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Hail Mary of Gold is a Roman Catholic Marian prayer attributed to Saint Gertrude the Great.. According to Saint Gertrude, the Virgin Mary stated that: "At the hour when the soul which has thus greeted me quits the body, I will appear to them in such splendid beauty that they will taste, to their great consolation, something of the joys of Paradise".
Gertrude the Great or Gertrude of Helfta (January 6, 1256 – November 17, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic who was a member of the Monastery of Helfta. While herself a Benedictine, she also has strong ties to the Cistercian Order; her monastery in Helfta is currently occupied by nuns of the Cistercian Order.
According to St. Gertrude (1256–1301), the Blessed Virgin Mary promised the following: "To any soul who faithfully prays the Three Hail Marys, I will appear at the hour of death in a splendor of beauty so extraordinary that it will fill the soul with heavenly consolation." [6] Madonna and Child with Angels, Duccio, 1282
The Saint Gertrude Purgatorian Society was established to "pray daily for the Poor Souls in Purgatory, practice almsgiving, and make sacrifices, all for the benefit of the suffering souls." [ 42 ] On 23 May 2014, it received an episcopal blessing from William P. Callahan , then the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse .
Purgatory, Peter Paul Rubens. The Heroic Act of Charity is a Catholic devotional practice. A Catholic who makes a Heroic Act of Charity offers the value of all prayers and good works they perform in their life, as well as any benefits they may receive after their death, for the benefit of the souls in purgatory.
The traditional prayer in honor of the shoulder wound of Jesus calls to mind the wound that Jesus is said to have received carrying the cross on which he was crucified. It is variously attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux or to Saint Gertrude or Saint Mechtilde .
Mechtilde was employed in the convent looking after the library, illuminating scripts, and writing her own texts in Latin. Mechtilde wrote many prayers. [2] In 1261, the abbess committed to her care a five year-old child, who in later generations became known as Gertrude the Great. [1]
The Contemplatives of St. Joseph Monastic Order – San Francisco, California [66] Franciscans of Mary Immaculate – Warsaw, North Dakota [67] Holy Rosary Priory – Portland, Oregon [68] – Dominican Rite; The Institute of Saint Joseph – Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin [69] Knights of the Holy Eucharist – Waverly, Nebraska [70]