SIFirst Fridays

Divine Mercy	Brown Scapular	Rosary
First Fridays / Saturdays	Green Scapular	Stations of the Cross

F i r s t F r i d a y & S a t u r d a y

On the First Friday of each month Mass is at 7:00pm followed by "A Holy Hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament" and Benediction

"I promise you in the excessive Mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful Love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months the Grace of Final Penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving the Sacraments; My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment." - promise made by Our Lord Jesus Christ during an Apparition to St. Margaret Mary

The following First Friday devotions are efficacious in honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus:

1. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
2. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
3. Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
4. Go to Confession
5. The Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Devotional Prayer to Sacred Heart

( English )

Lord Jesus Christ, in union with that divine intention wherewith on earth Thou didst offer to God Thy praises through Thy Most Sacred Heart, and dost now offer them in the Sacrament of the Eucharist everywhere on earth even to the end of time, I most gladly offer Thee throughout this entire day, all my thoughts and intentions, all my affections and desires, all my words and deeds, in imitation of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Blessed and ever Virgin Mary. Amen.

( Latin )

Domine Iesu Christe, in unione illius divinae intentionis, quia in terris per sanctissimum Cor tuum laudes Deo persolvisti et nunc in Eucharistiae Sacramento ubique terrarum persolvis usque ad consummationem saeculi, ego per hanc diem integram, ad imitationem sanctissimi Cordis beatae Mariae semper Virginis immaculatae, tibi libentissime offero omnes meos intentiones et cogitationes, omnes meos affectus et desideria, omnia mea opera et verba. Amen.

The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

1. "I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life."
2. "I will establish peace in their homes."
3. "I will comfort them in their afflictions."
4. "I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death."
5. "I will bestow a large blessing upon all their undertakings."
6. "Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy."
7. "Tepid souls shall grow fervent."
8. "Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection."
9. "I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored."
10. "I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts."
11. "Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out."
12. "I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving the Sacraments; My Divine heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment."

The Blessed Virgin Mary's Request

December 10, 1925 - Our Blessed Lady appeared to Sister Lucia in Pontevedra, Our Blessed Lady said: "Look, my daughter, at my Heart surrounded with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce me at every moment with 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 fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me."

(Fatima in Lucia's Own Words, page 195)

Pope Saint Pius X

On June 13, 1912, Pope St. Pius X granted new indulgences to the Faithful who performed the devotion of Reparation to Our Lady on the First Saturdays of the month. And five years later to the very day on June 13, 1917 - Our Lady showed to the three children of Fatima, Her Immaculate Heart "surrounded by thorns that seemed to pierce it" which demanded reparation.

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