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www.oremusapostolate.com PRAYER TO ST. GERTRUDE IN TIME OF
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TEMPTATION
One who was grievously tempted with evil thoughts and
almost brought to consent to them, took by a holy
inspiration a relic of St. Gertrude and applied it to her
heart, saying with great confidence:
O
LORD Jesus, I beseech thee by that love
wherewith thou didst choose the heart of thy
elect one, freed from every earthly affection, to
be thine own exclusive abode, and didst fill it with
spiritual gifts; vouchsafe to deliver me from this fierce
temptation through her merits and intercession. Amen.

And as soon as she had thus prayed, the temptation left
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her. Imitate her example; and if you have no a relic of the
saint, apply her image to your heart.
St. Francis directed a brother who was suffering
temptation to say with devotion: Glory be to the Father,
and to the son, and to the Holy Ghost. And when he had
done so, the temptation vanished. And this has been
often done with much fruit.

BESTOWED ON ST. MECHTILDE
Our Lord said to a devout person: I will graciously
incline myself towards those who love my beloved
Mechtilde for my sake, and will draw them to me and
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