I
understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion
the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase
our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the
beatific vision of God.
– Saint
Gertrude the Great
Saint
Gertrude the Great's patronage:
Nuns; travelers; Naples, Italy; Diocese of Magdeburg,
Germany; West Indies.