Gertrud the Great (1256–1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences. These centered on “the divine loving-kindness, ” which she perceived as expressed through and symbolized by Christ’s divine Heart. Some of these experiences she recorded in Latin “with her own hand, ” in what became Book 2 of The Herald of God’s Loving-Kindness.
Books 1, 3, 4, and 5 were written down by another nun, a close confidant of the saint, now often known as “Sister N.” Book 4 records Gertrud’s many vivid spiritual experiences, which took place on various liturgical feasts when she was too sick to take part in the community’s worship. Foregrounding visions of the court of heaven and dialogues with Christ, the Virgin Mary, and other saints, they further develop devotional themes already present in the earlier books. Often profoundly indebted to the liturgy of Mass and office, they have been carefully arranged according to the ecclesiastical year by the medieval compiler.
Зміст
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
THE HERALD OF GOD’S LOVING-KINDNESS
Prologue
Chapter 1: Preparation for the Birth of Christ
Chapter 2: The Vigil of the Most Sweet Birth of Jesus
Chapter 3: The Honey-Sweet Nativity of the Lord
Chapter 4: Saint John Apostle and Evangelist
Chapter 5: Salutation of the Name of Jesu on the Feast of the Circumcision
Chapter 6: A Threefold Offering on the Epiphany of the Lord
Chapter 7: Veneration of the Lord’s Face on
Omnis Terra Sunday
Chapter 8: Blessed Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
Chapter 9: The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Chapter 10: Saint Gregory the Pope
Chapter 11: Blessed Benedict Our Father: How Blessed Are Those Who Protect the Monastic Life
Chapter 12: The Lord’s Annunciation
Chapter 13: The Intentions That Should Be Offered for the Church on
Circumdederunt Sunday
Chapter 14: Building the Ark: On
Exurge Quare Sunday
Chapter 15: Relief from a Burden on
Esto Mihi Sunday
Chapter 16: The Recording of Good Works and How They Should Be Undertaken in Union with Christ’s Passion
Chapter 17: The Lord’s Offering on Behalf of Trudi’s Soul, and Three Victories:
Invocavit Sunday
Chapter 18: Works of Spiritual Mercy: Monday
Chapter 19: Offering for the Church on
Reminiscere Sunday
Chapter 20: Purchase of Christ’s Way of Life: On
Oculi Mei Sunday
Chapter 21: The Lord’s Supper: On
Laetare Sunday
Chapter 22: The Utility of Mindfulness of the Lord’s Passion: On
Judica Sunday
Chapter 23: Service and Hospitality for the Lord: On Palm Sunday
Chapter 24: The Acceptability of Genuflection: Wednesday
Chapter 25: The Liturgy at the Lord’s Supper
Chapter 26: Good Friday
Chapter 27: The Resurrection of the Lord
Chapter 28: The Following Monday: Scrutiny of Her Life in Religion
Chapter 29: Renewal of Her Spiritual Marriage
Chapter 30: Wednesday: Spiritual Fertility
Chapter 31: How Useful It Is to Entrust All One’s Works to God
Chapter 32: On the Octave Day of Easter: How She Received the Holy Spirit
Chapter 33: The Greater Litany on the Feast of Mark
Chapter 34: Saint John before the Latin Gate
Chapter 35: Preparation before the Feast of the Ascension
Chapter 36: The Solemn Day of the Lord’s Ascension
Chapter 37: Preparation for the Feast of Pentecost
Chapter 38: The Honey-Sweet Feast of Pentecost
Chapter 39: Compensation for Her Spiritual Attitude
Chapter 40: The Grace of the Holy Spirit
Chapter 41: The Feast of the Glorious Trinity
Chapter 42: Saint John the Baptist
Chapter 43: Saint Leo the Pope
Chapter 44: The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Chapter 45: Saint Margaret the Virgin
Chapter 46: Saint Mary Magdalene
Chapter 47: Saint James the Apostle
Chapter 48: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Chapter 49: Saint Bernard the Abbot
Chapter 50: The Worth of Saint Augustine, Saint Dominic, and Saint Francis
Chapter 51: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Chapter 52: The Dignity of the Holy Cross
Chapter 53: On Angels: The Feast of Michael the Archangel
Chapter 54: The Feast of the Eleven Thousand Virgins
Chapter 55: The Feast of All Saints
Chapter 56: Saint Elizabeth
Chapter 57: Saint Catherine, Virgin and Martyr
Chapter 58: The Feast of the Dedication of the Church
Chapter 59: The Consecration of the Chapel
Scriptural Index
Про автора
Alexandra Barratt is professor emeritus at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. She studied at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto and has published extensively on religious writing by medieval women in Latin and English. She has previously translated Books One and Two (CF035), Book Three (CF063), and Book Four (CF085) of The Herald for the Cistercian Fathers series.Більше електронних книг того самого автора / Редактор
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