Margaret Mary Alacoque: Saint of the Sacred Heart

But the plan of the LORD stands forever, the designs of his heart through all generations. … To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive through famine.

―Psalm 33: 11, 19 [1]

.. And behold, I am with you always, till the end of the age.

―Matthew 28:20 [2]

At a time when the world needed to be reminded of the love of and for God, Our Saviour chose Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647‒1690) with the message of His love and devotion to it: the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Below, Bob and Penny Lord summarize the story of Margaret Mary's life and her mission to bring this devotion to the world.

For a fuller treatment, see:

BOOK TITLE: Revelations of the Sacred Heart to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, and the History of Her Life [3][4]

AUTHOR: Mgr. Bougaud (Bishop of Laval, France)

TRANSLATOR: a Visitandine of Baltimore
PUBLISHER: Benzinger Brothers

EDITION: Second

YEAR: 1890

BOOK TITLE: The Life of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

AUTHOR: Rt. Rev. Émile Bougaud   

TRANSLATOR: A Visitandine of Baltimore, Maryland

PUBLISHER: TAN Books

EDITION:

YEAR: 2009, 2012

NIHIL OBSTAT: Yes

IMPRIMATUR: Yes

NOTES: Re-typeset from the 1920 Benzinger Brothers edition, and includes two extra chapters to the 1890 edition above to add information on her subsequent canonization, etc., but excludes the Notes and Documents section of the 1890 edition.

ENDNOTES:

[1] http://usccb.org/bible/psalms/33

[2] http://usccb.org/bible/matthew/28#48028020-i

[3] Margaret Mary has since been canonized, so is titled 'Saint'.

[4] https://archive.org/details/revelationsofthe00bouguoft/mode/2up