About this episode

The episode explores the spiritual longing for love and peace through the revelations of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque regarding the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Your heart is restless. It wants more than this world can give. It longs for a love that will not fail, a peace that will not pass away, a home that cannot be taken from you. You know this—perhaps you have always known it—even when you try to silence the longing with lesser things. In the seventeenth century, Jesus revealed to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque the answer to that longing. He showed her his Sacred Heart: aflame with love, wounded by ingratitude, yearning for souls who would console hi...

Topics covered

• longing for love
• spiritual peace
• sacred heart
• Christian saints
• 17th century revelations

Keywords

• sacred heart
• St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
• spirituality
• Christianity
• longing
• peace
• love

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sacred Heart

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