Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart is a great 2002 book that is essentially a biography of the seventeenth-century French saint. Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart will appeal to Catholics who want to learn about the saint, though those who want to learn about France in that time period will also be interested in Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart. I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the Heart of Jesus.” These were among the last words of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, She lived from 1647 to 1690. Do you have a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart, Summary
Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart is a 2002 biography of the French nun whose life and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus we celebrate today on her feast. Margaret was born into a large family, she was the fifth of seven children. As described in Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart, she exhibited a devotion to Christ from an early age, especially to the Blessed Sacrament. Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart is a chronological biography that is filled with interesting stories.
For Instance, “O my only Love,” sister Margaret Mary prayed, “how indebted I am to Thee for having prevented me from my tenderest youth, for having made Thyself Master of my heart!” When she was bedridden by an illness at the age of fifteen, she prayed to the Blessed Mother, promising in front of her whole family that if she was healed, she would take religious vows. She was instantly cured. The illness baffled doctors, and saints are often afflicted with strange diseases that baffle doctors.
Margaret entered the Order of the Visitation at Paray-le-Monial at age twenty-three in 1670. It was there that Jesus appeared to her three times to tell her the mission of spreading devotion to his Sacred Heart. She did more to promote the Sacred Heart of Jesus than anyone else. Margaret’s superiors were skeptical of her revelations, but when she again fell ill, her mother superior suggested that Margaret pray to God for healing. Margaret did pray, and, again like when she was 15, she was immediately healed.
Margaret worked to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart. “It seems to me that I can breathe only to increase devotion to the Heart of Jesus,” Margaret wrote. “I should die content could I procure it any honor. . . . Provided I love Jesus and that He reigns, it is enough for me.” This story, and the details of her work, are told in Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart.
Margaret’s death in 1690 spread the devotion outside France, as books were published on her life, including her accounts of the visions, and many miracles began to be attributed to her intercession. In 1765, the devotion to the Sacred Heart was officially approved by Rome, and, in 1856, the feast of the Sacred Heart was made a universal solemnity by Pope Pius IX.
By 1899, Pope Leo XIII composed an Act of Consecration that dedicated the entire human race to the Sacred Heart. More recently, St. John Paul II wrote, “I wish to express my approval and encouragement to all who in any way continue to foster, study and promote devotion to the Heart of Christ,” identifying the Heart of Jesus as “the heart of the Church.”
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Catholic devotion, where the heart of Jesus Christ is viewed as a symbol of “God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind.” The Sacred Heart is often depicted in Christian art as a flaming heart shining with divine light, pierced by the lance, encircled by the crown of thorns, surmounted by a cross, and bleeding. The wounds and crown of thorns allude to the manner of Christ’s passion, while the flames represent a furnace of ardent love.
Conculsion
Sister Mary Margaret Mary Disciple of the Sacred Heart ia a great biography that tells of one of the most widelr held catholic devotions. Thr biogaphy tells the chronological story of the life of Sister Margaret Mary, a seventeen-cetury French nun who did more to spread the devotion to the sacred heart of Jesus. This book will be of most interest to Catholics who want to learn about this devotion. This biography is also useful to francophiles who want to learn about this time period in France.
