Our Lady said to Lucia (one of the three little shepherds) during the July 1917 apparition at Fatima, “I shall come to ask... that on the First Saturday of every month, Communions of reparation be made in atonement for the sins of the world.”
In later apparitions, Our Blessed Virgin Mary said to Lucia:
“Look, my daughter, at my Heart, surrounded with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce me at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. You at least try to console me and say that I promise to assist at the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall confess, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the 15 mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.”
Our Lady’s Request:
1) Reparation
Loving desire to make reparation for the sins committed against the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
2) Confession
One can go to confession 8 days before or after the First Saturday of the month if one cannot go on the First Saturday. The intention needs to be making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
3) Reparatory Holy Communion on the First Saturday of the month
4) Recitation of the Holy Rosary
5) Fifteen-minute meditation
Meditating upon the mysteries of the lives of Our Lord and Our Lady in reparation for the offences committed against Her Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.
Our Lord appeared to Sr. Lucia on May 29, 1930, and explained why First Five Saturdays are important:
“My daughter, the reason is simple. There are five types 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, in refusing at the same time to recognize her as the Mother of men; 4. Blasphemies of those who publicly seek to sow in the hearts of children, indifference or scorn or even hatred of this Immaculate Mother; 5. Offenses of those who outrage her directly in her holy images.
Here, my daughter, is the reason why the Immaculate Heart of Mary inspired Me to ask for this little act of reparation…”
Three Fruits of the First Saturday Devotion:
1) For those who faithfully follow Our Lady’s requests, She promised to “assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation.”
2) This First Saturday Devotion obtains the conversion of sinners. Our Lady told Sr. Lucia on June 13, 1929:
“So numerous are the souls which the justice of God condemns for sins committed against me that I come to ask for reparation. Sacrifice yourself for this intention and pray.”
3) As Sr. Lucia mentioned on March 19, 1939, the peace in the world will depend on this First Saturday Devotion:
“Whether the world has war or peace depends on the practice of this devotion, along with the consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is why I desire its propagation so ardently, especially because this is also the will of our dear Mother in Heaven.”
If you complete the five First Saturdays Devotion, you may continue this devotion in order to keep making reparation for the offences and blasphemies committed against Our Lady and for the sins of the world.
Today, January 7, 2023 is the first Saturday of the month. For those who have loving desire to make reparation for the sins committed against the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary and are willing to start the First Five Saturday Devotion, please see the link below. The 15-min. meditation is beautifully prepared and it could help you to fulfill some of the requests of Our Blessed Virgin Mary for the First Saturday Devotion.
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