In the name of the Father, and of  the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.  

When Blessed Marie of Oignies was about to  die, she covered her head with Lutgardis' veil  

and predicted: There is no woman in the world  more effective in freeing souls from purgatory  

and sinners than you. You now perform  spiritual miracles, but after your death  

you will perform bodily miracles. This has been  realized during her life and after her death.  

When Lutgardis' sister  died, she went to purgatory.  

Before knowing about the death of her sister,  Lutgardis heard a very sad voice cry out: Mercy,  

dear sister, have mercy on me and obtain for me  the mercy that you have obtained for other souls.  

The servant of God, prostrate on her knees,  understood that her sister needed prayers  

and asked the sisters of the community  to help her with prayers and sacrifices.  

When Santiago, bishop of Acre, cardinal of  the Roman Curia, died, Lutgardis saw in an  

ecstasy on the fourth day after his death that  the bishop's soul was in paradise and said:  

Most reverend father, I did not know that you had  died. When was that? And he replied, “Today is the  

fourth day. I have spent three days and two nights  in purgatory ”. And Saint Lutgardis replied:  

"And why haven't you told me of your death to  free yourself from the pains of purgatory?".  

"The Lord has not wanted it, but that now you  be comforted by my liberation and my glory."  

The Lord also communicated these  events to a Dominican friar  

on the fourth day of his death. Friar  Bernard knew it, because Lutgardis told him.  

A german nobleman who was highly educated in  reading and writing named Simon, entered the  

Cistercian Order and very soon became Abbot of  Foigny. However, with his subordinates he was  

overzealous and did not treat them well. He died  shortly after. He had highly admired Lutgardis  

for her sanctity of life. She was very sorry for  his death and asked the Lord to deliver him from  

purgatory. The Lord replied: Console yourself,  because thanks to your prayers I will help him.  

She replied: All the consolation you give me,  give it to this soul in purgatory. I will not  

stop crying and I will not be consoled until the  one for whom I pray is released from purgatory.  

And the Lord appeared to her one day and took  the soul freed from purgatory and said to her :  

Console yourself, my beloved, here  is the soul for whom you intercede.  

Lutgardis prostrated herself with her  face to the ground and blessed the Lord  

for the liberation of that soul. And that  radiant soul thanked the pious Lutgardis.  

Pope Innocent III died after having celebrated  the Lateran council. He appeared to Lutgardis. He  

was surrounded by flames and she asked him who he  was. He replied: I am Pope Innocent. She replied:  

How is it possible that you suffer such great  torment; being the Father of us all? He said:  

There are three causes that make me suffer in  this way and made me worthy of going to hell.  

But I will be tormented by severe penalties  until the last judgement. The mother of mercy has  

obtained for me from her Son, to be able to come  and ask for help. And he disappeared right away  

without further explanation. Lutgardis made  known to her sisters the death and needs of  

the late Pope so that they would pray for him.  She herself offered prayers and sacrifices. And  

Thomas of Cantimpré adds: Note that I have spoken  of three causes for which the Pope was suffering  

so much and Lutgardis let me know, but I keep them  silent out of respect for such a great Pontiff.  

Father Juan de Liro had agreed with Lutgardis that  the first of the two to die would appear to the  

other. When this priest died, at the very moment  of his death he visibly appeared to Lutgardis,  

who was in the cloister of the convent. She  believed he was alive and beckoned him into  

the parlor to talk. He said: I am dead and I have  appeared to fulfill the agreement that we made.  

She prostrated herself on the ground and asked  him: What does the triple dress that you wear with  

so much glory mean? He exclaimed: The snow-white  dress means the innocence of my virgin flesh,  

which I have kept without spot since my birth.  The red dress means the trials that I have  

endured for justice and truth. The blue dress  means the perfection of the spiritual life.  

