Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Gertrude the Great as an example of holiness. Help us to imitate the love of You she showed in her many years of faithful service as a nun.

Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Gertrude the Great as an example of holiness. Help us to imitate the devotion to You she showed in choosing to serve You as Your Bride.

Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Gertrude the Great as an example of holiness. Help us to imitate the love of You she showed from the time she was a young student.

My Three, my All, my Beatitude, infinite Solitude, Immensity in which I lose myself, I surrender myself to You as Your prey. Bury Yourself in me that I may bury myself in You until I depart to contemplate in Your light the abyss of Your greatness

And You, O Father, bend lovingly over Your poor little creature; ‘cover her with Your shadow,’ seeing in her only the ‘Beloved in whom You are well pleased.

Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, ‘come upon me,’ and create in my soul a kind of incarnation of the Word: that I may be another humanity for Him in which He can renew His whole Mystery.

Eternal Word, Word of my God, I want to spend my life in listening to You, to become wholly teachable that I may learn all from You. Then, through all nights, all voids, all helplessness, I want to gaze on You and always remain in Your great light. O my beloved Star, so fascinate me that I may not withdraw from Your radiance.

I feel my weakness, and I ask You to ‘clothe me with yourself,’ to identify my soul with all the movements of Your Soul, to overwhelm me, to possess me, to substitute Yourself for me that my life may be but a radiance of Your Life. Come into me as Adorer, as Restorer, as Savior.

O My beloved Christ, crucified by love, I wish to be a bride for Your Heart; I wish to cover You with glory; I wish to love You… even unto death!

My God! How was it possible that I, for so many years, have borne tranquilly the separation from Thee and Thy holy grace! O infinite Goodness, how long-suffering hast Thou shown Thyself to me! Henceforth, I shall love Thee above all things.