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hermetic

(8,593 posts)
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 10:23 AM Mar 2024

Today is also St. Gertrude's Day

The Patron Saint of Cats, who lived from 628 to 659.
Gertrude of Nivelles, was daughter of Pippin the Elder, the power behind the Merovingian throne, so she was both Patrick’s near contemporary and his pioneering equal.
Gertrude is a strong historical figure. She’s the patron saint of gardeners, travelers, widows, recently deceased people, the sick, the poor, the mentally ill, and travelers in search of lodging. And cats. People call upon Gertrude for protection from mice and rats, fever, insanity, and mental illness. Who says saints aren’t cool?
In her short life she founded a monastery and ruled as its abbess. And her abbey still stands today, having survived attack by the forces of Revolutionary France in 1794 and bombing by the German Luftwaffe in 1940.



A Prayer to St. Gertrude

St. Gertrude of Nivelles, ask you I pray
Safeguard my kitties this and each day.
Defend them from those who might wish them harm.
Keep them at home safe from danger and storm.
Instill in me wisdom to care for them well.
Pray, fill me with strength never to yell.
And Gertrude, a last thing I beseech from thee,
Protect my sofa from claws and my carpets from pee.
Amen.

By Dusty Rainbolt
at www.catster,com

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Today is also St. Gertrude's Day (Original Post) hermetic Mar 2024 OP
Did not know this. Thanks 🙏 Deuxcents Mar 2024 #1
A far more important celebration than St. Patrick's Day, if you ask me Ocelot II Mar 2024 #2
For some reason my phone just fell off kitchen counter underpants Mar 2024 #3
A while ago hermetic Mar 2024 #4
Thank you St. Gertrude!!! underpants Mar 2024 #6
Thank you for this very important reminder! niyad Mar 2024 #5
Stealing this prayer to post for my cat rescue friends on FB. japple Mar 2024 #7
oh yeah hermetic Mar 2024 #8

Ocelot II

(120,110 posts)
2. A far more important celebration than St. Patrick's Day, if you ask me
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 10:36 AM
Mar 2024

and my cat, who is observing the day by napping.

hermetic

(8,593 posts)
4. A while ago
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 11:19 AM
Mar 2024

I was at my computer and heard the rattle of dishes in the kitchen. Thought I should take a look and I discovered a stack of plates and cups slowly moving towards the edge of the counter. My little 1-yr-old, one-eyed kitten was trying to get to a plate that had butter on it. Whew! Guess St. Gertrude saved me from a little disaster there.

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