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Even as it cannot be that a man’s feet should be pierced
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through, and his heart not feel a thrill of anguish and
compassion, so it is impossible that my fatherly pity
should not look with an eye of mercy on him who,
although he feels himself bowed down beneath the
burden of his own transgressions, and needs first of all
for himself the healing balm of divine forgiveness, still
prays unceasingly for the salvation of his neighbor.
FOR OUR ENEMIES
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. LORD Jesus, in union with that love and that
www.oremusapostolate.com PRAYER IN ANY TRIBULATION
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O
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.

When St. Gertrude and her sisters had long prayed to
God in a certain affliction without receiving any answer,
she said at length: How is it, O thou most tender Lover
of my soul, that thou thus deferrest my hope? Then our
Lord answered her, saying: It were no to be wondered at
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