when the molecular structure of a Eucharistic miracle is examined under a microscope. Jesus had “heart” but, more importantly, He had a heart. The word “heart” is synonymous with grit, soul, intuition, love, strength, generosity, and, in its most total sense, the very center of man. Today's feast embraces all of those meanings. Christ's Sacred Heart teaches us that God loves us as a friend loves a friend, as a parent loves a child, or as a sibling loves his closest brother or sister. That is, Christ loves us in the same way as a person loves us, only more intensely. Our God doesn't shift the planetary order, redirect the rays of the sun, or create a parallel gravitational field to magnetize His love for mankind. Science fiction requires a fluid imagination. Understanding God's love should not, and does not, demand such mental contortionism. Understanding God's love should be as simple as recalling your little hand in your father's big hand as you walked next to him at night as a little girl. It requires remembering running into your mother's soft embrace, cheek to cheek, after skinning your knee. Jesus Christ's love for man is as human and as clear as a beating heart. Simply put, Jesus loves us from just above His solar plexus, where His heart pulsates with emotion for every sacred creature who harbors a human soul.The widely loved devotion to the Sacred Heart is not rooted in a feast of ancient pedigree similar to those of Holy Week. No Christian of the first millenium ever gazed into the haunting eyes of Christ as He stared out from a Sacred Heart image enthroned on the family-room wall. It was only in 1856 that Pope Pius IX placed this feast on the Church's universal calendar. The Pope acted after almost two centuries of devotion to the Sacred Heart, which had grown out of the thinking, preaching, and prayer of the indefatigable Saint John Eudes and out of the visions of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. Both of these saints were indebted, in turn, to the medieval revelations of the Sacred Heart granted to Saint Gertrude the Great.We love the Heart of Christ because His heart loved us first. We adore the adorer, love the lover, and worship the worshiper. Because God comes first, all of our love for Him is the repayment of a debt. We are not doing God a favor by loving him any more than a hammer does a carpenter a favor by slamming nails into wood. Religion is about raw justice, not doing God favors. That God loves us is not readily apparent from creation itself or from the history of mankind. The gods were many things to many races throughout the ages, but love was not one of them. Christianity had to tell the world that God was love. And Jesus had to attach His arms to a cross and die for that message to be convincing. The visions of Saint Margaret Mary made God's love concrete and comprehensible, while the visions of Saint Faustina Kowolska deepened the meaning of this feast still more. In these challenging visions, Christ rips open His heart to Sister Faustina and shows her a calm and deep ocean of mercy waiting to bathe repentant sinners in its saving waters. Three strands—the Sacred Heart, love, and mercy—are now braided in a tight belt of spiritual truth.True heart is not proven by waving to the crowds from a car in a victory parade or by luxuriating on the beach with friends. Real heart is in the last stretch of the neck over the finish line, in climbing the stage to receive a diploma after years of academic struggle, or in pulling yourself out of bed to go to nocturnal adoration. True heart is synonymous with long suffering, perseverance, and conquering through adversity. True heart is dying on the cross when you didn't deserve it. A true heart is a Sacred Heart. That's the heart of our God. No athlete goes to the Olympics to compete for the silver. Jesus reached for the gold from the dais of the cross, slick with his own blood. There's no need for us to keep on searching for a heart of gold in this world. We know in exactly whose body that heart beats. It's all gold, it's all sacredness, and it loves us like Himself.Sacred Heart of Jesus, You told us to ask and we shall receive, to seek and we shall find, to knock and the door shall be opened. Today, we ask, we seek, and we knock, in the sure and certain hope that you will hear us and answer us.

