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Margaret Mary Alacoque VHM (French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque; 22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
He then invited all the faithful to consecrate themselves on the 200th anniversary of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque apparitions. [5] [6] On 25 may 1899, Pope Leo XIII consecrated the human race and wrote an Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart in his encyclical letter Annum sacrum.
The Devotion of the Nine First Fridays is based on revelations from Jesus Christ reportedly received by Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation nun, between 1673 and 1675 in Paray-Le-Monial, France. This devotion was revealed to Margaret Mary in the form of a promise of final penance granted to those who accomplish this practice, also known as the ...
This is a depiction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Catholic visionary Margaret Mary Alacoque. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation Sister in Paray-le-Monial, France, claimed to have experienced visions of Jesus Christ during which he showed her his Sacred Heart. On 2 March 1686, she wrote to her Superior, Mother Saumaise, that the Jesus wished ...
The litany is made up of portions of earlier litanies dating to the seventeenth century. This included invocations composed by Jean Croiset S.J. in 1681, and ten by the Visitandine Anne-Madeleine Remuzat, plus others for a total of thirty-three, as in the years of Jesus' earthly life.
Most probably in June or July 1674, Margaret Mary Alacoque claimed that Jesus requested to be honoured under the figure of his heart, also saying that, when he appeared radiant with love, he asked for a devotion of expiatory love: frequent reception of Communion, especially on the First Fridays of the month, and the observance of the Holy hour.
The Sacred Heart became a popular worldwide devotion in large part due to the visions of Margaret Mary Alacoque, who lived and died at the monastery next to the basilica. [ 2 ] The church was built in the 12th century by Hugues de Semur, the most important of the Abbots of Cluny , on the site of a 10th-century monastery founded by count Lambert ...
In this way he came to know Margaret Mary Alacoque. [2] The curiosity of such a promising preacher having been assigned to this remote location has led to the supposition that his superiors had her in mind in making this assignment. The disbelief of the other religious sisters of her monastery left Alocoque anxious and uncertain. [1]