#st. gertrude

[mitaukano]

[eternal-echoes]

“My love urges Me to release the poor souls. If a beneficent king leaves his guilty friend in prison for justice’s sake, he awaits with longing for one of his nobles to plead for the prisoner and to offer something for his release. Then the king joyfully sets him free. Similarly, I accept with highest pleasure what is offered to Me for the poor souls, for I long inexpressibly to have near Me those for whom I paid so great a price. By the prayers of thy loving soul, I am induced to free a prisoner from purgatory as often as thou dost move thy tongue to utter a word of prayer!” 

– Our Lord to St. Gertrude

[daughter-of-mary]

[dailyenglishvoca]

Today's song is St. Gertrude by FLOAT featuring the Vocaloid Gumi

Content warning: flickering colours/lights, heavy Christian themes and imagery, themes concerning death and the afterlife

[thecatholiccrusade]

Famous Saints and Their Devotion to Praying for the Dead

listen as you read Throughout the centuries, many revered saints have shown a profound dedication to praying for the souls of the departed. Their examples inspire us and shed light on the importance of this spiritual practice. St. Gertrude the Great, a 13th-century mystic, received a vision of Christ who told her that with each recitation of a certain prayer, 1000 souls would be released from…

[jowensauthor]

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone. Don’t forget to wear your green (or blue). And for you cat people, happy St. Gertrude’s Day, as well. (all images found on Pinterest)

[theeditorandnarratorcollaborate]

A Passage About Snakes for Saint Patrick's Day

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[millerflintstone]

This is Spot, the cat that lives at Gibbs Gardens near the welcome center. She's so pretty 😻

[portraitsofsaints]

Happy Feast Day

Saint Gertrude the Great

1256-1302

Feast day: November 16

Patronage: West Indies, travelers

St. Gertrude was a Benedictine nun and mystic writer. The characteristic of St. Gertrude's piety was her devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She showed sympathy towards the souls in purgatory and urged prayers for them. She is therefore invoked for souls in purgatory.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)

[pamwmsn]

St Gertrude of Nivelles, patron Saint of cats, gardeners, and the mentally ill. Overlooked because of the coincidence that her feast day coincides with Saint Patrick's day.

[creature-monster]

Oh my god, Gertrude? Gerry? What are you doing here!!

[jolteongirltja]

Actually fuck St Patrick we’re here for Gertrude

Was I about to miss St Patrick’s Day too???

[heresylog]

HAPPY ST. GERTRUDE DAY

She’s the patron saint of cats 🐈 meow!!

[carmillacantarella]

Please pray for my cat Little Miss, she has liver failure and has been having a hard time eating

[anastpaul]

Our Morning Offering – 26 June – O Heart of Jesus! By St Gertrude

Our Morning Offering – 26 June – “The Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” O Heart of Jesus!By St Gertrude the Great (1256-1302) Sanctity of the Heart of Jesus,consecrate my heart;Providence of the Heart of Jesus,watch over my heart;Unchangeableness of the Heart of Jesus,strengthen my heart;Purity of the Heart of Jesus,purify my heart;Obedience of the Heart of Jesus,subjugate my heart;Amiability…

[queer-writers-poll]

GERTRUDE STEIN (1874 - 1946): novelist, poet, art collector

Works: Tender Buttons, Three Lives, Everyone's Autobiography

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EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY (1892 - 1950): playwright, lyrical poet

Works: The Ballad of the Harp Weaver, Renascence, various poems