Join Father Kevin Drew as he preaches on this Memorial of Saint Gertrude, virgin. Today's readings First Reading: Eph 3:14-19 Psalm: 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 Gospel: Jn 15:1-8 Catholic Radio Network

2 Maccabees 6:18-31 (I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws). Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)

Visions of Saint GertrudeSaint Gertrude the Great is well known in Europe and especially in Helfta, Germany where the Abbey is located. She lived in the 13th century and had a geat devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Like Saint Teresa she received the Transverberation of the Heart. She was devoted to praying for the Poor Souls in Purgatory and composed a special prayer for them.Religious Gift IdeasJourneys of Faith Bob and Penny Lord's StoreJourneys of Faith Blog Subscribe to our Free Blog Easy PeasyBob and Penny Lord TV Channel Miracles of the Eucharist, Apparitions of Mary, and lives of the Saints videos on demand.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bobandpennylord?fan_landing=true)

Tommy talks about the why God would allow us to suffer from mental illness, introduces listeners to Saint Gertrude the Great, and answers listener questions about how to cope with anxiety-caused nightmares, how to help a daughter experiencing symptoms related to PTSD, and how to engage in our faith when we feel like our local parish isn't doing enough to keep us safe.

With 20 years of study, 13 years of teaching, Jana synthesized her two great loves: Astrology + Yoga Nidra to create Astro Nidras, a process of meditation where the body relaxes to a sleep state while the mind stays awake. In her own words, it’s a practice that is a cure for an overly critical and busy mind. She has trained thousands of people with over 3000 hours of 200 + 300 hour yoga teacher trainings, 500 hours of yoga Nidra as well as co-facilitated trainings and retreats with Sasha Bahador, Elena Brower, Ally Bogard, Christine Price Clark, Kristin Campbell, Meghan Currie, Sarah Zandbeek, Kat Villain and more. www.attunetothemoon.com Use coupon code PATH11 for 50% off the expander pass. Insight Timer: http://insig.ht/course_overcome-obsessive-thinking Instagram: @jana_roemer @attunetothemoon --------------------------------

Sylvia was born in England to parents who were refugees from Germany. She moved to the US when she was five. Growing up with parents from different cultures, a mother who was a Swiss champion figure skater, and a father who was a theoretical nuclear physicist gave her varied and unique perspectives. During her summer breaks, Sylvia likes to travel to the Amazon and do research in the rainforest. She has raised two daughters, who are both pursuing their passions. Presently, she lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two very spoiled dogs, where she is a high school chemistry teacher. --------------------------------

Today's Topics: 1, 2) Saint Gertrude prayer releases 1,000 souls from Purgatory.  Or, does it? https://www.romancatholicman.com/st-gertrude-prayer-releases-1000-souls-purgatory/ 3, 4) Does this ancient prayer really release 1,000 souls from Purgatory? Here’s the truth... https://www.churchpop.com/2018/11/02/does-this-ancient-prayer-release-1000-souls-from-purgatory-heres-the-astonishing-truth/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=fe11372c3d0c3682d8b6f0e641dea0efa6ac66cb-1618674163-0-AV3AIQcwpLYzD0qwTnpmEtw9hXJZEMSTchZXhTuPx80mY_BD1Sdy1-yllXn-71sxAe5Yt5Z0qn6h6c3duA61ttFxEch-wxKPcHUg8zNLZOplox6lWz4mL6gHkXUt9F5aIb1OtlnPVaAym7VGLqm3Zv3vYrM7J01qWntWKxQRpxG80g5nncYYibfEDSQH7LzmETt1YvKJI-Re9WZiUuNXoXQ6DKHVk1cNgaTjbKP0gg5Z33eV4ehlNqCeAb6fplpb2c6M7eZLbfn6UF_tIQyUd0-a8NiNshLeUTec5w2-Qxh05RslOqKRQngJUOuS3TTU4hHmpvO0IBjhN_szNc3LNDOTP1eUaoXA1vFztW_TKB2fxB4rYfX7cVWl2_PQy2kgDG10zjh5xSIVETVZlW-Ibky6EVeO-htro-fM_7vkPbuBxLraE7FSrxKn2gvZ0Yrk3TLi1-xf8AeDrAz7B1LUpZ6WfCYusu3QiXHg_-nRtPnVyuzRnRucZDW8zDXdyDGvyw

