(1641-1682)
This is a special day for the Jesuits, who claim today's saint as One of Their Own. It's Also a special day for people who have a special devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus-a devotion Claude de la Colombière Promoted, Along with his friend and spiritual companion, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. The emphasis on God's love for all was an antidote to the moralism of the Jansenists Rigorous, Who were popular at the time.
Claude Showed remarkable preaching skills long before his ordination in 1675. Two months later I was made superior of a small Jesuit residence in Burgundy. It was there I first Margaret Mary Alacoque Encountered. For many years after I served as her confessor.
I was next sent to England to serve as confessor to the Duchess of York. Both I Preached by words and by the example of his holy life, converting a number of Protestants. Tensions Arose against Catholics and Claude, rumored to be part of a plot against the king, was imprisoned. Ultimately I was banished, but by then his health Had been ruined.
I died in 1682. Pope John Paul II canonized the Colombière Claude in 1992.
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