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Recueil des écrits de la B. Marguerite-Marie Alacoque Religieuse de la Visitation Sainte-Marie, Du Monastère de Paray-le-Monial en Charolais Ouvrage très-utile tant aux personnes qui aspirent à la perfection chrétienne ou religieuse, qu'à c

12mo. pp. 72, 250. Book stamps of the Bibliothèque des Professeurs of the Grand Séminaire Laval. 7th edition of the writings of the French mystic saint Marguerite-Marie Alacoque (1647-1690). Alacoque miraculously healed from polio and ever since experienced visions. In 1671, she entered the Visitation Convent of Paray-le-Monial, where her visions intensified, much to the dismay of her fellow sisters. She had several revelations in which Christ showed her his loving heart. His instructions inspired Marguerite-Marie to establish a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She initially met with much resistance but eventually received the support of the confessor of the community, the Jesuit Claude de la Colombière. In 1683, a newly elected mother superior further helped Alacoque's cause. She later became novice mistress and accomplished that, from 1686, her convent observed the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Alacoque also promoted the cult of the Sacred Heart outside of her convent although the devotion was only officially recognized by the Catholic Church in 1765. Alacaque died on 17 October 1690 and was beatified in 1920. The first edition of the present work was published in 1830 at a ti

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