St Margaret's Vision of the Sacred Heart
From 1673 to 1675, Christ appeared to St Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation Nun in Paray-le-Monial, France, in a series of mystical visions. Christ revealed to her his passionate love for all humanity, symbolised by his Sacred Heart, and his sorrow at the world’s indifference to divine love and salvation:
"And He [Christ] showed me that it was His great desire to be loved by all people and to withdraw them from the path of ruin that made Him form the design of revealing His Heart to all people, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to give Him all the honour and love possible, might themselves be abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which His heart is the source."
My sermon for today's Solemnity can be read here.
This stained glass window is in the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Altoona, PA.
St Margaret's Vision of the Sacred Heart
From 1673 to 1675, Christ appeared to St Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation Nun in Paray-le-Monial, France, in a series of mystical visions. Christ revealed to her his passionate love for all humanity, symbolised by his Sacred Heart, and his sorrow at the world’s indifference to divine love and salvation:
"And He [Christ] showed me that it was His great desire to be loved by all people and to withdraw them from the path of ruin that made Him form the design of revealing His Heart to all people, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to give Him all the honour and love possible, might themselves be abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which His heart is the source."
My sermon for today's Solemnity can be read here.
This stained glass window is in the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Altoona, PA.