Deepertruth: Stand In The Gap With Us And Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

Stand In The Gap With Us And Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque 10/16/2023 Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque is the patron saint of devotees of the Sacred Heart, of polio patients, and against the death of parents. The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was formally recognized and approved by Pope Clement XIII. She had visions of Jesus, and He taught her Devotion to the Sacred Heart, and First Friday devotions to honor His Sacred Heart. It is because of her visions and life as a Religious, that we have this devotion today. The image of the Sacred Heart is widely revered today, among Catholics everywhere. In December 1673, while she was praying in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, Margaret Mary heard Jesus speaking to her. He told Margaret Mary that he wanted to spread the love of his heart through her and that she would reveal to many people the grace he desires always to bestow on humanity. The Heart on Fire depicts a flaming heart. It can be used to represent passionate love (“burning love”) or intense liking of something. Margaret Mary was chosen by Christ to arouse the Church to a realization of the love of God symbolized by the heart of Jesus. Her early years were marked by sickness and a painful home situation. “The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.” After considering marriage for some time, Margaret Mary entered the Order of the Visitation nuns at the age of 24.