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When St. Gertrude wished to honour any particular saint, she was accustomed to give God thanks for all the graces he had bestowed on that saint, by repeating several times the psalm: She found by experience that when we thus thank God on behalf of any saint, he increases grace in our souls through the merit of that saint. On one occasion she seemed to see many persons clothed and adorned with the merits of St. Bernard, and was much astonished, as those persons had not done works like his. What, then, said St. Bernard to her, Remember this, therefore, and if you say the Divine Office, bow your head at the  with the intention of thanking God for the graces He has bestowed on the saint whose feast you are celebrating.

On another occasion St. Gertrude offered to