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Oblation
Letter of the Right Rev. Dr. Moriarty
Contents
Introduction
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PART ONE: The Life of St. Gertrude
CHAPTER 1: The Saint’s birth and parentage. Her early dedication to God. Intellectual gifts. Divine communications concerning her sanctity. Our Lord declares that He finds rest and repose in her heart. Desires a holy person to seek Him there.
CHAPTER 2: St. Gertrude predicts the election of Adolphus of Nassau. Quiets the fears of the sisters, who expect to suffer a temporal loss. Her election as Abbess. Removal to Heldelfs. Revelations of her sanctity. Our Lord appears to her bearing the house of religion. Her generosity of spirit.
CHAPTER 3: The Saint obtains favorable weather. Miracles mentioned in her Office. Union of her will with God’s. Counsels others. Our Lord desired her to write her revelations. Her sanctity revealed to St. Mechtilde.
CHAPTER 4: She asks St. Mechtilde to pray for her. Our Lord is pleased with her patience and mildness. He declares that He dwells in her; and hides her imperfections.
CHAPTER 5: The Saint as Abbess. Tenderness toward others. Care of the sick. Her last illness. Value of suffering. She is forbidden to resign her Office. Our Lord accepts as done to Himself what is done for her. St. Lebuin.
CHAPTER 6: Her dying words. Devotion to the Divine Office. Tenderness to her spiritual children. Our Lord appears to her in her agony. Promises to receive her as He received His Blessed Mother. Angels call her to Paradise.
CHAPTER 7: Her death. Of her eternal joys. Our Lord consoles her religious. Revelations of her sanctity. Prays that her religious may be comforted at her tomb. Her obsequies. Our Lord blesses her tomb.
CHAPTER 8: Favors granted at the interment of the Saint. Souls released through her intercession. How Our Lord gathered a lily. Of fear in the last agony. Purgatory in sickness. Efficacy of prayers for the dead.
CHAPTER 9: Happy death of another religious. Our Lord specially rewards her charity to others. Purgatory in sickness. How Our Lord purified a dying religious. Efficacy of prayers for the departed. Of Masses for the dead. Reward of fervor when suffering.
CHAPTER 10: St. Gertrude not formally canonized. History of her cultus. Benedict XIV. Her Office approved. Name inserted in Martyrology. Lanspergius. His History. Preface to Insinuationes. Plea for the female sex. Conclusion.
PART TWO: The Revelations of St. Gertrude
CHAPTER 1: The Saint’s thanksgiving to God for the first grace vouchsafed to her, by which her mind was withdrawn from earthly things and united to Him.
CHAPTER 2: How the grace of God illuminated her interiorly.
CHAPTER 3: Of the pleasure which God took in making His abode in the soul of Gertrude.
CHAPTER 4: Of the stigmatas imprinted in the heart of Gertrude, and her exercises in honor of the Five Wounds.
CHAPTER 5: Of the Wound of Divine Love; and of the manner of bathing, anointing and binding it up.
CHAPTER 6: Of the intimate union of the Infant Jesus with her heart.
CHAPTER 7: The Divinity is imprinted upon the soul of Gertrude as a seal upon wax.
CHAPTER 8: Of the admirable union of her soul with God.
CHAPTER 9: Of another admirable manner in which St. Gertrude was closely united to God.
CHAPTER 10: How the Lord obliged her to write these things; and how He illuminated her.
CHAPTER 11: She receives the gift of tears, and is warned of the snares which the demon has laid for her.
CHAPTER 12: With how much goodness God bears our faults.
CHAPTER 13: Of the necessity of exact vigilance over the senses and affections.
CHAPTER 14: Different exercises by which the soul is purified.
CHAPTER 15: How agreeable works of charity are to God; and also meditations on holy things.
CHAPTER 16: Of the inconceivable tenderness which the most glorious Virgin has for us.
CHAPTER 17: Of the garments with which we should clothe Jesus and His Mother.
CHAPTER 18: How God bears with our defects. Instruction on humility.
CHAPTER 19: How God is pleased to condescend to His creatures; and what glory God derives thence from the blessed.
CHAPTER 20: Of some considerable privileges which God granted to this virgin, and of the grace which He promised to her clients.
