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The story for children ten and up of the revelations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to a holy French nun, including the Great First Friday Promise, her painful childhood, troubles in the convent, St. Claude, the apparitions and her many penances. Impr. 224 pgs 21 Illus,

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 janvier 1953
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618902979
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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BOOKS BY MARY FABYAN WINDEATT
A Series of Twenty Books Stories of the Saints for Young People ages 10 to 100
THE CHILDREN OF FATIMA
And Our Lady’s Message to the World
THE CURÉ OF ARS
The Story of St. John Vianney, Patron Saint of Parish Priests
THE LITTLE FLOWER
The Story of St. Therese of the Child Jesus
PATRON SAINT OF FIRST COMMUNICANTS
The Story of Blessed Imelda Lambertini
THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL
The Story of Our Lady’s Appearances to St. Catherine Laboure
ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT
The Story of Our Lady’s Slave, St. Louis Mary Grignion De Montfort
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
The Story of “The Dumb Ox”
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA
The Story of the Girl Who Saw Saints in the Sky
SAINT HYACINTH OF POLAND
The Story of the Apostle of the North
SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES
The Story of the Little Doctor of Lima, Peru
SAINT ROSE OF LIMA
The Story of the First Canonized Saint of the Americas
PAULINE JARICOT
Foundress of the Living Rosary & The Society for the Propagation of the Faith
SAINT DOMINIC
Preacher of the Hail Mary and Founder of the Dominican Order
SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE
The Story of the Apostle to the Gentiles
SAINT BENEDICT
The Story of the Father of the Western Monks
KING DAVID AND HIS SONGS
A Story of the Psalms
SAINT MARGARET MARY
And the Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
SAINT JOHN MASIAS
Marvelous Dominican Gatekeeper of Lima, Peru
SAINT FRANCIS SOLANO
Wonder-Worker of the New World and Apostle of Argentina and Peru
BLESSED MARIE OF NEW FRANCE
The Story of the First Missionary Sisters in Canada

Nihil Obstat: Joseph D. Brokhage, S.T.D. Censor Librorum Imprimatur: Paul C. Schulte, D.D. Archbishop of Indianapolis Feast of Saint Margaret Mary October 17, 1953
Copyright © 1953 by Saint Meinrad’s Abbey.
First published in 1953, as A Grail Publication, by St. Meinrad’s Abbey, Inc., St. Meinrad, Indiana, under the title Mission for Margaret: The Story of the First Fridays. Retypeset and republished in 1994 by TAN Books, an Imprint of Saint Benedict Press, LLC. The type in this book is the property of TAN Books, and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission from the Publisher. (This restriction applies only to this type, not to quotations from the book.)
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 90-71825
ISBN: 978-0-89555-415-4
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
To those who make known and loved The Sacred Heart of Jesus
CONTENTS
1. A Troubled Household
2. A Big Promise
3. New Health and New Troubles
4. Happiness Returns to the Alacoque Home
5. Sorrows and Hopes
6. Margaret’s Inner Struggles
7. The Friar Speaks Up
8. Margaret Finds her Vocation
9. First Days in the Monastery
10. Difficulties with Keeping the Rule
11. The Cheese
12. Problems for Mother de Saumaise
13. “The Apostle of the Sacred Heart”
14. Questions from the Priests
15. Our Lord Appears Again
16. Mother de Saumaise Is Perplexed
17. Mother de Saumaise Decides on Another Plan
18. Chosen Soul or Mental Case?
19. Our Lord Sends Someone to Help
20. Father de la Colombière Believes Margaret
21. Two Apostles
22. Father de la Colombière Has to Leave
23. Wonderful Promises from Our Lord
24. News from England
25. An Extremely Difficult Command
26. Precious Crosses
27. Father de la Colombière In Prison
28. The Duchess’ Desperate Plea
29. The Interrogation
30. France Again
31. Things Start to Clear Up
32. Mysterious Messages
33. Three More Promises
34. Our Lord Claims a Victim
35. A Startling Prophecy
36. A Great Change of Heart
37. Secrets of Holiness
38. The Great Promise
39. A Special Request
40. Precious Last Days
41. The Death of a Saint
Historical Note
A Collection of Classic Artwork
CONFESSION ITS FRUITFUL PRACTICE
1. The Blessings of Confession
2. The Five Things Necessary for a Good Confession
Examination of Conscience
False Consciences and Their Remedies — The Lax Conscience — The Scrupulous Conscience — The Doubtful Conscience — How to Make a Good Examination of Conscience.
Contrition
The Qualities of Contrition — Interior Contrition — Supernatural Contrition — Perfect and Imperfect Contrition — Universal Contrition — Sovereign Contrition — Relapses into Former Sins.
Purpose of Amendment
Occasions of Sin — Purpose of Amendment Must Be Specific.
Confession and Absolution
The Confession of Sins — Qualities of a Good Confession — Confession of Venial Sins — Sacrilegious Confessions — General Confession — Frequent Confession — The Absolution of the Priest.
Satisfaction
The Sacramental Penance — Voluntary Penances — Indulgences.
3. How to Make a Good Confession
The Examination of Conscience
Beginning Prayer — Points for the Examination of Conscience — The Ten Commandments of God — The Six Precepts of the Church — The Seven Capital Sins — Duties of Particular States of Life — Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.
Considerations to Excite Contrition
The Enormity of Sin — God’s Benefits to Me — The Love of Jesus Christ.
Prayers Before Confession
Act of Contrition and Purpose of Amendment — Prayer before a Crucifix — Prayer of St. Gertrude — A Short and Efficacious Act of Contrition.
An Easy Method of Going to Confession
Prayers After Confession
Psalm 102 — Prayer of Thanksgiving — Prayer before Performing the Sacramental Penance.
PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART

