Sacred heart First Fridays and Our lady of Fatima Five First Saturdays Devotion

Sacred Heart First 9 Fridays:

“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 Friday for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance; they shall not die in my disgrace nor without receiving the sacraments; my divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in that last moment.” — Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary

How to complete the First Friday’s Devotion:

1.  Receive Holy Communion on each First Friday.

2.  Confession either one week before or after the first Friday.

3.  The nine Fridays must be consecutive.

4.  They must be made in honor and in reparation 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.

1.  I will console them in all their troubles.

2.  I will be their refuge in life and especially in death.

3.  I will abundantly bless all their undertakings.

4.  Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

5.  Tepid souls shall become fervent.

6.  Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection.

7.  I will bless those places wherein the image of my Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated.

8.  I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.

9.  Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written in my Heart.

   10.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.

At St. Mary, we will celebrate the first Friday each month after the 8:00am Mass.

Our Lady of Fatima Five First Saturdays:

The Five First Saturday’s devotion is one of the principal points of the Fatima message. It centers on the urgent need for mankind to offer reparation and expiate for the many injuries that the Immaculate Heart of Mary suffers from the hands of both impious and indifferent people.

On the First Saturday during 5 Consecutive Months, the Devotion consists of:

Going to Confession,

Receiving the Sacrament of Holy Communion,

Saying five decades of the Rosary,

Meditating for 15 minutes on the mysteries of the Rosary.

All this offered in REPARATION for the sins of blasphemy and ingratitude committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 

During the third apparition on July 13, 1917, Our Lady revealed that she would come to ask for the consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart and for the Communion of Reparation of the Five First Saturdays. Consequently, she asked for the devotion in 1925 and the consecration in 1929.

"Have pity on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother which is covered with thorns with which ingrate men pierce it at every moment with no one to make an act of reparation to pull them out."

Sister Lucia received a vision on December 10, 1925 where the Blessed Mother appeared alongside a Boy who stood over a luminous cloud. Our Lady rested one hand on the Boy’s shoulder while she held on the other hand a heart pierced with thorns around it.

Sister Lucia heard the Boy say, "Have pity on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother which is covered with thorns with which ingrate men pierce it at every moment with no one to make an act of reparation to pull them out."Our Lady expressed her request in the following words,

"See, my daughter, My Heart surrounded with thorns with which ingrates pierce me at every moment with blasphemies and ingratitude. You, at least, make sure to console me and announce that all those who for five months, on the first Saturdays, go to confession, receive Communion, say five decades of the Rosary and keep me company for 15 minutes meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, with the purpose of making reparation to Me, I promise to assist them at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for the salvation of their souls."
— Our Lady, December 10, 1925

Why Five Saturdays? 

The five first Saturdays correspond to the five kinds of offenses and blasphemies committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. They are:

Blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception

Blasphemies against her virginity

Blasphemies against her divine maternity, at the same time the refusal to accept her as the Mother of all men

Instilling indifference, scorn and even hatred towards this Immaculate Mother in the hearts of children

Direct insults against Her sacred images

Any questions, please contact Grace Magill at graceibclc@gmail.com

At St. Mary, we will pray the Flame of Love Reflective Rosary and celebrate the first Friday each month after the 8:00am Mass.