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- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
Margaret Mary Alacoque knew in her heart that she wanted to serve Jesus, but little did she know that Jesus had a special message for her about his Sacred Heart! Through her efforts, everyone would know about Jesus’ twelve promises to those who love his Sacred Heart. This 37th volume in the Encounter the Saints series familiarizes children ages 8 to 10 with Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, who helped spread devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus throughout the world!
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Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
And the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Written by Emily Beata Marsh, FSP
Illustrated by Dani Lachuk
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Marsh, Emily, author. | Lachuk, Dani, illustrator.
Title: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Sacred Heart of Jesus / written by Emily Beata Marsh, FSP ; illustrated by Dani Lachuk.
Description: Boston : Pauline Books & Media, 2017. | Audience: Ages 8-11.Identifiers: LCCN 2017016901| ISBN 9780819890924 (pbk.) | ISBN 0819890928
(pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Alacoque, Marguerite Marie, Saint, 1647-1690--Juvenile literature. | Christian saints--France--Biography--Juvenile literature. | Paray-le-Monial (France)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC BX4700.A37 M27 2017 | DDC 282.092 [B] --dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017016901
Cover art/Illustrated by Dani Lachuk
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Encounter the Saints Series
Blesseds Jacinta and Francisco MartoShepherds of Fatima
Blessed James AlberioneMedia Apostle
Blessed Pier Giorgio FrassatiJourney to the Summit
Journeys with MaryApparitions of Our Lady
Saint Anthony of PaduaFire and Light
Saint Andre BessetteMiracles in Montreal
Saint Bernadette SoubirousAnd Our Lady of Lourdes
Saint Catherine LabouréAnd Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Saint Clare of AssisiA Light for the World
Saint Elizabeth Ann SetonDaughter of America
Saint Faustina KowalskaMessenger of Mercy
Saint Francis of AssisiGentle Revolutionary
Saint Gianna Beretta MollaThe Gift of Life
Saint Ignatius of LoyolaFor the Greater Glory of God
Saint Joan of ArcGod’s Soldier
Saint John Paul IIBe Not Afraid
Saint Kateri TekakwithaCourageous Faith
Saint Martin de PorresHumble Healer
Saint Maximilian KolbeMary’s Knight
Saint Pio of PietrelcinaRich in Love
Saint Teresa of AvilaJoyful in the Lord
Saint Thérèse of LisieuxThe Way of Love
Saint Thomas AquinasMissionary of Truth
Saint Thomas MoreCourage, Conscience, and the King
For even more titles in the Encounter the Saints series, visit: www.pauline.org/EncountertheSaints
To Gloria Anne—my little sister, my goddaughter, and the only one who reads more than I do.
CONTENTS
1. Early Difficulties
2. A Miraculous Cure
3. Changes at Home
4. A New Name
5. A Special Visitor
6. Mystery Solved
7. A New Home
8. Great Challenges
9. A Big Decision
10. Jesus’ Sacred Heart
11. Doubts
12. A Sign from God
13. My “Perfect Friend”
14. The First Promises
15. Father Claude
16. A Change of Heart
17. The Final Promise
18. “Have Mercy on Me”
Prayer
Glossary
1
EARLY DIFFICULTIES
“Margaret? Margaret!” The shrill scream echoed throughout the Alacoque (Ah-lah-COKE) house on the outskirts of the small French village of Vesovres.
Nine-year-old Margaret Alacoque ran down the stairs as fast as she could. Aunt Benoite (BEN-wat) did not like to be kept waiting.
“Margaret, where have you been?” Aunt Benoite said angrily.
“I finished all the inside chores for today,” Margaret panted, “and I was—”
“Never mind,” Aunt Benoite interrupted. “Your grandmother wants a cup of tea. Quickly, go fetch a bucket of water!”
“But I was—” Margaret started to say.
“Don’t talk back to me, young lady!” Aunt Benoite exclaimed. “Get going. And don’t question me again!”
Margaret trudged to the kitchen to get a pail. She’s been treating me like a servant for the past year, Margaret thought as she walked outside. But it hasn’t always been this way. . . .
“Do you remember what it was like before Papa died?” Margaret asked her older brother Chrysostom (KRIS-uh-stuhm) that evening. Almost every evening, Margaret and her brothers—John, Claude (khlod), Chrysostom, and James—gathered with their mother, Madame Philiberte (FILL-ee-bert) Alacoque.
“Of course I do,” Chrysostom replied. He looked at their mother, who was talking with John. “It was a happy time. But you know Papa was very generous and loaned a lot of money to people. When he died, there wasn’t any money to support us. That’s why Uncle Touissant (TOO-sahn), Aunt Benoite, and Grandmother Jeanne (zhahn) came here to run the farm.”
“Why can’t John do it?” Margaret asked. “He’s sixteen now.”
“We have to go to school first,” Chrysostom explained. “When we finish we’ll return and run the farm. But in the meantime. . . .”
“In the meantime, we’re like servants in our own house!” Margaret grumbled.
“Now, now,” Madame Alacoque said, overhearing them. “What’s all this?”
“I miss my old life, when Papa was here and we were happy and I had time to play!” Margaret complained to her mother.
“I know it’s not easy,” Madame Alacoque said. “But we have to trust that God will take care of us. Look, we still have a place to live, don’t we? And food to eat?”
“Yes, Maman (MAH-moh), Margaret replied.
“Good,” Madame Alacoque said. “Now let’s thank God and the Blessed Mother. Whose turn is it to lead the Rosary tonight? John?”
“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” John began. Soon the entire Alacoque family was absorbed in their nightly custom of praying together.
“Je vous salue, Marie. . . . Hail Mary. . . .” John prayed.
“Sainte Marie. . . . Holy Mary. . . .” the family responded.
Madame Alacoque smoothed Margaret’s hair as they prayed. The next day, Margaret’s brother John found his mother in the kitchen. Aunt Benoite and Grandmother Jeanne were not around, but his mother was hard at work cutting vegetables for the evening meal. John sat down next to Madame Alacoque.
“Maman, Aunt Benoite and Grandmother Jeanne have been yelling at Margaret a lot,” John said. “It bothers me.”
“Yes, I worry about her sometimes,” Madame Alacoque murmured. She stopped chopping carrots for a moment and said, “I think we should send her to the Poor Clare nuns at Charolles (SHA-rhol). They have a good boarding school there, and she would be fairly close by.”
“Oh, that’s a good idea Maman, I think Margaret would be happy there,” John replied.
