For Our Enemies
Preces Gertrudianae, compiled by Thomas Alder Pope, 1861Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | Preces Gertrudianae: Prayers of St Gertrude and St. Mechtilde of The Order of St. Benedict. |
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| Imprint | LONDON, BURNS AND LAMBERT, 1861 |
| Pages | p. 171 |
| Scan | leaf 183 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Saints
- St. Gertrude the Great
- Prayers for
- love of neighbour
Albrecht Dürer, The Agony in the Garden, 1508. Art Institute of Chicago.
When St. Gertrude had prayed the following prayer, it seemed to her as though our Lord fell down before the Face of God the Father, and offered for her the fruit of all his most holy life and conversation, in expiation of all her sins.
O LORD Jesus, in union with that love and that surpassing sweetness with which, amidst the unutterable anguish and sorrows of thy Passion, thou didst pray for those who crucified thee, saying: Father, forgive them, I beseech thee with all the love of my heart that thou wouldst now vouchsafe to forgive all who have ever or in any way offended against me. Amen.