CHAPTER 21: Thanksgivings for the confirmation of the aforesaid favors.
CHAPTER 22: How St. Gertrude was admitted to the vision of God. Of the kiss of peace and other similar favors.
CHAPTER 23: Recapitulation of the gifts already mentioned. The Saint complains of her infirmity and ingratitude.
CHAPTER 24: Conclusion of this Book.
PART THREE: The Revelations of St. Gertrude
CHAPTER 1: Our Lord gives His Blessed Mother to St. Gertrude to be her mother, in order that she may have recourse to her in all her afflictions.
CHAPTER 2: Adversity is the spiritual ring with which the soul is betrothed to God.
CHAPTER 3: Human consolation weakens that which is Divine.
CHAPTER 4: How vile and despicable are all transitory pleasures.
CHAPTER 5: The perfect resignation of St. Gertrude into the hands of God in all adversities, and what merit she acquired thereby.
CHAPTER 6: The co-operation of the faithful soul at the Holy Sacrifice. Five favors on which the Saint was desired to meditate, when unable to assist at it.
CHAPTER 7: With what confidence we should have recourse to God in all our needs and temptations.
CHAPTER 8: Of the efficacy of prayers for others.
CHAPTER 9: Of the admirable effects of Communion, and that we should not lightly abstain from it, even for our unworthiness.
CHAPTER 10: The indulgence which Our Lord granted to St. Gertrude. Her ardent desire to be conformed in all things to the Will of God.
CHAPTER 11: How the soul may seek God, and transfigure itself into Him, in four ways.
CHAPTER 12: Reparation for the fall of a Host, which it was feared had been consecrated.
CHAPTER 13: Of the value and efficacy of Confession. How we should conquer the difficulties we feel in approaching the Sacrament of Penance.
CHAPTER 14: The different effects of charity are explained by the comparison of a tree covered with leaves, flowers and fruit.
CHAPTER 15: How afflictions unite the soul to Jesus Christ; and of the effect of an unjust excommunication.
CHAPTER 16: A vision in which St. Gertrude beheld Our Lord communicating [giving Communion to] the sisters.
CHAPTER 17: How we should prepare ourselves to receive the Body of Jesus Christ. Different exercises of piety which St. Gertrude practiced toward this august Sacrament.
CHAPTER 18: The devotion of St. Gertrude to the Mother of God. She is taught to invoke her as the white lily of the adorable Trinity, and the vermillion rose of Heaven.
CHAPTER 19: How the praises offered to the Saints may be referred to God.
CHAPTER 20: How God desires to be sought for by the soul that loves Him; and how He loves us when we suffer.
CHAPTER 21: The Saint receives a triple absolution and benediction from the Blessed Trinity, through the merits of Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER 22: Favors granted to the Saint during the recital of the Divine Office.
CHAPTER 23: Of the abundant virtue which flows from the Heart of Jesus into the faithful soul.
CHAPTER 24: Of the sepulchre of Jesus Christ in the faithful soul, and how to make a spiritual cloister in the Body and Heart of Jesus.
CHAPTER 25: Of the union of the soul with Jesus Christ, and how she is prepared, by the merits of the Saints, to be an agreeable abode for her God.
CHAPTER 26: Of the merit of a good will, and instructions on some words of the Divine Office.
CHAPTER 27: Why God is pleased by images of Jesus crucified.
CHAPTER 28: Of spiritual thirst for God, and of the utility of sufferings.
CHAPTER 29: How insidious are the snares of the demon, and especially when we chant.
CHAPTER 30: That our prayers are certainly heard, even though we do not perceive their effect; and how to supply for our unworthiness in approaching Holy Communion through the merits of Jesus Christ and His Saints.
CHAPTER 31: Of the advantages of frequent Communion, and of receiving the holy Viaticum.
CHAPTER 32: How God corrects the past negligences of a soul who loves Him, and remedies those which may occur in future.
CHAPTER 33: Of the value and importance of spiritual Communion.
CHAPTER 34: Of the utility of meditating on the Passion of Our Lord, and how He offers Himself to the Eternal Father in satisfaction for our sins.
