Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Margaret of Scotland
- Gertrude the Great, virgin
- Mechtilde, virgin
- Eucherius of Lyons, bishop
- Afan, bishop
- Edmund of Abingdon, bishop
- Agnes of Assisi, virgin
St. Margaret of Scotland (1046-1093 A.D.) was born in Hungary while her family was in exile. Upon returning back to England, she was urged to marry Malcolm III, King of Scotland. By her patience, Margaret was able to change the cruel manners of Malcolm. She reformed the Church in Scotland, built churches, monasteries and hospices. By this deeds she was already considered a saint during her lifetime.
St. Gertrude the Great (ca. 1256-1302 A.D.) was placed under the care of the Benedictine nuns at Helfta in Saxony when she was five years old. She became a pupil of St. Mechtilde. When she became a Benedictine nun at age twenty-six, she began to be versed in the Bible and the writings of Augustine, Gregory and Bernard. She also began to record her supernatural and mystical experiences, which were recorded in her Book of Extraordinary Grace. She is patroness of the West Indies.
Prayer attributed to St. Gertrude the Great
"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 everywhere, for sinners in the Universal Church, those in my home and within my family. Amen."
This is a powerful prayer said to release 1,000 souls from Purgatory each time it is prayed.
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