thou wouldst look on me as commended to thy care in life and in death, and be my faithful advocate with God. Amen.
PRAYER TO ST. GERTRUDE IN TIME OF 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 her. Imitate her example; and if you have not 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.
THANKSGIVING FOR THE GRACES BESTOWED ON ST. MECHTILDE.
Our Lord said to a devoid person: I will graciously incline myself towards those who love my beloved Mechtilde for my sake, and will draw them to me. And those who shall give me thanks for having exalted her so highly, I will make them partakers of her merits, and grant them divine consolation in the hour of death.
