Jesus & His Mother Made a Special Request for the First Saturdays

The First Saturdays Devotion, also known as the “Five First Saturdays” is a special request by Our Lord and Our Lady to make reparation for all the sins against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Lady promised personal salvation if we fulfill the five consecutive First Saturdays. However, we should continue to fulfill them every month to console the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and make reparation for the sins of others. The continued practice of the First Saturdays will help bring about a period of peace and the salvation of many souls as Our Lady promised (Fatima, July 13, 1917).

Child Jesus Communal First Saturdays

On December 10th, 1925, The Child Jesus and Mary came to Sister Lucia.

The Child Jesus spoke first saying:

“Have compassion on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother covered with the thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and there is no one to remove them with an act of reparation”.

What does the Child Jesus mean by “compassion”? Compassion is another word for “mercy”. In fact, the practice of mercy begins with having mercy on the Sacred Heart of Jesus who beheld our every act during His Passion and is in need of being consoled too. 

Then, Our Lady said:

“My daughter, look at My Heart surrounded with the 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 with all the graces necessary for salvation all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, go to Confession and receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary and keep me company for a quarter of an hour while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me”.

Four Practices in Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

We now know that in order to make reparation for these sins, we are asked to receive the Holy Communion of Reparation, but we should not forget that Our Lady ALSO asked for other practices to be done to fulfill her request. The four practices that have to be fulfilled on the First Saturday, each with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, as Our Lady asked in 1925, are the following:

  1. Confession*

  2. Receive Holy Communion*

  3. Pray the Rosary*

  4. Keep her company for 15 minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary*

* Each of these practices need to be done with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Please click here for more information on these practices.  

For a downloadable pamphlet with a lot of this information and more, please click here.

So how can we have compassion on the Heart of Our Mother?

The First Saturdays!

Practices for the First Saturdays Devotion

Receiving Holy Communion is the center of all the practices. The practices before the single arrows can greatly dispose us to receive the graces of Holy Communion. The double arrow also indicates that all 4 practices are to be done with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM).

What are the two promises made by Our Lady?

First promise
  1. If the requests for the collegial consecration and the First Saturdays Devotion are fulfilled, Our Lady promises a period of peace and salvation of many souls (July 13, 1917). (A sufficient amount of reparation through the First Saturdays Devotion is needed to bring this about.)
Second promise
  1. For those who fulfill five consecutive First Saturdays, Our Lady promises personal salvation (December 10, 1925).

Why are there five First Saturdays?

The message from Our Lady promises personal salvation to those who console her on five consecutive First Saturdays. To obtain her promise of a period of peace and the salvation of many souls, further reparation is needed by the First Saturdays Devotion. However, to obtain the promise of personal salvation, why does Our Lady ask for five consecutive First Saturdays?

On May 29, 1930, Jesus said to Sr. Lucia:

“There are 5 ways in which people offend and blaspheme against the Immaculate Heart of Mary:

  1. The blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception.
  2. Against her Virginity.
  3. Against the Divine Maternity, refusing at the same time to accept her as the Mother of all mankind.
  4. Those who publicly seek to instill in the children’s hearts, indifference, contempt, and even hatred against the Immaculate Mother.
  5. Those who offend her directly in her Sacred Images.”

The Origins of the First Saturdays Devotion at Fatima

Our Lady appeared six times to the children at Fatima, yet her appearance on July 13th, 1917 was particularly important. It was also the first time that Our Lady mentioned the First Saturdays. See Story of Fatima to learn more.

At Fatima, during the third appearance of Our Lady to the children–on July 13th 1917– she said: “You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. In order to save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved, there will be peace…”

We know we honor Mary because she is the Mother of God and our Mother. But, why this particular devotion, namely, devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary? God wishes that we have a devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary because she is one of the 3 greatest gifts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to us. Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary more fully completes our devotion to and leads us to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, especially in the Holy Eucharist. God now wants this devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in order to save souls from perdition. This fulfills the commandment to love our neighbor. The greatest way we can love our neighbors in need is to help save their souls. 

How does God want us to practice devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary? Our Lady introduced 2 special requests: “…I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia and the Communion of Reparation on the first Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace…”

Our Lady did come back to ask for and explain these requests during later apparitions to Sister Lucia (Lucia was one of the three children of Fatima).

So, the two requests that Our Lady asked for and explained are:

  1. The Consecration of Russia
  2. The First Saturdays Devotion

St. John Paul II said he completed the first request in 1984. However, the second request still remains to be fulfilled: The First Saturdays Devotion that makes sufficient reparation.

Summarizing the First Saturdays Devotion…

WHY

WHY

  • Our Lady: “If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved, there will be peace.” (Fatima, July 13, 1917)
  • The First Saturdays Devotion is 1 of 2 special requests to bring this about.
  • For those who fulfill 5 First Saturdays in a row, personal salvation is promised.

WHAT

WHAT

  • Our Lord and Our Lady’s Words on 12-10-25
  • Summary of Practices:
    1. Confession*
    2. Rosary*
    3. Communion of Reparation*
    4. Meditation*

*in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

HOW

HOW

Attend the Communal First Saturdays in your parish. If you do not have a Communal First Saturdays in your parish,

Click on the links above for more information

Communal First Saturdays Online

Cannot join the Communal First Saturdays in person and want to participate as far as possible? 

See our pre-recorded videos in our online program: Communal First Saturdays Online here.
Want to know more about the Communal First Saturdays®? Click here for more information. 
 

Fatima and the First Saturdays Study Groups

Do you want to learn how the First Saturdays Devotion will lead to the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary? 

Make sure to participate in the Fatima and the First Saturdays Study Groups! These groups are held 3 times a year (January, May and September). For more information and to register for the next study groups, please click here.

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