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Gertrude of Helfta
The Herald of Divine Love
New York 1993
Stron XII+259, format: 16x23 cm
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Contents
PREFACE ........................................................................... 1
FOREWORD ....................................................................... 3
INTRODUCTION ............................................................. 5
The Herald of Divine Love
PROLOGUE ...................................................................... 47
Notes ................................................................................... 50
BOOK I
Chapter 1—The Commendation of Her Person .................. 52
Chapter 2—The Testimony of Grace .................................. 55
Chapter 3—The Second Testimony .................................... 57
Chapter 4—The Third Testimony ....................................... 60
Chapter 5—Of the Nature and Description of the Spiritual
Heaven ................................................................................ 61
Chapter 6—The Constancy of Her Justice ......................... 63
Chapter 7—Her Zeal for the Salvation of Souls ............................ 64
Chapter 8—Her Compassionate Charity ...................................... 66
Chapter 9—I ler Admirable Chastity ........................................... 66
Chapter 10—The Gift of Trust Which Shone So Wonderfully
in Her ..................................................................................... 68
Chapter 11—The Virtue of Humility, and Her Several Other
Virtues, Discussed Together ................................................ 70
Chapter 12—More Evident Proof of the
Spiritual Heaven .................................................................... 75
Chapter 13—Some Miracles ...................................................... 76
Chapter 14—Some Privileges Granted Her by God ............... 78
Chapter 15—How the Lord Compelled Her to Publish
These Favors ........................................................................... 81
Chapter 16—In Revelations to Others, the Lord Gives Clear
Proof of the Truth of Hers .................................................. 82
Chapter 17—Her Growing Intimacy with God ...................... 86
Notes....................................................................................... 87
BOOK II. THE MEMORIAL OF THE ABUNDANCE OF DIVINE SWEETNESS
Prologue ................................................................................. 94
Chapter 1—The Way in Which the Lord First Visited Her: As
the "Dayspring from on High" ......................................... 94
Chapter 2—The Heart's Enlightenment ............................... 96
Chapter 3—The Pleasant Indwelling of the Lord ............... 97
Chapter 4—The Stigmata of the Most Holy Wounds of
Christ ................................................. .'............................... 99
Chapter 5—The Wound of Love ......................................... 101
PART 2
Chapter 6—The More Noteworthy Visit of the Lord on the
Feast of the Nativity .............................................................. 103
Chapter 7—A More Excellent Union of Her Soul
with God ........................................................................... 105
Chapter 8—A More Intimate Friendship .......................... 106
Chapter 9—The Inseparable Union of Her Soul
with God .......................................................................... 107
Chapter 10—The Divine Infusion of Grace ...................... 109
Chapter 11—The Devil's Tempting ................................. 110
Chapter 12—Bearing with Human Defects ................................ 112
Chapter 13—The Custody of the Affections .............................. 112
Chapter 14—The Uses of Compassion ...................................... 114
Chapter 15—The Recompense of Grace .................................. 114
Chapter 16—The Gracious Showings on the Feast of the
Birth of Our Lord and on the Feast of the Purification of
the Blessed Virgin Mary ........................................................ 115
Chapter 17—Divine Forbearance .............................................. 118
Chapter 18—Fatherly Instruction ............................................... 119
Chapter 19—Praise of the Divine Graciousness ........................... 119
Chapter 20—Special Graces ....................................................... 121
Chapter 21—Effect of the Divine Vision ..................................... 125
Chapter 22—Thanksgiving for a Certain Great but
Secret Gift ......................................................................... 127
Chapter 23—Thanksgiving ......................................................... 128
Chapter 24—Epilogue: Commendation of the Writing .................... 135
Notes ...................................................................................... 135
BOOK III. THE HERALD OF DIVINE LOVE
Prologue .................................................................................... 156
Chapter 1—The Special Protection of the Mother
of God ................................................................................. 156
Chapter 2—The Rings of the Spiritual Espousals ......................... 157
Chapter 4—Contempt for Temporal Comforts ............................. 158
Chapter 5—How the Lord Came Down to Her in
Her Humility ......................................................................... 159
Chapter 6—The Soul's Cooperation with God ...................... 160
Chapter 7—The Lord's Compassion ...................................... 160
Chapter 9—Dispensation of Divine Grace ................................... 161
Chapter 10—Three Offerings .................................................... 164
Chapter 11—Of an Indulgence, and the Desire for the Will of
God ..................................................................................... 166
Chapter 14—Two Ways of Making Reparation ............................... 167
Chapter 16—Progress in Times of Desolation, and Spiritual
Communion ............................................................................. 169
Chapter 17—The Lord's Condescension and the Sharing of
Grace .................................................................................. 172
Chapter 18—The Gift of Preparation for Receiving the Body
of Christ, and Several Other Points ................................ 175
Chapter 19—How to Pray to the Mother of God ............... 184
Chapter 20—Of Her Special Love of God and of a Salutation
of an Image of the Blessed Virgin ............................................ 186
Chapter 22—How Sickness Excuses Apparent
Negligence ........................................................................... 187
Chapter 23—The Threefold Blessing .......................................... 187
Chapter 25—The Service of the Divine Heart .................... 188
Chapter 26—Of the Abundant Grace Flowing into the Soul
from the Heart of God &a
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