Margaret mary alacoque

Born into poverty in July of 1647, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s early life was marked by great faith and devotion, particularly to the Blessed Sacrament, even in the midst of difficulties.

16 October is the feast of St Margaret Mary Alacoque, a 17th-century sister who joined the Visitation Sisters at Paray-le-Monial. She made rapid progress along the way of perfection and was given mystical visions, as a result of which she worked hard to institute devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Church. This fresco is in the church of Madonna del Sacro Cuore, which is off the Piazza Navona in Rome.

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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, missionary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, nun of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary, apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born at Lhautecour, France, 22 July, 1647; died at Paray-le-Monial, 17 October, 1690. Please pray for vocations to this order.

Jesus revealed his Sacred Heart devotion to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in several mystical visions between 1673-1675. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French nun of the Order of the Visitation of Our Lady. Jesus appeared to her four times in Paral-le-Monial, France, revealing his love for humankind through His Sacred Heart. Below are excerpts from the four revelations in St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s diary. First Apparition: Dec. 27, 1673 St. Margaret Mary Alaqoque: “One day…I

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the seventeenth century French nun to whom Jesus appeared asking her to start a devotion to his Sacred Heart. The devotion consists of ce…

St Margaret Mary Alacoque

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Religious of the Visitation Order. Apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born at Lhautecour, France, 22 July, 1647; died at Paray-le-Monial, 17 October, 1690. Her parents, Claude Alacoque and Philiberte Lamyn, were distinguished less for temporal possessions than for their virtue, which gave them an honourable position. […]

Saint of the Day – 16 October – St Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) V.H.M. Virgin, Nun, Mystic, Saint and Apostle of the Sacred Heart. Born Marguerite-Marie Alacoque on 22 July 1647 …