Tom Paladino is a scalar energy researcher based in Florida. Scalar energy is the fundamental life force found everywhere in the world, space, and universe. It originates from the sun and stars. Chi, prana, OM, mana, life force, pyramid energy, or zero-point energy are synonymous terms for scalar energy. He theorized that all energy in the universe initiates as scalar energy; and that the sun of our solar system and the stars of the universe are the points of origin, “the storehouses,” for scalar energy. He further theorized that scalar energy is instructive energy, as the entire universe is instructed by this Divine Essence. Subsequently, all spiritual, cognitive, emotional, and physical action in the universe is initiated and maintained by scalar energy instructions. Scalar energy provides order in the universe. https://www.scalarlight.com --------------------------------

Fred Matser is the founder & chairman of the Fred Foundation and a leading Dutch humanitarian. He has been active in social and ecological transformation and is the founder or co-founder of a wide range of charitable foundations that span the fields of health, environment, nature conservation, peace and global transformation. The principles underlying these foundations are based on inspiring co-creativity, self-sufficiency, empowerment, inspiration and harmony. https://www.fredfoundation.org --------------------------------

Karen is one very small number of energy workers & healers who work at a frequency level, and a key focus of her work is on looking at what is behind reality as we see it i.e. what makes up our reality. Karen is able to perceive the frequencies that are us, and what conditions these frequencies, and act as a bridge between the physical level and the Spirit level, which is much less dense than our physical world. At the level of the Spirit she is able to work to help her clients release long-held energetic blockages that may interfere with their ability to live full & happy lives and realize their greatest potential - and what is fascinating is that these blockages may not even have come from the client’s own life experience, but rather been passed down by their ancestors as a frequency pattern. In essence, our lineage and what they experienced creates a frequency that runs through us, or is under our skin, even though we may not be aware of it. Karen is fascinating to interview as she has an amazing grasp of complex subjects, and is able to carry out an “intellectual examination” and explain them in a clear and concise way, that is easy for us to understand. https://www.sphericalluminosity.com   --------------------------------

Highlights of Visions of Heaven Hell and Purgatory Book:336 PagesIs there a Heaven? 19Is there a Hell? 33Is there a Purgatory? 43Visions of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino 1245-1305 65Visions of Saint Margaret of Cortona 1247-1297 77Visions of Saint Gertrude 1256-1302 87Visions of Saint Clare of Montefalco 1268-1308 103Visions of Saint Catherine of Siena 1347-1380 113Visions of Saint Frances of Rome 1384-1440    123Visions of Saint Catherine of Genoa 1447-1510 139Visions of Saint Teresa of Avila 1515-1582 147Visions of Saint Philip Neri 1515-1595 163Visions of Saint Catherine de'Ricci 1552-1590 175Visions of Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi 1566-1607 191Visions of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque 1647-1690 213Visions of the Saint John Vianney - Cure of Ars 1786-1859 223Visions of Saint John Bosco 1815-1888 233Saint Bernadette and the Sounds of Hell 1858 251Visions of Saint Padre Pio 1887-1968 257Visions of the Children of Fatima 1917 269Saint Faustina and Divine Mercy 277The Miracles of the Scapular 283The Battle Rages on   313Saved by the Blood of the Lamb 321Visions of Heaven Hell and Purgatory bookVisions of Heaven Hell and Purgatory Media LinksSupport the show (https://bobandpennylord.store/pages/we-need-your-help)

Christopher Keevil is an ordained Zen priest and senior dharma teacher in the Single Flower Sangha. He has been practicing Zen since 1991 and teaching since 1998 in the lineage of his teacher, Zen Master Bo Mun (George Bowman), who is a dharma heir of the Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn. Christopher is also the Managing Director and founder of Wellspring Consulting, a national firm that helps non-profit leaders develop strategy for the future in areas such as education, health, social justice, and the environment. Previously he was a Partner at The Boston Consulting Group, an international management consultancy. Earlier he worked as a carpenter and house builder, and as a musician and dance caller in the Irish and New England folk traditions. Christopher Keevil lives in the New Haven, Connecticut area, in the United States. www.mantra-books.com Honest and thought-provoking spiritual insights drawn from daily-life experiences and informed by the Zen tradition. Finding Zen in the Ordinary offers honest and thought-provoking spiritual insights drawn from daily-life experiences. The book includes forty-eight brief stories, prose poems, dialogues between Zen student and teacher, and reflections on moments of spiritual awakening. Written by Zen priest and teacher Christopher Keevil, this book presents readers with the chance to reflect on their own moments of spiritual insight and engenders in the reader an experience of clarity and presence. https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/mantra-books/our-books/finding-zen-ordinary --------------------------------

