"One day St. Gertrude had a vision of Our Lord counting gold coins. She summoned the courage to ask Him what he was doing. He answered: 'I am counting the Hail Marys that you have said: this is the money with which you can pay your way to Heaven.'
Our Lady said herself to St. Gertrude: "No salutation could be dearer to my heart than those beautiful and dignified words that God the Father addressed to me Himself."
And she said to St. Mechtilde: "All the Angelic Salutations that you have given me are blazoned on my cloak." (Then she held out a portion of her mantle) "When this part of my cloak is full of Hail Marys I shall gather you up and take you into the Kingdom of my Beloved Son."
What an awesome God we serve.