First Friday "reminder"

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

This coming Friday, Nov. 4 is the First Friday of the month. This is a day on which we offer to Jesus reparation for all He has suffered for our sins. In the accounts of His apparitions to St. Margaret Mary we find His amazing words:

“My Divine Heart so ardently loves men that, unable to contain within itself any longer the flames of its burning love, it needs must spread them with your assistance, and thus it will show itself that all men may be enriched with its most precious treasures…”

“It is the ingratitude of men which has hurt Me more than all the suffering I underwent during My Passion. If only they would make some return for My love, I should think but little of all I have done for them and would wish, were it possible, to suffer still more. But the sole return they make for all My eagerness to do them good is to reject Me and treat Me with coldness. Do thou at least console Me by supplying for their ingratitude as far as thou art able.”

“Behold this Heart, Which has loved men so much, that It has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify to them Its love; and in return I receive from the greater number nothing but ingratitude by reason of their irreverence and sacrileges, and by the coldness and contempt which they show Me in this Sacrament of Love. But what I feel most keenly is that it is hearts which are consecrated to Me, that treat Me thus...”

While most persons think of the words "consecrated to me" as words referring to religious and clergy, we cannot forget that we too have been "consecrated" by the oils of our Baptism and Confirmation. We are all called to holiness in the perfection of Love.

Those who are not familiar with this devotion, may find more [HERE](http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/heart/meditation.htm)

 

[on_eagles_wingz]

Thank you for this. God bless.

Gabriel

 

[MariaChristi]

Thank you for this. God bless.

Gabriel

Dear Gabriel,

Thanks for your response. The First Friday devotion used to be much more prevalent among Catholics. Today, however, I do not think much is taught about it, in all Catholic Schools. I wonder also about some of our converts in RCIA. There is so much to be shared in the limited time that RCIA usually has, that some “devotions” are simply never presented. If there are no “reminders” with explanations from our parish priests and lay organizations, the very important concept of Reparation to the Sacred Heart can remain unheard of, by many.

Let us offer ourselves in special ways to Jesus, offering reparation to His Sacred Heart tomorrow, and also Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on First Saturday, Nov. 5.