Yesterday and Today

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Yesterday was the First Friday of November; Today is the First Saturday. If you are a baptized Catholic, you may or may not recognize the significance but if you are among those who remember devotions of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, you made some effort to offer your love in a special way to the Heart of Christ, yesterday and you will offer your love in a special way to the Mother of Christ today. For anyone unfamiliar with First Friday and/or First Saturday Devotions, see HERE.

Fo me, the most touching words of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary in speaking to her of this Devotion:

“Behold this heart which, not withstanding the burning love for men with which it is consumed and exhausted, meets with no other return from most Christians than sacrilege, contempt, indifference and ingratitude, even in the sacrament of my love [the Eucharist]. But what pierces my heart most deeply is that I am subjected to these insults by persons especially consecrated to my service.”

And the most touching words of Mary to Sister Lucia of Fatima:

“Look, my daughter, at my Heart, surrounded with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce me at very 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.”

In that same appartion to Sister Lucia, the Child Jesus appeared with Mary:

Lucia was a postulant in the Convent of St. Dorothy in Pontevedra, Spain when she had the apparition of our Blessed Mother. She was standing over a cloud of light with the Child Jesus at her side. The Blessed Virgin put one hand on Lucia’s shoulder, while her other hand sustained her Immaculate Heart that was surrounded with thorns. The Child Jesus said: "Have compassion on the Heart of your Blessed Mother. It is surrounded with thorns that ungrateful men pierce each moment, and there is no one that is willing to offer an act of reparation to take the thorns away."

Let us learn from Their Humble Hearts today – yesterday we may have forgotten but today is a new day to hear our call to holiness. Let us offer reparation to Mary’s Heart, as Jesus asked. Let us remember His words on Calvary to his Beloved Disciple John:

Behold your Mother!

 

[MariaChristi]

Dear Lee and Mercy Warrior,

Thank you both for taking time to read this thread and for clicking the Heart, to let me know, you liked what was shared. I wonder — if you have time this Sunday, could you share share what specifically may have touched your hearts in reading about Reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary – I’d be grateful to hear from you.