The Promises of the Sacred Heart

St. Margaret Mary, 1647 – 1690, was a nun in France who received profound revelations from Jesus Christ to found a new devotion in the Catholic Church called the Devotion to the Sacred Heart. She was known for her profound humility and wisdom, much of which has been preserved to this day in such books as The Autobiography of St. Margaret Mary and Thoughts and Sayings of St. Margaret Mary.

Four Great Apparitions

St. Margaret Mary experienced four great apparitions asking for the Devotion to the Sacred Heart to be founded and spread throughout the world. St. Margaret Mary summarized the 12 promises made by Jesus to her on behalf of all souls who would propagate, practice, further and pray this devotion in a letter to her spiritual director, Father Croiset and Father Rolin, on August 24th, 1685.

Promises of Jesus for those who Practice Devotion to the Sacred Heart

1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.
2. I will give peace in their families.
3. I will console them in all their troubles.
4. They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of death.
5. I will pour abundant blessings on their undertakings.
6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.
8. Fervent souls shall speedily rise to great perfection.
9. I will bless the homes in which the image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and honoured.
10. I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.
11. Those who propagate this devotion shall have their name written in My Heart, and it shall never be effaced.
12. The all-powerful love of My Heart will grant to all those who shall receive Communion on the First Friday of nine consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they shall not die under my displeasure, nor without receiving their Sacraments; My Heart shall be their assured refuge at that last hour.

St. Margaret Mary summed up her experiences in the same letter saying, “Oh, how sweet is death when one has had a tender devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ!”

The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is another Catholic Devotion with equally interesting origins and promises.

Sources: The Autobiography of St. Margaret Mary, Thoughts and Sayings of St. Margaret Mary, The Life of St. Margaret Mary – Emile Bougaud, Devotion to the Sacred Heart – Fr. Louis Verheylezoon, S.J., The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Fr. John Croiset

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