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<dl><dd>CONTENTS</dd></dl><p>PART I. 
REVELATION S OF THE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS TO HIS CREATURES. 
CHAPTER PAGE 
I. — Introduction, 5 
II. — How the Heart of Jesus loves and rewards our Confidence,  9 
IV. — How the Heart of Jesus loves and rewards Conformity to His Will in Sickness, 15 
V. — How the Heart of Jesus rewards Devotion to His Passion, 19 
VI. — How the Heart of Jesus rewards and treasures our Sufferings, 25 
VII. — How the Heart of Jesus assists our Imperfect Efforts,  27 
VIII. — Of the abundant Virtue which flows from the Heart of J esus into the Faithful Soul, 30 
IX. — How the Soul may seek God, and transfigure itself into Him in four ways, 33 
X. — Of a mystic Tube by which we may draw every Grace from the Heart of Jesus, 36 
XI. — How the Lovers of Jesus Crucified must carry their Cross after Him, 44 
XII. — They who labour for the Advancement of Religion are rewarded as if they had clothed the Saviour — Angels encompass the Blest, 45 
XIII. — How we should offer our actions through the Son to the Eternal Father, 48 
XIV. — Why God is pleased by Images of Jesus Crucified, 50 
XV. — The value and efficacy of Good Desires, 52 
XVI. — How we may profit by the Merit of others, 54 
XVII. — How our Lord consoled St. Gertrude by offering her His Heart, 56 
XVIII. — The value of a Good Will, 59 
XIX. — Of the Languor caused by Divine Love 63 
XX. — How the Pleasure of the Senses deprives of Spiritual Pleasures, 65 
XXI. — How the Soul is purified and embellished by the Merits of Jesus Christ, 67 
XXII. — Of the true manner of spiritually performing the Corporal Works of Mercy, 71 
XXIII. — Of the Oblation of the Merits of Jesus Christ for the Sins of the Church, 73 
XXIV. — How we may obtain a share in the Merits of the Life of Jesus Christ, 75 
XXV. — The Saint is instructed how to atone for the Sins of the Church, 76 
XXVI. — How the Beautitude and Glory of St. Benedict was shown to St. Gertrude, 80 
PART II. 
REVELATIONS OF THE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS IN THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT. 
I. — How the Heart of Jesus desires us to communicate, notwithstanding our Unworthiness, 88 
II. — Our Lord appears to St. Gertrude under the form of a Pelican, 93 
III. — How St. Gertrude prepared for Holy Communion, 95 
IV. — Of the value and importance of Spiritual Communion, 98 
V. — How agreeable frequent Communion is to the Heart of Jesus, 103 
VI. — Our Lord showed His Heart to St. Gertrude, 105 
VII. — How Gertrude heard Mass in Ecstasy, 106 
VIII. — How Gertrude was taught to assist at Mass in Spirit, 117 
PART III. 
THE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS IN THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE. 
I. — Of the value and efficacy of Confession — how we should conquer the difficulties we feel in approaching the Sacrament of Penance 121 
II. — Of the Love of the Heart of Jesus in per- mitting the Just to fall for their humiliation, 126 
III. -—Of the Benefit we may derive from our Faults, 127 
IV. — Of the Renewal of the Seven Sacraments in her Soul, and of Fraternal Charity, 130 
V. — How Imperfections of which we forget to accuse ourselves in Confession are pardoned by God, 133 
PART IV.
THE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS TOWARDS THE SOULS IN PURGATORY. 
I. — Of the Love of the Heart of Jesus in purifying the Soul in Sickness, 139 
II. — How a Disobedience was expiated by an Illness, 144 
III. — How the Soul desires to be purified after Death, 147 
IV. — Of the Agony and Death of M. B., and of her Blessed Soul — how salutary it is to assist the Souls in Purgatory, 152 
V. — How the Souls of G. and B. were purified for neglecting Confession, and for taking pleasure in earthly things, 155 
VI. — -Those who have persevered long in Sin are not easily benefited by the Prayers of the Church, and are liberated with difficulty, 160 
VII. — Of Prayers for the Souls of Deceased Parents, 164 
PART V. 
REVELATIONS OF THE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS TO HIS MOTHER. 
I. — How the Heart of Jesus desires that His Mother should be honoured, 171 
II. — How powerfully the Blessed Virgin protects those who invoke her ; and how we may supply for our negligences in her service, 174 
III. — How we may remember the Passion of Christ, and proclaim the praises of the Virgin Mother of God, in reciting the Seven Canonical Hours, 182 
IV. — How Gertrude was taught bythe Heart of Jesus to honour His Blessed Mother on the Feast of His Nativity, 186 
V. — Vision of Our Blessed Lady on Christmas Night 190 
VI. — How we should salute and honour the Blessed Mother of God, 197 
VII.— How the Mother of God assists Sinners, 200 
VIII. — How St. Gertrude recited None and Vespers in honour of the Blessed Virgin, 202 
IX. — How St. Gertrude was consoled in her Sickness, 205 
The Little Office of St. Gertrude, 209 
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<dl><dd>From the Hay Fleming Reference Library</dd>
<dd>With signature: Angus Macdonald</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Spiritual life -- Christianity; Gertrude, Saint, surnamed the Great, 1256-1333; Spiritual life</div>
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<dl><dd>Gertrude, Saint, surnamed the Great, 1256-1333</dd>
<dd>Fleming, David Hay, 1849-1931, owner. StSaUL</dd></dl></div>
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