THE HISTORY PRECEDING THE REVELATIONS OF THE HOLY FACE
17th CENTURY CATHOLIC FRANCE
1673
THE SACRED HEART AND THE FALL OF FRANCE
THE FRENCH MONARCHS REJECT THE SACRED HEART
In the 16OOs France was the most powerful nation in Europe and was ruled by Catholic monarchies. It had great power, wealth, and influence. It was the European center of culture and the arts, it had the largest population, and thus, the largest army. France was to be the place where the revolutionaries had chosen to ignite their plan to destroy all the Christian monarchies of Europe, and their archenemy, the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
THE SACRED HEART AND THE FALL OF FRANCE
For the backdrop to this amazing revelation, we must go back to 16th century France to learn about the Sacred Heart devotion and the promises of Jesus told through the revelations of a mystic nun.
There is a strong connection between the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Both occur in France, both deal with revolutionary men, and both are one century apart.
SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE (1647-1690)
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Visitation nun and mystic whom Jesus chose to spread devotion to His Sacred Heart as a means of saving France from revolutionary men.
To pay homage to the Heart of Jesus is to accept the Cross, to seek out the Cross, to die to the world upon the Cross. This can only be done through love—and through love of Love Itself.
In her day Love was no longer loved.
1673 – JESUS REVEALS HIS HEART TO SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE
In the year of Our Lord 1673, Jesus appeared to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque to reveal the longings of His Sacred Heart. He gave her this profound message:
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1689
THE SOLUTION TO REVOLUTION
JESUS WARNS THE KING OF FRANCE
1689 AD – JESUS WARNS THE KING OF FRANCE
In the year of Our Lord 1689, St. Margaret Mary travelled to Versailles to visit King Louis XIV (the Sun King), the most powerful Christian monarch in Europe, to give him a simple warning, that he should consecrate his entire nation of France to His Sacred Heart and to build a chapel where His Sacred Heart could be adored. He was told by doing so, France’s glory would be magnified. France had a Christian culture a huge, powerful army, which at the time, remained undefeated. He chose to ignore this command.
He said, “Make known to the eldest son of My Heart,” speaking of the King, “that his temporal birth was obtained through devotion to the merits of my holy childhood, in the same manner he will obtain his birth of grace and eternal glory by the consecration that he will make of himself to my Adorable Heart, which wishes to triumph over his heart and by his mediation over the great ones of the world. It wishes to reign in his palace, to be painted on his standards and engraved on his arms, in order to render his victorious over all his enemies.”
JESUS REVEALS HIS DESIRE TO ESTABLISH DEVOTION TO HIS SACRED HEART
Jesus revealed to Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque His desire to establish the cult of the Sacred Heart. There were many reasons for this including:
To save France from her enemies
To correct the spirit of pride found in Jansenism.
To give divine illumination to King Louis XIV to correct his guilty love affair.
5 POINTS OF THE ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART
Jesus offered the King of France the opportunity to prevent his country falling into the hands of revolutionary men. France was called to consecrate herself to the Sacred Heart. This image contains the 5 points of the Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Jesus wished the King of France to do three simple things:
- Engrave the Sacred Heart on the weapons of France.
- Fly His Sacred Heart as a standard everywhere in the Kingdom.
- Make a solemn act of consecration on behalf of France to the Sacred Heart after the Offertory at Mass in the hands of the celebrant and to repeat the consecration each year.
JESUS REVEALS HIS LOVE FOR FRANCE
Jesus explained to Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque of His great love for France, the Eldest Daughter of European Christianity.
France was on the brink of revolution and God was about to punish her for her sins.
The Sacred Heart devotion makes reparation for coldness, lack of charity, and indifference inside the fold; whereas the Holy Face devotion makes reparation for insults and blasphemy of those who remain outside the Church.
THE HOLY STANDARD OF FRANCE
France always had a holy standard which was kept at the sanctuary of Saint Denis, the first bishop of France. It was used when the French monarch led the army into battles. St. Joan of Arc was given a standard of this kind.
If the King of France had acted promptly on the request of Jesus, France would have been spared the French Revolution.
By the time King Louis IVX eventually made the Act of Consecration of France to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it was too late. The National Convention had already become the governing body of France and he was no longer the head of state.
1789
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE REIGN OF TERROR ON CATHOLIC FRANCE
Exactly 100 years to the day of St. Margaret Mary’s warning to King Louis XIV, the French Revolution broke out in France and his grandson, King Louis XVI, was publicly beheaded by guillotine.
France failed to heed this call and now it seems every nation is under the rule of atheistic communism and revolutionary men.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION – 1789
Unfortunately for France, and consequently the rest of Europe, the neglect of the French monarchy to arm themselves with the weapons and standards of the Sacred Heart of Jesus would cause the destruction of the monarchy and the attempted destruction of the church by the hands of the revolutionary men.
THE VENDEE
The brave Vendee fought against the French Revolutionaries by making standards of the Sacred Heart and engraving it on their weapons.
