Have you ever felt like you are not important? Well, that is how Saint Margaret Mary felt. She compared herself as being a "tiny atom" compared to Christ. Saint Margaret Mary was a French nun, born in Lauthecort. She was once a victim of paralysis and she attributed her recovery to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She entered the Convent at Paray-le-Monial in 1671. Saint Margaret Mary had various visions of Christ in which he revealed to her his compassionate bleeding heart. The Sacred Heart of Jesus is taken as the symbol the compassion and love of Christ for humankind. The practice of devotion originated in the 11th century as a private devotion. In the 17th century this ritual became public after Saint Margaret Mary had a vision of Christ in which he asked that his heart be thus honored. The Friday following the second Sunday of Pentecost is the feast day of the Sacred Heart. Saint Margaret Mary was beatified in 1864 and canonized in 1920. Her feast day is October 17.
To Saint Margaret Mary for Souls Devout to His Sacred Heart
1. "I will give them all graces neccessary in their state of life."
2. "I will establish peace in their houses."
3. "I will comfort them in their afflictions."
4. "I will be their secure refuge during life and above all in death."
5. "I will bestow a large blessing upon all their undertakings."
6. "Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy."
7. "Tepid souls shall grow fervent."
8. "Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection."
9. "I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored."
10. "I will give to priest the gift of touching."
11. "Those who shall promote this devotion shall have names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out."
12. "I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My Heart, that My all powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their safe refuge in this their last moment."
