The Love of the Sacred Heart

by Mechtilde of Hackeborn

Over 600 years before the revelations of Divine Mercy to St. Faustina, and over 300 years before the revelations of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque there were the revelations of the Sacred Heart to St. Mechtilde (1241-1298) a Benedictine nun and friend of St. Gertrude the Great. Lovers of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will find many similarities between these and the other apparition where God has shared the mystery of the Sacred Heart with mankind, though there is no evidence that she was familiar with St. Mechtilde’s writings. Most importantly Our Lord speaks on topiME of great importance in the practice of the devout the divine office, frequent confession and communion and so forth. These divine revelations also greatly influenced the Poet Dante when he wrote his Divine Comedy.

181 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 9, 2012

About the author

Benedictine; born in 1240 or 1241 at the ancestral castle of Helfta, near Eisleben, Saxony; died in the monastery of Helfta, 19 November, 1298. She belonged to one of the noblest and most powerful Thuringian families, while her sister was the saintly and illustrious Abbess Gertrude von Hackeborn. Some writers have considered that Mechtilde von Hackeborn and Mechtilde von Wippra were two distinct persons, but, as the Barons of Hackeborn were also Lords of Wippra, it was customary for members of that family to take their name indifferently from either, or both of these estates. So fragile was she at birth, that the attendants, fearing she might die unbaptized, hurried her off to the priest who was just then preparing to say Mass. He was a man of great sanctity, and after baptizing the child, uttered these prophetic words: "What do you fear? This child most certainly will not die, but she will become a saintly religious in whom God will work many wonders, and she will end her days in a good old age." When she was seven years old, having been taken by her mother on a visit to her elder sister Gertrude, then a nun in the monastery of Rodardsdorf, she became so enamoured of the cloister that her pious parents yielded to her entreaties and, acknowledging the workings of grace, allowed her to enter the alumnate.

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us!

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto Thine.

Jesus I trust in You!

St. Mechtilde, pray for us!

[Kip W. Kroeger · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Sacred Heart is love to ones soul

A spiritual and uplifting part of coming to know His Sacred Heart. This kindle version, though had numerous typo,s though I hope future additions are corrected.
A worthy understanding of this guiding saint, St. Mechtilde, to the greatness of St. Gertrude