Saint Gertrude the Great (16 November): Butler's Lives of the Saints

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In this video, we explore the inspiring life of St. Gertrude the Great, a 13th-century Benedictine mystic known for her profound devotion to Christ, deep contemplative prayer, and her extraordinary spiritual experiences. Born into a noble Saxon family and offered to God at just five years old, St. Gertrude became a gifted abbess, theologian, and spiritual writer whose mystical insights continue to nourish the Church today. Her life was marked by intense love of the Passion of Christ, devotion to the Holy Eucharist, humility, charity for the souls in purgatory, and ecstatic union with God. Her famous work, The Divine Insinuations (“Communications”), remains one of the greatest spiritual classics written by a woman. This narration comes from Fr. Alban Butler’s “Lives of the Saints”, detailing her virtues, mystical visions, spiritual exercises, and holy death in 1292. If you love Catholic spirituality, mystical theology, saints of the Church, or contemplative prayer, this video will inspire you profoundly. 00:00 – Introduction 00:20 – Feast Day: St. Gertrude the Great (Nov. 16) 00:30 – Her noble birth in Saxony 00:40 – Offered to God at age 5 – Benedictine life begins 00:50 – Chosen as abbess and monastic leadership 01:00 – Her devotion to Latin, Scripture, and contemplation 01:20 – Deep devotion to Christ’s Passion and the Holy Eucharist 01:40 – Her mystical tears and ecstatic prayer 02:00 – Interior visions and divine encounters 02:30 – Her humility and self-denial 03:00 – Spiritual motherhood and service to her nuns 03:40 – Her devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary 03:55 – Charity toward souls in purgatory 04:00 – Her spiritual writings: Communications / Divine Insinuations 05:00 – Desire for union with God and purgation of the soul 06:00 – Exercises for thanksgiving and divine love 06:50 – Her love-filled final illness 07:20 – Her holy death and miracles 07:50 – Lessons from St. Gertrude’s life 08:10 – Union with God through humility, love, and self-denial https://sensusfidelium.com/the-lives-of-the-fathers-martyrs-and-other-principal-saints/november/st-gertrude/ Get Butler's Lives of the Saints here: https://loretopublications.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=102&url=1 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #StGertrudeTheGreat #SaintGertrude #CatholicSaints #LivesOfTheSaints #AlbanButler #CatholicMysticism #CatholicChurch #SacredHeart #Benedictine #TraditionalCatholic #Purgatory #EucharisticDevotion #MysticalTheology #CatholicSpirituality #FeastDay #MedievalSaints