CHAPTER 35: Of the bundle of myrrh, and how we should practice patience in adversity, according to the example of Christ.
CHAPTER 36: That devotion to the Passion of Our Lord promotes union with God.
CHAPTER 37: Of the nails of sweet-smelling cloves which the Saint, moved by love, put into the wounds of the crucifix instead of the iron nails, and of the gratitude which Our Lord testified for this.
CHAPTER 38: How we may remember the Passion of Christ, and proclaim the praises of the Virgin Mother of God, in reciting the Seven Canonical Hours.
CHAPTER 39: That we should give some token of our love to God after exterior occupations.
CHAPTER 40: Of the effects of prayer in adversity.
CHAPTER 41: Prayer composed by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, which He promised to hear favorably.
CHAPTER 42: How the just delight in God, and how God takes pleasure in them, especially when they commit all their good desires to Him.
CHAPTER 43: Of two pulsations of the Heart of Jesus.
CHAPTER 44: Of the manner in which we should ask Our Lord for rest or sleep.
CHAPTER 45: Of perfect resignation of ourselves to the Divine Will.
CHAPTER 46: Of the sensible pleasure which the soul finds in God.
CHAPTER 47: Of the languor caused by Divine love.
CHAPTER 48: That the faithful soul ought to abandon herself to the Will of God, for life and death.
CHAPTER 49: Of the benefit we may derive from our faults.
CHAPTER 50: Of the renewal of the Seven Sacraments in her soul, and of fraternal charity.
CHAPTER 51: Of the fidelity which we must only expect to find in God, and of the grace of patience.
CHAPTER 52: The value of a good will.
CHAPTER 53: How we may profit by the merit of others.
CHAPTER 54: Prayer composed by the Saint.
CHAPTER 55: Our Lord shows her His Heart.
CHAPTER 56: Of charity toward an erring brother.
CHAPTER 57: That the care of temporal affairs and exterior duties may be acceptable to God.
CHAPTER 58: Of the merit of patience.
CHAPTER 59: Of the aversion which God has for impatience. And how agreeable it is to Him that we should return thanks for His benefits.
CHAPTER 60: That God is pleased with us when we are displeased with ourselves.
CHAPTER 61: Of the effect of prayers for others.
CHAPTER 62: Instructions for different persons in different states of life.
CHAPTER 63: That the Church is figured by the members of Jesus Christ. How we must act toward those members which are diseased, and in regard to our Superior.
CHAPTER 64: On the spiritual participation of merits.
CHAPTER 65: Of the utility of temptation.
CHAPTER 66: That frequent Communion is agreeable to God.
CHAPTER 67: Of the right manner of exercising zeal.
CHAPTER 68: That we do not always receive the fruit of our prayers immediately.
CHAPTER 69: The value of exact obedience.
CHAPTER 70: Instructions on different subjects.
CHAPTER 71: Of the loss of friends; and how we should offer our trials to God.
CHAPTER 72: Instructions on various subjects.
PART FOUR: The Revelations of St. Gertrude
CHAPTER 1: With what devotion we ought to prepare ourselves for festivals. Advantages of recommending ourselves to the prayers of others. Our enjoyment of God corresponds to our desires and our capacity to receive it.
CHAPTER 2: Instructions for celebrating the Feast of the Nativity.
CHAPTER 3: For the Feast of the Nativity. Apparition of the Infant Jesus and His Blessed Mother.
CHAPTER 4: His virtues, and the manner of imitating His purity.
CHAPTER 5: Of the holy name of Jesus; and the renewal of our good intentions at the commencement of the new year.
CHAPTER 6: Of the oblations which are acceptable to God.
CHAPTER 7: St. Gertrude receives absolution from Our Divine Lord. Instructions for Holy Communion.
CHAPTER 8: Apparition of St. Agnes. Virtue of the words which she uttered at her death.
CHAPTER 9: For the Feast of the Purification.
CHAPTER 10: Instruction concerning receiving and abstaining from the Holy Communion.
CHAPTER 11: Instruction on Noah’s ark; a mystical day therein.
CHAPTER 12: Devotions for the time of the Carnival. Of the value and efficacy of suffering.
CHAPTER 13: How acceptable good works are to Our Lord during the three days of the Carnival [Mardi Gras]; and how such works obtain merit by union with the Passion of Christ.
