Today
is the feast of St Margaret Mary Alacoque.
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| Sacred Heart of Jesus |
St. Margaret Mary
Alacoque (1647–1690), is a Roman Catholic Visitation nun and
mystic, who after receiving visitations from Jesus Himself, fostered devotion
to His Sacred Heart. At Paray le Monial, God chose her to lead
the world back to Christ through His Sacred Heart, favouring her with a number
of apparitions between 1673 and 1675. This devotion was officially
recognised 75 years after her death. The devotion’s shrine is at Paray
Le Monial France where she lays. Feast day is 16 October.
One
of her quotes is
"May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates and
sustains us''.
She received visitations from Jesus Himself. However,
she suffered because of it as she was not initially believed by her Mother
Superior or other theologians of the day. Yet despite the suffering she endured
because of it, the devotion became recognised and the chapel at Paray Le Moniel became
a shrine to both St Margaret Mary and the visitations of Christ to her and the
devotion to the Sacred Heart.
You may wish to listen to this hymn to Sacred Heart of Jesus
or perhaps you might prefer this hymn to Sacred
Heart.
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