Sonya studied "Sexuality in Cinema" at Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal. Since moving back to her native city of Vancouver, she's become a consultant for Pure Romance, providing relationship enhancement and intimate products. She also offers workshops and seminars to men, women, and couples on expanding sexual horizons by exploring topics such as aphrodisiacs, sensual aromatherapy, tantra, and BDSM. In addition to articles on sexual health, she also writes erotica fiction. PLAYING WITH POWER DYNAMICS APRIL 17 4:45 pm https://www.sacredsexualmusicfestival.com --------------------------------

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When you hear the words mystic, spiritual teacher, or numerologist, Joseph P. Ghabi may not fit the first picture that comes to mind. He is a former engineer, banker, and international sales manager. His past is packed with degrees and certifications given only to people of science and logic. Yet Joseph’s true gift appears in an area less frequented by typical scientists. Joseph is known worldwide as a healer and a visionary. His unique approach to healing the pain of your past has been perfected from years of working with clients and training holistic practitioners. An expert numerologist, holistic healer, and spiritual leader, Joseph speaks on topics ranging from relationships and the law of attraction to life purpose and past histories. He is well known for his expertise in healing childhood traumas. As a natural medium and a minister of metaphysics, Joseph has chosen to devote his life to working with the healing energy. He is presently earning a Ph.D. in Metaphysical Counseling. https://mycreativeself.com/ https://soulvisionawakening.com/ https://www.sacredsexualmusicfestival.com --------------------------------

Are you ready to let go of old patterns and false beliefs that block you from connecting to your body? Dominic Lord will show you how by using kink! He studied kink practices that incorporate bondage and sensation play and discovered that if he combined kink practices with tantra, women would invariably have a deep and profound experience of themselves. "The Sacred Masculine can create the space for the Sacred Feminine," he says, "to trust, open, and experience their own divine nature." Dominic works with individuals, couples, and groups to help them authentically be in a relationship with power, passion, and love. www.BoundToAwaken.com THERAPEUTIC KINK APRIL 18 3:45 pm https://www.sacredsexualmusicfestival.com --------------------------------

Sheryl-Dawn integrates massage, craniosacral, lymphatic breast massage, Womb Coaching Therapy, Holistic Pelvic Care (internal vaginal work), shamanic practices and more to focus on her clients' pelvic health and integrated sexuality. Having worked with thousands, Sheryl-Dawn has witnessed the results of unhealed scars from the deep conditioning around sexuality. "If these wounds remain unresolved it blocks the connection to vitality, pleasure, creativity, physical, emotional, mental health." "Our physical state is profoundly affected by our emotions, mental overwhelm, our disconnect from ourselves, community, nature, and our purpose," she explains. "We rarely consider the impact of these imbalances, especially as it ripples out into our sexuality." Sheryl-Dawn helps people to explore the hidden dynamics of the unconscious, embedded patterns and supports releasing from the body, cellular memory, and psyche simultaneously. https://sacredsexualmusicfestival.com --------------------------------

Gyan is a massage therapist who lives in Taiwan and specializes in belly massage, pelvic opening techniques, breathwork, and acupressure. His book Lovehand™ -- Primal Body Magic is soon to be published and includes insights about his 19 years with clients and their deep healing. "I have seen true magic happen through this work. And it is these miracles that give me the confidence and passion to share my methods with you." Often, the abdomen and pelvis are ignored by massage therapists or are treated technically, he says. However, deep transformation occurs when he and his clients bring presence to the energy housed in these areas, particularly, he says, after realizing the connection between the physical and the emotional. "Healing via our gut and sexual energy is powerful and it’s time to welcome new solutions that are needed in our new world. It’s time to open the conversation." Join his talk as he offers deep nourishment designed for our changing world and the profound healing we all need. WHEN SEXUAL ENERGY ARISES IN THERAPY APRIL 16, 2021 7:15 pm https://sacredsexualmusicfestival.com --------------------------------

