Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament [SEP] country of citizenship
Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament
Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament (birth name Catherine de Bar, 31 December 1614 – 6 April 1698), was born at Saint-Dié, Lorraine in northeastern France.
Life.
Catherine de Bar was born 31 December 1614, the third child of Jean and Marguerite de Guillon de Bar. They belonged to the lower nobility.
Catherine joined the Annonciade, taking the name Sister Saint-John the Evangelist. In May 1635, Mother de Bar, and the nuns of the
her heart within his breast.
History of the devotion Early devotion Saint Mechtilde.
Saint Mechtilde of Helfta (d.1298) became an ardent devotee and promoter of Jesus’ heart after it was the subject of many of her visions. The idea of hearing the heartbeat of God was very important to medieval saints who nurtured devotion to the Sacred Heart. Mechtilde reported that Jesus appeared to her in a vision and commanded her to love Him ardently, and to honor his sacred heart in the Blessed Sacrament as much as possible. He gave