Image: Stained glass, depiction Christ appearing to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and showing her His Sacred Heart | St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Vincennes, IN
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Saint of the Day for October 16
(July 22, 1647 – October 17, 1690)
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque’s Story
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 marriag...Read More
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