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    October 16: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin—Optional Memorial

    1647–1690
    Patron Saint of devotees of the Sacred Heart and those who have lost a parent while young
    Invoked against polio and rheumatic fever
    Canonized by Pope Benedict XV on May 13, 1920
    Liturgical Color: White
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    The Sacred Heart of Christ is an inexhaustible fountain and its sole desire is to pour itself out into the hearts of the humble so as to free them and prepare them to lead lives according to his good pleasure. From this divine heart three streams flow endlessly. The first is the stream of mercy for sinners; it pours into their hearts sentiments of contrition and repentance. The second is the stream of charity which helps all in need and especially aids those seeking perfection in order to find the means of surmounting their difficulties. From the third stream flow love and light

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    Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin

    SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE, VIRGIN—1690

    Feast: October 17

    In seventeenth-century France the faith of the people had been illa shaken; there was rebellion against the Church and neglect of its teachings; the rise of Protestantism and the spread of the heresy of Jansenism[1] both had a part in the weakening of the structure built up through the ages. But as every threat brings its response, so now there rose up fresh, strong forces to counter these trends. Three famous religious, who are today venerated as saints, were particularly effective: John Eudes and Claude dem la Columbiere were French Jesuit priests and writers; Margaret Mary Alacoque was a simple nunna of the order of the Visitation. Their special work was to popularize the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. To represent this trio and this movement, we have chosen Margaret Mary Alacoque.

    She was born in 1647 at Janots, a small town of Burgundy, the fifth of seven child

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    St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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    Religious of the Visitation Order. Apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born at Lhautecour, France, 22 July, 1647; died at Paray-le-Monial, 17 October, 1690.

    Her parents, Claude Alacoque and Philiberte Lamyn, were distinguished less for temporal possessions than for their virtue, which gave them an honourable position. From early childhood Margaret showed intense love for the Blessed Sacrament, and preferred silence and prayer to childish amusements. After her first communion at the age of nine, she practised in secret severe corporal mortifications, until paralysis confined her to bed for four years. At the end of this period, having made a vow to the Blessed Virgin to consecrate herself to religious life, she was insta

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