Corinne Underwood is the founder of Choices for Sexual Health. She is a Certified Sex, Relationship and Intimacy Coach, Somatic Trauma Therapist Apprentice, Consent Practitioner and Sexual Health Educator. She works with clients to repair and strengthen the relationship with themselves and others by supporting them to heal trauma, love themselves shamelessly, embody pleasure, deepen intimacy, and utilize sexual energy to live fulfilling lives. Her work involves individual and couples coaching, therapy, education, and workshops; providing youngsters, teens and teachers with comprehensive sex education and mentorship and supporting parents to create body positive, sexually healthy homes. www.choicesforsexualhealth.com --------------------------------

Catherine, according to the legend written about her, was beheaded after an unsuccessful attempt to kill her on a spiked wheel during the reign of Emperor Maxentius. The story of her refuting 50 philosophers has led to her becoming the patron of Christian philosophers and being venerated as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. She was popular among the crusaders, who did much to spread devotion to her. She is included in the Litany of the Saints. Saint Gertrude saw her on a throne in heaven. Saint Joan of Arc heard her voice. Music from SoundCloud.com. Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Saint Gertrude the Great is well known in Europe and especially in Helfta, Germany where the Abbey is located. She lived in the 13th century and had a geat devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Like Saint Teresa she received the Transverberation of the Heart. She was devoted to praying for the Poor Souls in Purgatory and composed a special prayer for them.Support the show (https://bobandpennylord.store/pages/we-need-your-help)

[Comment: Counting Gold Coins] Friends of the Rosary, By each Hail Mary, we bless both Jesus and Mary. The value of each Hail Mary is beyond human comprehension. There is an interesting story of one saint, the German Benedictine nun Saint Gertrude, who lived in the thirteen century. One day, Saint Gertrude had a vision of Our Lord counting gold coins. She had the courage to ask what Jesus was doing. He answered: “I'm counting the Hail Marys that you have said; this is the money with which you can pay your way to Heaven.” [Written by Mikel A | TheRosaryNetwork.org | Live Broadcast Every Day at 7:30 pm ET on our YouTube Channel ]

When Our Lord wants a message to get out to His Church, he raises up a powerful Saint to do the task. Such a Saint was Gertrude the Great! She was the one to plant the seed which would bloom through the hands of another powerful Saint and visionary, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, four centuries later, and subsequently through Saint Faustina Kowalska in the 20th Century, through the Mission of Divine Mercy. Our Lord's mandate to St. Gertrude was to herald devotion to His Most Sacred Heart. She came to us in the Thirteenth Century, a time of rampant heresy and glorious victory. The Lord promised that His Church, although besieged by persecution, would triumph in the end; in the Thirteenth Century, with His Infinite Humility, He raised up great Saints to bring this about. St. Gertrude received the title "the Great" partially because of the extraordinary gifts she received from the Lord, but we believe more for her total dedication to her Spouse Jesus.Access all of our media online at one location https://www.patreon.com/bobandpennylordMedia Saint GertrudeSupport the show (https://www.journeysoffaith.com/donate)

          Photo: A Forest Chapel, Saint Gertrude’s Monastery; taken by Todd Spencer. Music: Deleted Scene #1, Plowshares by Trace Bundy* (tracebundy.com) *used with permission      

You know what makes a great podcast episode? Talking about physical gestures! This week, Bryan covers the Sign of the Cross while Shannon stares at her hands. Our saint is Saint Gertrude, who came from a whole family of saints. Theme song: Adam Griffin https://alteringgravity.wordpress.com/ Logo and Editing: David Griffin Email us at sundayschoolforheathens@gmail.com Tweet at us @school4heathens

She's sometimes called the patron saint of cats, and the story of Gertrude's religious devotion starts when she was just a young child. Her family's history is important, because they formed the roots of the Carolingian dynasty. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

In this Random Nun Clip, we talk with Sisters Bernadette and Carlotta Maria about prayers, stairs, and coffee at the monastery. This Random Nun Clip is from our Ask Sister podcast with the Sisters of the Monastery of Saint Gertrude, in Cottonwood, Idaho. Hear the full podcast at AS176 at aNunsLife.org.  

