100th Anniversary of St. Margaret Mary’s Canonization May 13
Join us in a novena in preparation for this day.
Day 1- May 4: Let us honor St. Margaret Mary today as the privileged child of the Blessed Virgin. Jesus always loves to grant us His favors through Mary.
We entreat St. Margaret Mary to plead our cause with Blessed Mother, so we can obtain the graces of this novena in preparation for the centenary of St Margaret Mary’s canonization.
Practice: Purity of intention
Saying of St Margaret Mary: “One thing the adorable Heart of Jesus asks of his friends is purity of intention, humility in action and singleness of purpose.”
St. Margaret Mary: Keep yourself in the presence of God
Day 2 – May 5: Let us honor St Margaret Mary today as the beloved Disciple of the Heart of Jesus. She allowed herself to be taught and formed by him.
Let us place ourselves in those Divine Hands, remembering what she said, ”He told me I had nothing to fear, because he was a good master.
Practice: Conformity to the Will of God
Saying of St. Margaret Mary: “Not only during prayer, but also at other times, keep yourself in the presence of Our Lord as a disciple, who is before his Master, and anxious to learn to do his will perfectly by giving up his own will.”
Day 3: May 6:
Let us honor St Margaret Mary today as the Consoler of the Heart of Jesus. One day Our Lord presented Himself to her all torn and disfigured . Thereupon “I offered Him the heart He had given me that He might rest therein” Can we not imitate her in this?
Practice: to kiss the wounds of our crucifix in a spirit of contrition
St. Margaret Mary’s Saying “in order to console my Jesus I will not complain or excuse myself.”
FOURTH DAY
Today let us honor Saint Margaret Mary, as the Confidant of the Heart of Jesus. One day our Lord said to her: “If you are faithful to me and you follow me, I will teach you to know me and I will manifest myself to you” (II, 47). And because she was faithful he communicated to her and revealed the incomprehensible secrets of his adorable Heart. Every time we are faithful to grace, we invite the Holy Spirit to communicate to us.
PRACTICE: Keep our conversations with God a secret.
Saying: “Working, suffering for love and keeping quiet is the true secret of Lovers of the Well Beloved”. (II, 403).
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory,
Santa Margaret Mary pray for us
Day 5:
Today let us honor Saint Margaret Mary as the Victim of the Heart of Jesus, and ponder these words that he said to her one day: “My daughter, I come to you as Sovereign Sacrifice.” (II, 89). And she adds: “He wanted me to keep me in a continuous act of sacrifice.” (II, 100). We will not be able to follow the Saint but from afar, but who will prevent us from working to introduce more and more into life the spirit of sacrifice?
PRACTICE Accept all the sacrifices that Providence sends us.
Saying: “Let us submit ourselves, then, to the orders of our Sovereign, and confess, despite everything that seems difficult and distressing to us, that He is good and just in all that He does and deserves love at all times and praise. “
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory,
Santa Margarita Maria pray for us
Day 6
Today let us honor Saint Margaret Mary as the Adorer of the Heart of Jesus. all her life, our Saint was a worshiping soul, because she was always a soul overwhelmed by love and in love. Favored by the sensitive and continuous presence of her Lord and her God, she always had in her heart the feast of perpetual adoration. If we cannot imitate such an intention in the presence of God, at least, let us try to do, from time to time, during the day, acts of worship that glorify God and put us in our true place.
PRACTICE When we are truly in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, let us always be worshipers in spirit and in truth because of our humility and fervor
Saying “The Lord wishes you to honor his life of consummation in the Blessed Sacrament. You must remain like a lighted candle, which has no other desire to consume itself by honoring it. “
NOVENA SEVENTH DAY
Today let us honor Saint Margaret Mary as the Instrument of the mercies of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. One day Our Lord said to her: “I have a desire to make you a compound of love and of my mercies.” (II, 45). And on another occasion, speaking to her of the graces with which he had filled her: “You must not appropriate these graces, nor be greedy ; distribute them to others; because I have wanted to use your heart as a channel, to pour them out, according to my designs on souls, several of which will be lifted, by this means, from the abyss of perdition ”. (II, 35). We therefore turn to the Saint, with absolute confidence, knowing that she is charged by the Heart of Jesus to make the ocean of divine mercies overflow to us.
PRACTICE Abandon yourself to the merciful providence of the Sacred Heart.
Saying: “If you want to compel his Goodness to take particular care of your charity, give yourself entirely to his adorable Heart, leaving aside your own interests to do all with heart and affection in the work that He has given you. e ”
EIGHTH DAY
Today let us honor Santa Margaret Mary as the Heir to the treasures of Heart ofJesús. He himself was the one who granted her all the prerogatives of that title, so noble and exceptional, and confirmed them, saying: “As I have promised you, you will possess the treasures of my Heart… and I allow you to dispose of them as you wish, favoring those who are willing to receive them. ” Who will not want to be of this number? But let us note that in order to obtain the divine effusions, it is necessary that we be willing to receive them.
PRACTICE Let us strive to have a pure heart, so that the Heart of Jesus may pour out his graces on us.
Saying: “His love urges him to distribute the inexhaustible treasure of his sanctifying and healthy graces to souls of good will, seeking empty hearts to fill them with the soft anointing of his ardent charity.”
NINTH DAY
Today let us honor Saint Margaret Mary as the Apostle of the Heart of Jesus. To be an apostle you need a vocation, and then a mission. Thus Our Lord called our Saint first and then sent her. He called her very close to his Divine Heart; He made her rest there and after having burned her in the ardors of his love, he commissioned her to make the devotion to the Sacred Heart shine throughout the Church. And Margaret Mary was consumed in this work of salvation. Our Lord had told her: “Fear nothing, I will reign despite my enemies and all those who want to oppose.” (II, 104). “Do you think I can do it? If you believe it, you will see the power of my heart in the magnificence of my love ”. (II, 426). She has believed and now He reigns!
PRACTICE Let us spend and wear ourselves out to extend the Devotion to the Sacred Heart.
Saying : “He promises great rewards to all those who use themselves up to make him reign.”
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory,
Saint Margaret Mary pray for us