CHAPTER 14: How the soul is purified and embellished by the merits of Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER 15: Of the true manner of spiritually performing the corporal works of mercy.
CHAPTER 16: Of the oblation of the merits of Jesus Christ for the sins of the Church.
CHAPTER 17: How we may obtain a share in the merits of the Life of Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER 18: The Saint is instructed how to atone for the sins of the Church.
CHAPTER 19: Of the glory and prerogatives of St. Gregory, and the recompense reserved for this Doctor of the Church.
CHAPTER 20: The beatitude and glory of this Saint shown to St. Gertrude. The particular recompense reserved for those who observe regular discipline faithfully.
CHAPTER 21: Exercises of devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
CHAPTER 22: Exercises of devotion for that day.
CHAPTER 23: Of spiritual Communion, and other exercises for this holy day.
CHAPTER 24: For Wednesday in Holy Week.
CHAPTER 25: Of offering the merits of Jesus Christ to obtain pardon for the sins of the Church. Of His love in the adorable Sacrament of the Altar.
CHAPTER 26: The Saint is favored with a rapture. Exercises on the Passion of Our Lord.
CHAPTER 27: How the souls are freed from their pains. Of a good will. How to praise God in the Alleluia.
CHAPTER 28: That God takes an exact account of our merits; and how they are enriched by the merits of Christ.
CHAPTER 29: Of the renewal of spiritual espousals.
CHAPTER 30: That we can do nothing good without the Divine assistance.
CHAPTER 31: Of offering our actions to God.
CHAPTER 32: How we should dispose ourselves to receive the Holy Ghost.
CHAPTER 33: Of the Litanies, and invocation of Saints.
CHAPTER 34: Of the sweet memory of St. John. How imperfections of which we forget to accuse ourselves in Confession are pardoned by God.
CHAPTER 35: The manner of saluting Our Lord’s Five Wounds.
CHAPTER 36: Of the merit of condescension and compassion for the infirm. And how we should desire contempt.
CHAPTER 37: How we should pray for the just, for sinners, and for the souls in Purgatory.
CHAPTER 38: Of the renunciation of our own will. And certain exercises of piety for this Festival.
CHAPTER 39: How to prepare ourselves worthily to receive the Holy Ghost.
CHAPTER 40: Of the gifts of the Holy Ghost. And other exercises for this day.
CHAPTER 41: How the oblation of the Sacred Host supplies for our deficiencies. Exercises for the Agnus Dei.
CHAPTER 42: How the Sacred Host supplies for all our negligences, and how the Holy Spirit unites Himself in Communion to holy souls.
CHAPTER 43: How we may glorify the Most Holy Trinity by our Lord Jesus Christ. And what obstacles human affections place to our advancement.
CHAPTER 44: Apparition of the Saint. Effects of his intercession.
CHAPTER 45: How we may feed Christ’s sheep spiritually. Of the intercession of the Apostles. And the fruit of Holy Communion.
CHAPTER 46: The glory of this Saint, and of the recompense which God reserves for the least good action.
CHAPTER 47: Of true penance and good will.
CHAPTER 48: Advantages of the pilgrimage to Compostella. And how we may honor the Saints by Communion.
CHAPTER 49: Of the manner of honoring and saluting the Blessed Virgin.
CHAPTER 50: The merit and glory of this Saint.
CHAPTER 51: Of the glory and virtue of this Saint. Of the merits of St. Francis and St. Dominic.
CHAPTER 52: Exercises for celebrating this Feast devoutly. How powerfully the Blessed Virgin protects those who invoke her; and how we may supply for our negligences in her service.
CHAPTER 53: Of the exaltation of the Cross. Of the love of enemies. Of the observance of the regular fast. Of the true relics of Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER 54: Of the faithful care which the Angels have of us, and how we should honor them.
CHAPTER 55: Of the fruits of thanksgiving. That God requires us to fructify His gifts. And of the Response Regnum mundi.
CHAPTER 56: Of the different orders of the Church Militant. How to honor the Saints by thanksgivings, that we may participate in their merits.
CHAPTER 57: How pleasing it is to the Saints that we should praise God on their account.
