First Saturday of May - today May 5!

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I’m grateful that we have a 9 AM Mass on First Saturdays! Some parishes do not, and that is always sad to me, but I trust that Jesus and Mary know the hearts of all their children and the efforts we make – no matter how small – to offer our love and reparation to their Pierced Hearts on First Fridays and First Saturdays each month. Concerning First Saturdays:

December 10, 1925

The visits of Our Lady to Lucia did not end with those in 1917. In fact it was only through later apparitions that Lucia received permission to make known some of the messages revealed in 1917.

While Lucia was in her room at the convent of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, Our Lady and the Child Jesus appeared to her. Resting her right hand on Lucia’s shoulder, the Blessed Mother held in her other hand a Heart surrounded by sharp thorns. The Divine Child was the first to speak to Lucia: “Have pity on the Heart of your most Holy Mother. It is covered with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and there is no one to remove them with an act of reparation.”

Then Our Lady made known her request for Communions of reparation: “My daughter, look at my Heart encircled with the thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. Do you at least try to console me and announce in my name 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, go to Confession and receive Holy Communion, recite the Rosary and keep me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary with the intention of making reparation to me.” --For more see HERE

Sacred Heart of Jesus, have Mercy on us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.