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| Five Consecutive First Saturdays Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Third Consecutive First Saturday.
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As you may know, Saint Gianna was devoted to our Catholic faith and daily prayer. We would like to start the devotion to our Blessed Virgin Mary on five consecutive First Saturdays, beginning Saturday, May 7, 2022; followed by Saturday, June 4, 2022, Saturday, July 2, 2022; Saturday, August 6, 2022; and ending with Saturday, September 3, 2022. The details behind the Devotion are below.
On December 10, 1925, Our Lady promised Sister Lucia she would "assist at the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who on the first Saturdays of five consecutive months confess, receive Holy Communion, pray a rosary, and keep me company for a quarter of an hour meditating on the twenty (was fifteen) mysteries with the intention of offering me reparation."
The Four Requirements to faithfully fulfill the Five Consecutive First Saturdays are as follows:
1. Go to Confession
2. Receive Holy Communion
3. Say five decades of the Holy Rosary; one of the five Mysteries each month
4. Meditate for a quarter of an hour on the Twenty (was Fifteen) Mysteries of the Rosary (separate from saying the Rosary)
a. Joyful Mysteries
1). The Annunciation
2). The Visitation
3). The Nativity
4). The Presentation
5). The Finding in the Temple
b. Sorrowful Mysteries
1). The Agony in the Garden
2). The Scourging at the Pillar
3). The Crowing with the Thorns
4). The Carrying of the Cross
5). The Crucifixion
c. Glorious Mysteries
1). The Resurrection
2). The Ascension
3). The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4). The Assumption
5). The Coronation
d. Luminous Mysteries
1). The Baptism in the Jordan
2). The Wedding at Cana
3). The Proclamation of the Kingdom
4). The Transfiguration
5). The Institution of the Eucharist
During an apparition on February 15, 1926, because of the difficulty that some people had to be able to confess on a Saturday, Sister Lucia asked Our Lord if the confession would be valid if done within a period of eight days before or after the First Saturday of five consecutive months. Our Lord answered, "Yes, it can be within many more days, provided they are in the state of grace when they receive Me, and have the intention of offering reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary."
Our Lord explained to Sister Lucia why five consecutive first Saturdays--there are five kinds of offenses and blasphemies committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
1. Those committed against the Immaculate Conception
2. Those committed against the virginity of the Our Lady
3. Those committed against the Divine maternity, refusing at the same time, to accept her as the mother of men.
4. Those committed by men who publicly attempt to instill indifference, scorn, and even hatred for the Immaculate Mother in the hearts of the children.
5. Those committed by men who insult her directly in her sacred images.
We hope that you will pray along with us for the glorification of our Blessed Virgin Mother and devotion to her Holy Rosary. We will send an email each month on the first Saturday, as a reminder to all our subscribers.
May God Bless and Watch Over You and Your Loved Ones!
The Society of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla – Board of Directors
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