CHAPTER 58: Of the patronage and merits of this Saint.
CHAPTER 59: For the Dedication of a Church.
CHAPTER 60: Of the presence and grace of God in holy places. And how the Angels supply for our obligation of praising God.
CHAPTER 61: Of a marvelous vision in which the Saint beheld Our Lord celebrating Mass.
PART FIVE: The Revelations of St. Gertrude
CHAPTER 1: How St. Mechtilde prepared for death, and received Extreme Unction.
CHAPTER 2: Of the happy death of St. Mechtilde, and her reward in Heaven. Of the merits and intercession of the Saints. And how to offer the Five Wounds of Christ to supply for our defects.
CHAPTER 3: Of the precious death of Sisters M. and L. Of the exact account taken in Purgatory of their faults, and of the reward of their merits.
CHAPTER 4: How a disobedience was expiated by an illness.
CHAPTER 5: Of the happy death of Sister M. The approbation of these Revelations. And the favors promised through her merits.
CHAPTER 6: Of the agony and death of M.B., and of her blessed soul. How salutary it is to assist the souls in Purgatory.
CHAPTER 7: How the souls of G. and B. were purified for neglecting Confession, and for taking pleasure in earthly things.
CHAPTER 8: Of Sister G.’s happy preparation for death. Her fervent desires and her glory.
CHAPTER 9: The rewards which Brother S. received for his fidelity and benevolence.
CHAPTER 10: How Brother Hermann suffered for obstinacy. And of the assistance which may be obtained in the other life by the prayers of the Saints and the faithful.
CHAPTER 11: How Brother John was rewarded for his labors and punished for his faults.
CHAPTER 12: How the soul of Brother The: (sic) was released by prayers in honor of the Five Wounds.
CHAPTER 13: What Brother F. suffered for indolence and want of sub mission. The efficacy of fervent prayer.
CHAPTER 14: Those who have persevered long in sin are not easily ben efited by the prayers of the Church, and are liberated with difficulty.
CHAPTER 15: Of the oblation of the Host. And of prayers for the souls of deceased parents.
CHAPTER 16: Of the effect of the Great Psalter. Of the zeal of Christ for the salvation of souls. And how willing He is to hear the prayers of those who love Him.
CHAPTER 17: Of the severe sufferings of a soldier. And the efficacy of the Great Psalter.
CHAPTER 18: Explanation of the Great Psalter, and of the Seven Masses of St. Gregory.
CHAPTER 19: The reward of praying for the dead. And the punishment of disobedience and detractions.
CHAPTER 20: Of the ardent desire of death which Our Lord enkindled in the soul of Gertrude.
CHAPTER 21: How Gertrude prayed for death.
CHAPTER 22: Of the wounds of Divine love with which the Saint was transfixed.
CHAPTER 23: Our preparations for death are not forgotten before God.
CHAPTER 24: Exercises in preparation for death. And devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
CHAPTER 25: How our Lord Jesus and all the Saints console the souls of the just in their last moments. And with what love Our Lord communicates Himself to His elect in the Sacrament of the Altar.
CHAPTER 26: Of the sweet repose which the Saint enjoyed; and how she satisfied for her negligences.
CHAPTER 27: How the Saint supplied for her negligences in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
CHAPTER 28: How Gertrude prepared for death.
CHAPTER 29: How Our Lord authorized this work.
CHAPTER 30: Oblation of this work to the Divine Glory. Conclusion.
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Contents
Introductory
The Setting
Birth of Jesus
Childhood at Nazareth
John The Bapist
Jesus Begins His Ministry
Journey To Galilee
The Kingdom and the Apostles
Manifestations of Divine Power
Speaking in Parables
Increasing Popularity
Death of John the Baptist
Miracles of the Loaves
The Bread of Life
Peter the Rock
Training of the Twelve
Visit to Jerusalem
Clash with the Pharisees
Judean Ministry
The Supreme Declaration
Raising of Lazarus
Last Missionary Days
Banquet at Bethany
Palm Sunday
Second Cleansing of the Temple
Day of Questions
Judas the Betrayer
The Last Supper
Arrest and Trial
Death on Calvary
Risen and Living Still
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