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title: "St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: Feast Day October 16 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/
description: "St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin. Remembered on October 16, died 1690. Read their life and their own words, with sources."
---

Virgin · Remembered on October 16

# St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is remembered on October 16 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Below: a short life and 2 sourced quotations in their own words.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [October 16](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/#16) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1690 |
| In their own words | [2 sourced quotations](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#words) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, October 16, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#calendar) |

## Life

A Visitation nun of Paray-le-Monial to whom Christ showed his heart — ‘which has so loved men’ — in revelations between 1673 and 1675, asking for a feast, reparation, and the communion of First Fridays.

Dismissed as deluded by her community until the Jesuit Claude de la Colombière discerned her sanity and sanctity, she lived to see the devotion take root. The Sacred Heart feast now belongs to the whole Church.

## In their own words

Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#scripture).

> Behold this Heart which has so loved men that It has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify to them Its love.

— *Autobiography*, 1685

> Do not be afraid to abandon yourself totally to God; He will not let you down.

— *Letters*, c. 1689

## In Scripture

In Bless, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version.

1. On this theme
   > They were divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart has drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and they are arrows.
   — [Psalm 54:22](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/54/#v22) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“Do not be afraid to abandon yourself totally to God; He will not let you down.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#q164)
2. On this theme
   > No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
   — [John 15:13](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/15/#v13) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“Behold this Heart which has so loved men that It has spared nothing, even to exhausting…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#q163)
3. On this theme
   > Instead, one of the soldiers opened his side with a lance, and immediately there went out blood and water.
   — [John 19:34](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/19/#v34) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“Behold this Heart which has so loved men that It has spared nothing, even to exhausting…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#q163)
4. On this theme
   > Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.
   — [1 Peter 5:7](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-peter/5/#v7) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“Do not be afraid to abandon yourself totally to God; He will not let you down.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#q164)

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Saturday, October 16, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/16/) | Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Romans 4:13, 16-18 · Psalm 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43 · John 15:26b, 27a · Luke 12:8-12 |
| [Monday, October 16, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/16/) | Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31—5:1 · Psalm 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a, 6-7 · Psalm 95:8 · Luke 11:29-32 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[October 15 St. Teresa of Ávila](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-avila/) [October 17 St. Ignatius of Antioch](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ignatius-of-antioch/)

[All the saints of October](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/) [Born on October 16?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#10-16) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Remembered on October 16

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#life)
2. [In their own words](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#words)
3. [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#scripture)
4. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-margaret-mary-alacoque/#calendar)

In the app

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