The Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great COMPILED BY THE RELIGIOUS OF HER MONASTERY CATHOLIC TREASURES, NOVEMBER 1980 The indulgence which our Lord granted to St. Gertrude. Her ardent desire to be conformed in all things to the will of God. As the Saint learned that an indulgence of many years was published on condition of the usual offerings, she said, with her whole heart: "Lord, if I were rich I would willingly give a large sum of gold and silver, that by this means I might be absolved by these indulgences for the praise and glory of Thy Name." To this the Lord replied lovingly, saying: "I grant you, by My authority, a full remission of all your sins and negligences." At the same moment she saw her soul without spot and as white as snow. Some time after, entering into herself and finding her soul still adorned with the same purity, she feared what she had seen before had been an illusion, as it seemed impossible that it had not been in some degree tarnished by the negligences and faults into which her weakness caused her to fall so often. But the Lord consoled her affliction by these words: "Dost thou think that I possess less power than I have bestowed on My creatures? If I have given to the material sun such virtue, that if a discoloured garment is exposed to its rays it will recover its former whiteness and even become brighter than before, how much more can I, Who am the Creator of the sun, by directing My looks upon a sinner, remove all his stains, purifying him, by the fire of My love, from every spot?" On another occasion she was so discouraged by her unworthiness and weakness that she seemed to have no power to praise God, nor to taste the sweetness of contemplation. But the Lord, by a pure effect of His mercy, so restored her courage, by communicating to her the most holy conversation of Jesus Christ, that all her desires were satisfied and she seemed to be presented to the King of kings, her Spouse, with the same beauty as Esther was presented to Assuerus. As she appeared so adorned, the Saviour, in loving condescension, addressed her thus: "What dost thou desire, O queen?" "I beseech and implore Thee, O Lord," she replied, "with all my heart, that Thy adorable and Divine will may be accomplished in me, according to Thy good I pleasure." Our Lord then named different persons who had recommended themselves to her prayers and asked what she desired for each individually. "Lord," she replied, "I only ask that Thy most peaceful will may be perfectly accomplished in them." Our Lord inquired further: "And what do you desire that I should do for you?" "I have no other joy," she answered, "than to desire that Thy amiable and peaceful will may always be accomplished in me in all creatures. I am ready, for this end, to offer every member of my body to be exposed, one after the other, to the acutest suffering." God, Who had granted her the grace to speak these words, rewarded her for them afterwards, saying to her: "Since you have desired with such ardour to see the designs of My will executed, I will reward you with this recompense that you shall appear as agreeable in My eyes as if you had never violated My will, even in the most trifling matter." E-MAIL HOME-------------------------------SAINT GERTRUDE www.catholictradition.org/Gertrude/revelations7.htm