St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Valentin Tomberg, Catholic France and the Sacred Heart—Pt. 5
2023: Here is the fifth and final post from an unfinished, strangely and embarrassingly personal five-part series from 2012 concerned with Valentin Tomberg, France and my time living in France. After spending nearly all my life in Britain and America, this period profoundly opened my eyes to Catholicism—and the very un-British and un-American thinking of…
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Symbols and Imagery in the Sacred Heart Devotion Part 3: On the Edge of Modernity
On the edge of modernity, images and symbols of the Sacred Heart of Jesus began to appear.
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Symbols and Imagery in the Sacred Heart Devotion—Part 2: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
We remarked last time that, from the beginning of the modern era, following the Renaissance and Reformation, the Catholic countries across the world began to be awash in images of His Sacred Heart – in churches, monasteries, schools and private homes. The call even went forth to place it on the flags of whole nations.…
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Partaking in His Fatal Sadness
The practice of praying the Holy Hour began with the words Our Lord spoke to St Margaret Mary in Paray-le-Monial, when He said: Every Thursday night, I shall give you a share in that fatal sadness which I allowed Myself to feel in the garden of olives … You are to get up between eleven…
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The Life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque by Emile Bougaud (Review)
Bougaud’s Life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque offers not only the life of the Saint – but so much more about the Sacred Heart and Catholic France.
Foreword for Monarchy by Roger Buck
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