O Heart of Love, I put all my trust in Thee; for I fear all things from my own weakness, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness.
—Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
An indulgence of 300 days. A plenary indulgence once a month under the usual conditions, if this invocation is repeated daily with devotion, (Pius X, Rescript in his own hand, May 30, 1908, exhib. June 3, 1908; S.P. Ap., March 10, 1935.)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Grateful acknowledgment is due to the Reverend Thomas H. Moore, S.J., Editor of The Messenger of the Sacred Heart and National Secretary of the Apostleship of Prayer, for his help and encouragement in preparing this little story of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. Also to the Reverend Adrian Fuerst, O.S.B., S.T.D., Head of the Department of Social Studies at St. Meinrad Major Seminary, St. Meinrad, Indiana, and to the Reverend Victor L. Goossens, Pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, for the loan of much valuable source material.
SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE 1647-1690 THE APOSTLE OF THE SACRED HEART
CHAPTER 1
A TROUBLED HOUSEHOLD
T HE PLUMP, good-natured face of Father Anthony Alacoque wore a worried frown as he trudged through the fields from his parish church at Verosvres to the neighboring farm of Lhautecour. True, the crops were splendid in this year of Our Lord 1660, and he himself in excellent health. Parish finances were satisfactory, too. But things were far different at Lhautecour for his widowed sister-in-law, Madame Philiberte Alacoque, and her poor little invalid daughter Margaret.
“It’s a shame the way my own sisters are treating those two,” mumbled the priest, pausing for a moment to survey the fertile countryside. “A shame and a disgrace. Today I must give Benedicta and Catherine a good talking-to.”
But even as he neared Lhautecour and started purposefully toward the smaller of the two stone farmhouses, a woman’s shrill voice echoed angrily from the kitchen.
“Philiberte, you clumsy fool! You’ve broken another dish! What in heaven’s name is the matter with you?”
There was a moment’s silence, then a burst of uncontrolled sobbing.
“But I couldn’t help it, Benedicta! Truly I couldn’t …”
“That’s a likely story! You’ll go without your dinner for this, my fine lady. Mark my words. Now, clean up that mess at once, do you hear? At once!”
“But I don’t feel well—”
“Listen, stupid, if you don’t do what I say …”
There was another burst of tears. Then, after a moment: “All right, Benedicta, I’m sorry. I’ll pick up the pieces. Only please don’t be angry with me! It was all just an accident. Truly it was!”
Father Anthony sighed and shook his head. Poor Philiberte! Her lot in life had certainly changed for the worse since the death of her beloved Claude five years ago. Before that she had been undisputed mistress of Lhautecour, and Claude the best and most generous of husbands.
Too generous, reflected Father Anthony ruefully, picking his way past the bedraggled geese, chickens and ducks aimlessly scratching in the courtyard. Now if Claude had only been a bit more careful with his money, a bit more insistent that his law clients pay their bills and that the servants should not waste their time, Lhautecour would certainly never have gone to rack and ruin. Then sharp-tongued Benedicta Delaroche and her husband Toussaint would not have had to try to save the place from bankruptcy. Or illtempered Catherine either. As for Grandmother, Toussaint’s crotchety old mother who had also come to live at the farm—
“Well, may the Will of God be done,” murmured the priest, bracing himself for the ordeal that lay ahead. “Lord, give me the right words to say to my sisters—and to Philiberte, too.”
There was good need for such a prayer. As Father Anthony pushed open the kitchen door, a frail, blackclad matron of some thirty-eight years immediately abandoned the bits of crockery which she had been trying to sweep into a pile and rushed tearfully toward him.
“Oh, Father! Thank God you’ve come! I … I’m so miserable I could die!”
The priest managed a reassuring smile. “There, there, my dear, what’s the trouble? Surely you and Benedicta haven’t been quarreling again!”
Across the room Benedicta Delaroche, a gaunt woman of forty-two, drew herself up to her full height. “Quarreling!” she burst out. “Anthony, if you weren’t a priest of God and my own brother, I’d send you packing this very minute. As it is, will you tell Philiberte to go upstairs at once? It’s high time you and I had an understanding about some things.”
“Yes, and I want a few words with you, too,” put in a sec