Linggo, Enero 5, 2014

The First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary


Many people are familiar to the First Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but surprisingly, few people knew about the The First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The desire for a First Saturday devotion was revealed by the Blessed Virgin Mary to the three children at Fatima in 1917. On December 10, 1925, the Virgin revealed more details about the devotion to Sister Lucia, the only seer still alive, and at that time a cloistered nun. From that time, the devotion has spread throughout the world on the day (Saturday) that the Church has traditionally honored the Blessed Virgin. 

“Look 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 announce that I promise to assist at the hour of death, with all the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall: go to confession, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.”

–Words of Our Lady of Fatima

Promises:

1. The Virgin Mary's assistance at the hour of death with the graces
necessary for salvation for those who practice the devotion.
2. Salvation of souls and peace as a result of promoting the Devotion to the Immaculate Heart. 

Another request of Our Lady of Fatima-one which includes all the others-is that we consecrate ourselves to her Immaculate Heart by  wearing of the Brown Scapular. Sister Lucia has said that all Catholics should wear the Brown Scapular as part of the Fatima message. She said, The Rosary and the Scapular are inseparable.

In 1251, when she gave the Scapular to St. Simon Stock and thereby to the world, the Queen of Heaven stated: Whosoever dies clothed in this shall never suffer eternal fire. Wearing the Scapular serves as a constant reminder of one’s personal consecration to Mary and of the necessity of imitating her virtues and heeding her requests.

A simple prayer guide to this devotion can be downloaded here.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/b1aumillammokgv/PRAYERS+FOR+THE+FIRST+SATURDAY+DEVOTION+TO+THE+IMMACULATE+HEART+OF+MARY.pdf

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