Larisa is a hereditary White Shamaness ChokBar, working in close partnership with her Shamanic Spirit Teachers, her Power Animals, the Spirits of her Ancestors, Spirit Guides, Fairies, and other Elemental Beings, Ascended Masters, White Tara, Saint Gertrude, Archangels and the energy of Solar Light to assist her clients on their journeys to well-being, clarity, harmony, and balance.   Her services listed on her website: Aura Cleansing and Balancing of the Chakras Energy Healing Work on Spiritual, Mental, Emotional and Physical Bodies Soul Retrieval Clearing of Intrusions, Soul Repressions and Possessions by Negative Entities Power Animal Retrieval Creation of Healing Water Personal Rituals and Blessing Ceremonies Creation of Amulets  Divination Channeled Readings Energy Space Clearing of Homes and Offices  Remote Healing Work In this episode, Larisa became a Shaman and how she works with her power animals and channeled readings. http://www.tuvanshaman.com Twitter: @TuvanShaman Larisa's Facebook Page About Path 11 Productions: You can find DVDs of our films on our website at thepathseries.com or by streaming on vimeo.com, gaiamtv.com & itunes find us on facebook and follow us on twitter, @thepathseries

AS176 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on September 3, 2015. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Motherhouse Road Trip with the Sisters of the Monastery of Saint Gertrude, in Cottonwood, Idaho.

Sister Mary Forman, OSB, is a member of the Monastery of Saint Gertrude in Cottonwood, Idaho. She is the editor of One Heart, One Soul, Many Communities and the author of Praying with the Desert Mothers, as well as numerous articles on Benedictine spirituality. Currently, Sister Mary teaches undergraduate theology at the College of Saint […]

While March 17th is known throughout the world as St. Patrick's Day. The feast day is also shared with another saint. Saint Gertrude, the Patron Saint of Cats. Today's show will talk a little about St. Gertrude, cat gardening and cat heaven. Notes: Two New Cat CDs based on Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers: Whiskers in the Jar and Live at the Cactus Cafe: Cat Songs and Celtic Music. St. Gertrude - Patron Saint of Cats: Gertrude of Nivelles. Gardening for Cat Lovers: How Does My Cat Garden Grow. Cat Heaven: Cat Funny Joke. Cat Song of the Show: "When the Dairy Farm Caught Fire" by Marc Gunn and The Dubliners Tabby Cats from Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers. The Cat Lovers Podcast was produced by Tracey Tracy and recorded by Marc Gunn, Kilted Celtic Musician. Read the shownotes at CatMusicBlog.com.

While March 17th is known throughout the world as St. Patrick's Day. The feast day is also shared with another saint. Saint Gertrude, the Patron Saint of Cats. Today's show will talk a little about St. Gertrude, cat gardening and cat heaven. Notes: Two New Cat CDs based on Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers: Whiskers in the Jar and Live at the Cactus Cafe: Cat Songs and Celtic Music. St. Gertrude - Patron Saint of Cats: Gertrude of Nivelles. Gardening for Cat Lovers: How Does My Cat Garden Grow. Cat Heaven: Cat Funny Joke. Cat Song of the Show: "When the Dairy Farm Caught Fire" by Marc Gunn and The Dubliners Tabby Cats from Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers. The Cat Lovers Podcast was produced by Tracey Tracy and recorded by Marc Gunn, Kilted Celtic Musician. Read the shownotes at CatMusicBlog.com.