A special request by Our Lady of Fatima
Requirements
- Go to Confession; (within 8 days)
- Receive Holy Communion;
- Say five decades of the Rosary; and
- Keep Our Lady company for 15 minutes, meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary.
On 10th December 1925, the BlessedVirgin appeared again to Lucia, with the Child Jesus. Mary rested her hand on Lucia’s shoulder, and showed her a heart encircled by thorns in her other hand.
The Child Jesus spoke first:
“ Have pity on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother. It is covered with the thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and there is no one to make an act of reparation to remove them.”
Then Mary said:
“ My daughter, look at My Heart surrounded with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every 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, The Five First Saturday’s Devotion with all 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 mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.”
Our Lord revealed to Sr Lucia that the devotion was in reparation for the five offenses and blasphemies against Our Lady:
1. Blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception
2. Blasphemies against her virginity
3. Blasphemies against her divine maternity, at the same time the refusal to accept her as the Mother of all men
4. Instilling indifference, scorn and even hatred towards the Immaculate Mother in the hearts of children
5. Direct insults against Her sacred images
For this is the reason for the 5 first Saturdays Devotion.