The more a person is forsaken by others, the more they are comforted by divine mercy.

— Gertrude of Helfta (1256–1302), Mystikerin

Topics: Loneliness & Abandonment, Grief & Comfort

Occasions: Comfort

Gertrude of Helfta

Gertrud von Helfta war eine deutsche Zisterzienserin und Mystikerin des 13. Jahrhunderts, die ihr Leben im Kloster Helfta bei Eisleben verbrachte. Bekannt ist sie für theologische Schriften wie den „Legatus divinae pietatis“, in denen sie persönliche Visionserfahrungen mit monastischer Liturgie und einer frühen Herz-Jesu-Verehrung verband. Für heutige Bibelleser bietet ihr Werk ein historisches Zeugnis mittelalterlicher Schriftmeditation, das intellektuelle Reflexion mit der Erfahrung göttlicher Barmherzigkeit verknüpft.

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