I am still entering the last of the edits a very lovely person did for me. About 900 wandering commas need to be fixed and I don’t seem able to do more than 100 at a time. Also, I lost track of various doctor appointments today so I am about out of time.

However! Sunday was the Feast of Saint Gertrude the Great. She’s a medieval saint who is not well-known in our time. I do think this has something to do with the fact that the name Gertrude is no longer considered a lovely choice. In any case, she was devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus even before Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. My mother chose Gertrude for her confirmation saint so I’ve always had the sneaking suspicion that I should look into her more closely. Well, not this year. But I did find a nice description on a website that doesn’t allow a direct link. It is a write up on the pages for a Benedictine monastery in Yankton, South Dakota. Copy and paste into a search engine. mcstgertrude.org

I went looking for pictures and found several. Notably, Saint Gertrude was popular in Central and South America. But there’s an internet problem this morning that I can’t get past for some of the best pictures.

Saint Patrick; Saint Gertrude; Saint Gabriel, Archangel; Saint Edward. Jacques Callot, c. 1632/1635, French. National Gallery of Art, DC, public domain