Did you know that Our Lady of Fatima Rosary is recited every first Saturday of month at 4:15 pm at Sacred Heart? All the requirements are readily available to those who wish to partake.
Here’s how to precisely fulfill the Five First Saturdays Devotion as requested by Our Lady of Fatima. Our Lady of Fatima Promises all the Graces Necessary for Heaven if a Catholic Finishes the Five First Saturdays 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."
-Sr. Lucy (March 19, 1939)
During her July apparition at
Fatima, Our Lady said to Lucia, “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. Tell them that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation all those who, in order to make reparation to me, on the First Saturday of five successive months, go to confession, receive
Holy Communion, say five decades of the
Rosary, and keep me company for a quarter of an hour, meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary.”
The elements of this devotion, therefore, consist in the following four points, all of which must be offered in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. One should make this intention before carrying out Our Lady’s requests.
1. Confession: This confession can be made before the First Saturday or afterward, provided that Holy Communion is received in the state of grace.
2. Holy Communion
3. Rosary: The Rosary is a vocal prayer said while meditating upon the mysteries of Our Lord’s life and
Passion and Our Lady’s life. To comply with the request of our Blessed Mother, it must be offered in reparation and said properly while meditating.
4. 15-minute meditation: Also offered in reparation, the meditation may embrace one or more mysteries.
To those who faithfully follow Our Lady’s requests for the Five First Saturdays, she has made a wonderful promise which she, as Mediatrix of All Graces, will certainly fulfill: “I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation.