The 12 Promises of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was privately revealed to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a 17th-century French nun.

Through her mystical encounters with Jesus, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque received a message of divine love that would transform the lives of countless faithful and ignite a worldwide movement of devotion to the Sacred Heart.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus devotion serves as a powerful reminder of God's boundless love and mercy. The private revelations granted to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque provide a powerful invitation to all believers to encounter the compassionate heart of Jesus and to respond with love and devotion.

Below you will find the promises privately revealed to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque by Jesus:

1) I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

2) I will establish peace in their homes.

3) I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

4) I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.

5) I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.

6) Sinners will find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

7) Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.

8) Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

9) I will bless every place in which an image of my Heart is exposed and honored.

10) I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

11) Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart.

12) I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.