To St. John Evangelist
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 | pp. 146–147 |
| Scan | leaf 158, leaf 159 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Saints
- St. John the Evangelist
- Prayers for
- perseverance
Martin Schongauer, The Archangel Michael Piercing the Dragon, about 1475. Cleveland Museum of Art.
St. John was the special patron of St. Gertrude. Our Lord had assigned her to him, instructing her to say every day a Pater noster in his honour, with the following prayer:
O BLESSED John the Evangelist, I recall to thy mind now that most sweet and most affectionate fidelity thou didst feel in thy heart when our Lord taught thee, together with the other Apostles, this his own availing prayer: beseeching thee to obtain for me the grace to cleave faithfully to him, and to persevere to the end of my life. Amen.
Our Father, &c.