Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque writes a powerful letter to Mother Louise-Henriette de
Soudeilles in 1684 focussing on the Sacred Heart. St. Margaret Mary makes it clear that
everything must be sacrificed for the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What does this even mean?
St. Margaret Mary explains; everything we will unite with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we act
with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and we do not undertake anything without first consulting
the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The reason for this: all glory must be for the Sacred Heart. At
the end, with this reflex to turn to the Sacred Heart, we live for the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
St. Margaret Mary conveys the importance not only of thanking the Sacred Heart for
“successes” but also the “ills” that are experienced; moreover, St. Margaret Mary states the
importance of being satisfied and not worried about our undertakings. In St. Margaret
Mary’s letter, we have a sense of gratitude and thanksgiving rather than finding reasons to
be dissatisfied and complain. Why is this? How can we experience disappointment or
suffering and be grateful? This is where we learn from St. Margaret Mary and the Saints as
we discover their capacity to give thanks in the midst of the greatest hardships right to
persecution and martyrdom. The Sacred Heart is the love of Jesus on fire for us; and
because of His Sacred Heart, love responds with love and nothing less.