History, Twelve Promises, First Fridays and Saturdays

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Nine First Fridays and Five First Saturdays

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History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has existed throughout much of the history of the Church. However, in France in June 1675, Jesus instructed St. Margaret Mary Alacoque that He wished devotion to His Sacred Heart to be made known to the world. Through her efforts and those of St. Claude La Colombiere, and with the grace of God, devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus did spread throughout the world. Jesus conveyed to St. Margaret Mary, Twelve Great Promises for those devoted to His Sacred Heart (see below).

The modern day version of the devotion, whereby the Sacred Heart of Jesus is enthroned into homes, was started in the early 1900s by Father Mateo Crawley-Boevey of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Pope Pius X directed Father Mateo to make it his life’s work to bring the “entire world, home by home, family by family to the Sacred Heart”.

History of Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary came into world prominence when the Blessed Mother appeared to three young shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal in 1917. On June 13, 1917 our Blessed Mother said to Lucia, one of the three, “…God wishes to use you to make Me known and loved, to establish throughout the world, devotion to My Immaculate Heart. To all those who embrace it, I promise salvation, and their souls will be loved by God as flowers placed by Me before His throne”. In our own time, Pope John Paul II has consecrated the entire world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and placed us all under her loving care.

The Twelve Great Promises of Our Lord Jesus to

St. Margaret Mary for those Devoted to His Sacred Heart

1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.

2. I will establish peace in their families.

3. I will console them in all their troubles.

4. They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of death.

5. I will pour abundant blessings on all their undertakings.

6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source of an infinite ocean of mercy.

7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.

8. Fervent souls shall speedily rise to great perfection.

9. I will bless the homes in which an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.

10. I will give to priests the power of touching the most hardened hearts.

11. Those who propagate this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be effaced.

12. The all-powerful love of My Heart will grant to all those who shall receive Communion on the First Friday on nine consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they shall not die under My displeasure, nor without receiving their Sacraments; My heart shall be their assured refuge at that last hour.

The Nine First Fridays to the Sacred Heart

This devotion consists in attending Holy Mass and receiving Holy Communion in reparation for those who do not receive Our Lord, who do not love Him, and who wound Him by their sinful lives.

Promise: “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 of nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace, not without receiving their Sacraments. My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.”

– Our Lord Jesus to St. Margaret Mary

The Five First Saturdays of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

In 1925, the Blessed Virgin appeared and gave to Sister Lucia of Fatima the following promise: The Most Holy Virgin said, “…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”.

Note: Our Lord told sister Lucia that the confession may be made at any time during the eight days after (or before) the First Saturday. Moreover, He said, “It could be longer still, provided that, when they receive Me, they are in a state of grace and have the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”

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