From the Diary of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
During the apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Jesus revealed to Her many things. St. Margaret Mary wrote down His words in her diary. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque revealed the following in her diary:
"And Jesus showed me that it was His great desire of being loved by men and of withdrawing them from the path of ruin into which Satan hurls such crowds of them, that made Jesus form the design of manifesting His Heart to man, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification, and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to render Jesus and procure for Him all the honor and love possible, might themselves be abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which this Heart is the source.
Jesus should be honored under the figure of this Heart, and its image should be exposed . . . He promised me that wherever this image should be exposed with a view to showing it special honor, Jesus will pour forth His blessings and graces. This devotion was the last effort of His love that He would grant to men in these latter ages, in order to withdraw them from the empire of evil which Jesus desired to destroy, and thus to introduce them into the sweet liberty of the rule of His love, which Jesus wished to restore in the hearts of all those who should embrace this devotion."--from the diary of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
"And Jesus showed me that it was His great desire of being loved by men and of withdrawing them from the path of ruin into which Satan hurls such crowds of them, that made Jesus form the design of manifesting His Heart to man, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification, and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to render Jesus and procure for Him all the honor and love possible, might themselves be abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which this Heart is the source.
Jesus should be honored under the figure of this Heart, and its image should be exposed . . . He promised me that wherever this image should be exposed with a view to showing it special honor, Jesus will pour forth His blessings and graces. This devotion was the last effort of His love that He would grant to men in these latter ages, in order to withdraw them from the empire of evil which Jesus desired to destroy, and thus to introduce them into the sweet liberty of the rule of His love, which Jesus wished to restore in the hearts of all those who should embrace this devotion."--from the diary of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
