Our Catechesis today focuses on Saint Gertrude the Great , a remarkable figure of Helfta associated with the monastery , where, so many masterpieces of religious literature were Born. Saint Gertrude is the only woman of Germanic descent to Be Called "Great", an honor to her exceptional natural and supernatural gifts. As a youth, she was intelligent, strong and decisive, but also impulsive. With humility she asked others for advice and prayer. Eventually, she experienced a deep conversion : in her studies she passed Pursuits from worldly to the sacred sciences, and she in her monastic observance moved from concern with external things to a life of intense prayer. In her writings, she sought to explain the Truths of the faith with clarity and simplicity, while not failing to develop spiritual themes associated with Divine Love. In her religious practice, she pursued faithful prayer with devotion and abandonment to God .
Prayer
Dear friends, May we learn from Saint Gertrude the Great
how to love Christ and His Church with humility and faith,
and to cultivate our personal prayer through an intense
participation in the Holy Mass and the sacred liturgy .
Amen
Pope Benedict XVI
General Audience , 06.10.2010
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