Promise Made to St. Gertrude by Our Lady

This devotion was practiced and promoted by St. Mechtilde, St. Gertrude the Great, St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Anthony of Padua, and St. Leonard of Port-Maurice.

Our Lady appeared to St. Mechtilde and requested the daily recitation of 3 Hail Mary’s in honor of the Holy Trinity. Our Lady said:

“The first Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Father, whose omnipotence raised my soul so high above every creature that after God, I have the greatest power in Heaven and on earth. In the hour of your death I will use that power of God the Father to keep any hostile power far from you.”

“The second Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Son, who communicated His inscrutable wisdom to me … In the hour of your death I will fill your soul with the light of that wisdom so that all the darkness of ignorance and error will be dispelled.” “The third Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Holy Ghost, who filled my soul with the sweetness of His love and tenderness and mercy … In your last hour I will then change the bitterness of death into divine sweetness and delight.”

Promise Made to St. Gertrude by Our Lady:

“To any soul who faithfully prays the Three Hail Marys I will appear at the hour of death in a splendor of beauty so extraordinary that it will fill the soul with heavenly consolation.”