And saying this he disappeared. She told this  vision to her sisters, but wept with grief. And  

Jesus said to her: Why are you crying? Am I not  better than ten children to you? She understood  

and did not cry again for the deceased, but  instead blessed the Lord for his death. The  

Duchess of Brabant, daughter of Philip, King of  France, was seriously ill. She loved Lutgardis and  

asked her to pray for her. After praying, she told  her that she would never be able to get up again,  

but she should prepare for a general confession  and wait for the Lord with great confidence. Soon,  

as Lutgardis had predicted, the Duchess died.  After her death she appeared to Lutgardis and told  

her that thanks to the intercession of the Virgin  Mary, whom she had loved very much in this life,  

she had been able to free herself from the pains  of purgatory. One day, singing The Te Deum,  

when saying "Tu ad liberándum susceptúrus  hóminem, non horruísti Vírginis úterum"  

meaning "When thou tookest upon thee to deliver  man : thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb" the  

Virgin Mary appeared and thanked her for her love.  Lutgardis understood how pleasant this was to the  

Virgin Mary and told to Thomas of Cantimpré this  vision and begged him as her beloved son to say  

this always with the greatest devotion possible,  bowing the body, in honor of the Virgin Mary.  

Lutgardis had the habit of receiving Communion on  Sundays. Despite being very weak, no one helped  

her to approach the altar, some saw two angels  hold her between them and carry her to the altar.  

Once again it was the Virgin Mary and Saint  John the Baptist who accompanied her to receive  

communion, but this happened a long time  later, when the day of her death was near.  

One day in prayer thinking of Saint John the  Evangelist, who had reclined on Jesus' chest  

at the Last Supper, this apostle appeared to  her under the figure of an eagle. It had bright  

feathers of such splendor that it could have  illuminated the whole earth. Then she saw that  

the eagle placed its beak on her lips and filled  her soul with radiance, with an unspeakable light.  

Something like this happened to Moses, to whom the  Lord said: No one can see my face and stay alive.  

Blessed Jordan of Saxony, Master General of the  Order of Preachers, had wished to visit the Holy  

Land and, returning by sea with a large number  of men and two sisters of his Order, they were  

shipwrecked. Immediately it was seen that a great  column of fire lit by God for five hours reached  

the sea from the sky, which shone and was seen in  the night. His holy body was taken to the beach.  

The light of heaven shone on him for the third  time and the fourth time on his companion,  

Brother Gerald. The witnesses were Catholic  Christians, schismatic Greeks, and pagans. We,  

Cantimpré affirms, have heard it from the  brothers, who deserved to see this event  

with their own eyes, but we have read these  same testimonies in Venice in the letters of  

the Prior to the Dominican friars. On the  day of Blessed Jordan of Saxony's death,  

Lutgardis felt in darkness, she did not know what  was happening to her. And suddenly, in the eyes of  

her intelligence a glorious spirit appeared that  she did not recognize by its great radiance. He  

said to her: I am Jordan of Saxony, Master of the  Order of Dominican friars. I have died and shine  

in a sublime way in the choir of the apostles and  prophets. I have been sent to you to comfort you.  

I know about your reward, because the time is  drawing near when you will be crowned by the Lord.  

And he disappeared, leaving her very  comforted. Lutgardis had loved this  

man very much and he trusted her more than all  the other nuns. And he considered her to be the  

mother of the entire Order of preachers  and their nurse. We, Cantimpré affirms,  

have seen that she was very needed with these  religious more than with those of other Orders. A  

man desperate because of his crimes was brought to  Lutgardis to at least comfort him with her words.  

When he sat next to her and began to listen to  her words, he saw an immense clarity around her.  

He was glad and comforted with the hope of  forgiveness and left. A priest came to the  

French monastery of Jouarre. He prayed at night  in the crypt where the bodies of the saints lay.  

Suddenly he opened the tomb of a saint. He could  not read her name or her merits. He later asked  

Lutgardis to pray to the Lord to reveal her  name. The saint appeared to Lutgardis and said:  

My name is Osanna, virgin, daughter of the King of  Scotland. I was taken to France and here I had a  

holy life. When I died I was buried solemnly. But  the inhabitants of this place forgot me over time.  

Lutgardis told the priest to pray for the  Lord to confirm to him about this saint.  

He believed that he was not worthy of so much,  but Lutgardis prayed to the Lord for it and one  

night the saint appeared to the priest three times  in a dream and told him that her name was Osanna.  

One day when the feast of All Saints  was being celebrated, a multitude of  

saints from heaven appeared to Lutgardis.  She was filled with glory and happiness.  

In the name of the Father, and of  the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen