First Friday & First Saturday
DEVOTIONS

The
Church invites the faithful to enter more deeply into the mystery of God's love
through the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
On
First Friday, we honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus by participating in Holy Mass,
receiving Holy Communion worthily, spending time in Eucharistic Adoration, and
offering acts of reparation for sins committed against His loving Heart.
On
First Saturday, we respond to the Blessed Virgin Mary's request at Fatima by making
reparation to her Immaculate Heart through Confession. Holy Communion, praying five decades of the Rosary, and meditating for
fifteen minutes on its mysteries. May these beautiful devotions renew our
faith, deepen our love for Christ and His Blessed Mother, and inspire us to
live lives of holiness, prayer, and charity. As we entrust ourselves, our
families, our nation, and the whole world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, may we receive God's abundant mercy, lasting peace,
and countless graces.
💖Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
💙Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
NINE FIRST FRIDAYS
DEVOTION

When
Our Lord appeared to Saint Margaret Mary in 1673, He promised to grant the
following favors to all those who practiced devotion to His Sacred Heart:
12
Promises of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret
Mary:
1) I will give
them all the graces necessary for their state of life.
2) I will give
peace in their families.
3) I will
console them in all their troubles.
4) I will be
their refuge in life and especially in death.
5) I will
abundantly bless all their undertakings.
6) Sinners
shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
7) Tepid souls
shall become fervent.8) Fervent
souls shall rise speedily to great perfection.
9) I will
bless those places wherein the image of my Sacred Heart shall be exposed and
venerated.
10) I will give to priests
the power to touch the most hardened hearts.
11) Persons who propagate
this devotion shall have their names eternally written in my Heart.
12) In the excess of the
mercy of my heart, I promise you that my all powerful love will grant to all
those who will receive Communion on the First Fridays, for nine consecutive
months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in my displeasure, nor
without receiving the sacraments; and my Heart will be their secure refuge in
that last hour.
A
veritable treasure chest of spiritual gems! And what does He ask of us in
return?
How
to complete the Nine First Fridays Devotion:
On
the first Friday of nine consecutive months:
1. Receive Holy Communion
on each of the First Fridays.
Note: If you have knowledge that you are not in
a state of Sanctifying Grace (that is, you are knowledgeable of mortal sin(s)
on your soul, and thus unable to receive Holy Communion) you will also need to
go to Confession prior to receiving your Holy Communion on the First Friday.
2. The nine first Fridays
must be consecutive;
3. They must be made in
honor of and in reparation to His Sacred Heart for all the blasphemies,
outrages, sacrileges, and indifferences committed against It.
5 FIRST SATURDAYS DEVOTION
In December of 1925, Our
Lady appeared to Sister Lucia, giving her the following guaranty of salvation
for those who complete the First Five Saturdays Devotion: “I promise to assist
them at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for the salvation of
their souls."
Why Five Saturdays?
The five first
Saturdays correspond to the five kinds of offenses and blasphemies committed
against the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
1) Blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception.
2) Blasphemies against her virginity.
3) Blasphemies against her divine maternity, at the same time
the refusal to accept her as the Mother of all men.
4) Instilling indifference, scorn and even hatred towards
this Immaculate Mother in the hearts of children.
5) Direct insults against Her sacred images.
How to complete the Five First Saturdays Devotion:
On the first Saturday of five consecutive months:
1. Go to confession;
2. Receive Holy Communion;
3. Say five decades of the Rosary;
4. Keep Our Lady company for 15 minutes, meditating on the
mysteries of the Rosary;
5. Have the intention of making reparation to Our Lady for
the offenses listed above
On February 1926, the Child Jesus appeared to Lucia asking
her if she promoted the devotion to our Blessed Mother. Lucia talked about the
difficulties she encountered in order to fulfill this mission. Jesus responded
that His grace is sufficient…Our Lord Himself says: "Have compassion for
your Mother's Heart. It is surrounded with thorns that ungrateful men pierce at
each moment, and there is no one who does acts of reparation to remove them."
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