Cleon “Shorty” Wallis Sr., 90, a native of Gibson and resident of Houma, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Gertrude Geddes Willis-Terrebonne Funeral Home.
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Gertrude the Great or Gertrude of Helfta ( – ) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic who was a member of the Monastery of Helfta.
St. Gertrude the Great, or St. Gertrude of Helfta, was born on in Germany. She eventually chose to follow the Lord by pursuing a vocation as a Benedictine Nun. Her deep relationship with the Lord in prayer led to her being hailed as a mystic. She was also regarded as a great ...
Gertrude’s SPIRITUAL EXERCISES may be used by anyone who seeks to deepen spirituality through prayer and meditation. Saint Gertrude belongs to the late 13th century monastic culture and may be the leading woman writer and visionary of that culture.
Saint Gertrude the Great was a 13th-century nun and mystic writer from Thuringia. It was probably introduced to England by settlers from the Low Countries in the 15th century.
Gertrude was confided to the care of St. Mechtilde, mistress of the alumnate and sister of the Abbess Gertrude. From the first she had the gift of winning the hearts, and her biographer gives many details of her exceptional charms, which matured with advancing years.
Until I could talk to St. Gertrude I could not really dare to even look at an image of the Sacred Heart. Now, though I am unworthy [and thus unable], I cannot thank Him enough for this wondrous Saint who "gave me back" the Sacred Heart of Jesus.