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𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

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.

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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 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.