REVELATIONS TO ST. GERTRUDE - THE SALUTATION OF THE HOLY WOUNDS

[Dawn Marie]

REVELATIONS TO ST. GERTRUDE - THE SALUTATION OF THE HOLY WOUNDS

Jesus revealed to St. Gertrude that if any one of the following short prayers is repeated five times in honor of the Five Holy Wounds of the Lord, while spiritually kissing the Wounds devoutly and adding some prayers or good works, and offering them through the Sacred Heart of Jesus, they will be as acceptable to God as the most arduous devotion:

'Jesus, Savior of the World, have mercy on me. You to Whom nothing is impossible, bestow mercy to the wretched. '

'O Christ, Who by Your Cross, hast redeemed the world, hear us.'

'The Lord is my strength and my glory; He is my salvation.'

'Hail Jesus, my loving Spouse. I salute You in the ineffable joys of Your Divinity; I embrace You with the affection of all creatures, and I kiss the Sacred Wound of Your love.'

One day, before the Feast of the Ascension, St. Gertrude repeated the following salutation five thousand, four hundred and sixty-six times:

'Glory be to Thee, sweetest, most gentle, most benign, sovereign, transcendent, effulgent, and ever-peaceful Trinity, for the roseate wounds of Jesus Christ, my only Love! '

After completing these salutations, Our Lord Jesus appeared to her, more beautiful than the angels, bearing golden flowers on each Wound. With a serene countenance and tender charity, He said, "Behold in what glory I now appear to you. I will appear in the same form to you at the hour of your death, and will cover all the stains of your sins, and adorn you with a glory like that with which you have adorned My Wounds by your salutations. All of those also who salute my Wounds with the same devotion shall receive the like favor."

[Dawn Marie]

'O Christ, Who by Your Cross, hast redeemed the world, hear us.'