“Let us begin in earnest to work out our salvation, for no one will do it for us, since even He Himself, Who made us without ourselves, will not save us without ourselves.”
Quote by Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Margaret Mary Alacoque
Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Catholic nun known for her mystical experiences with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Born on June 22, 1647, and died on October 17, 1690, she had a profound impact on the devotion to the Sacred Heart in the late 17th-century French religious context. more
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