The Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Remedy for All Our Woes

The following advice comes from St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Although originally addressed to novices, the words are for all of us.

Abyssus Abyssum Invocat

If you are in an abyss of privation and desolation, enter into this Divine Heart. There is all consolation, and we must plunge ourselves into this abyss, without, however, desiring to taste of its sweetness.

If you are in an abyss of resistance and opposition to the Divine Will, plunge yourself into the abyss of submission and conformity to the Divine Pleasure which you will find in the Sacred Heart, and there, losing your resistance, you will clothe yourself with conformity to His Will in all that may happen to you.

If you are in an abyss of dryness and weakness, go and bury yourself in the loving Heart of Jesus.

If you are in an abyss of poverty and stripped of all things, go to the Heart of Jesus: He will enrich you.

If you find yourself so weak that you fall at every step, go and bury yourself in the strength of His Sacred Heart: He will deliver you.

If you are in an abyss of misery, go to the Heart of Jesus: He is full of Mercy.

If you are filled with pride and vain self-esteem, bury yourself in the humility of the Sacred Heart.

If you are in an abyss of ignorance, go and plunge yourself into the loving Heart of Jesus: He will teach you how to love and please Him.

If you find yourself in an abyss of infidelities and inconstancy, go and hide yourself in the constancy and stability of the Heart of Jesus.

Are you buried in poverty? Go to the Heart of Jesus, which is a treasure-house of all riches and of all good.

If you find yourself in an abyss of ingratitude for the great gifts you have received from God, go and hide yourself in the Heart of Jesus, the Source of all gratitude. He will supply for you if you ask Him.

If you find yourself in an abyss of agitation, impatience, or anger, go and bury yourself in the sweetness of the loving Heart of Jesus, so that He may render you meek and humble of heart.

If you are in an abyss of distractions and dissipation, go and rest in the tranquillity of the Sacred Heart, and He will infallibly gain the victory for you.

If you combat generously, you can lose yourself in the abyss of His purity and consolation, and there purify your intentions, and obtain all your desires.

If you are lost in darkness, He will clothe you with His light, so that you can give yourself up blindly to His guidance.

Plunge Yourself, Hide Yourself, Bury Yourself in the Sacred Heart

When you find yourself plunged in an abyss of sadness, go and lose yourself in the joy of the Sacred Heart; there you will find a treasure which will cause all your sadness to disappear.

If you are in trouble and anxiety, go and plunge yourself into the peace of His adorable Heart; no one can take this place from you.

Often plunge yourself into the charity of this loving Heart, so that you may never do anything to another which could wound this virtue, but in all things act towards your neighbour as you would wish him to act towards you.

If you are plunged in suffering, hide yourself in the Heart of Jesus, where you will find a treasure of joy which will make you submissive to His Will. Remain in the abyss of His Heart silently and without complaint.

Are you in an abyss of fear? Bury yourself in that of the confidence of the Sacred Heart and your fear will give place to love.

If you feel overwhelmed with discontent and bitterness, bury yourself in the Sacred Heart so that you may find your joy in Him alone.

Source:

Sister Mary Philip, Life of Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, Religious of the Visitation of Paray-Le-Monial, 1647-1690 (Toronto, Canada: W. E. Blake & Son, Ltd., 1919), 178-180.