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The First Friday Devotion

The Nine First Fridays

 
This devotion consists in attendingHoly 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. 
"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, nor without receiving their Sacraments, My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment." Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary 

                The Twelve Great Promises of Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary for those devoted to His Sacred Heart: 
 1.    I will give them all the graces necessary   
        for their state in 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 of nine 
         consecutive months the grace of final 
         repentance; they shall not die under My 
         displeasure, not without receiving their 
         Sacraments; My Heart shall be their 
         assured refuge at that last hour. 
 

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The First Saturdays Devotion

The Five First Saturdays of Reparation

The Blessed Virgin appeared to Sr. Lucia in her convent at Pontevedra, Spain on December 10, 1925. 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."Our Lord told Sr. Lucia that the Confession may be made any time during the eight days before or the eight days after the First Saturday.  Moreover, He said, "It could be longer still, provided that, when they receive Me, they are in the state of grace and have the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary."  
The observance of first Saturday in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is intended to console her Immaculate Heart and to make reparation to it for all the blasphemies and ingratitude of men.  
 
Act of Reparation to be Recited on the First Saturdays.  
 O Most Holy Virgin and Our Mother, we listen to grief to the complaints of your Immaculate Heart surrounded with the thorns which ungrateful men place therein at every moment, by their desire of loving you as our Mother, and of promoting a true devotion to your Immaculate Heart.  We prostrate ourselves at your feet, to prove the sorrow we feel for the grievances that men cause you, and to atone, by means of our prayers and sacrifices, for the offenses with which men return your tender love.  Obtain for them and for us, the pardon of so many sins. A word from you  will obtain grace and amendment for us all. Hasten, O Lady, the conversion of sinners, that they may love Jesus and cease to offend the Lord, already so much offended, and will not fall into Hell. Turn your eyes of mercy toward us, that henceforth, we may love God will all our heart while on earth and enjoy Him forever in Heaven. Amen
 
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Double Great Novena

 
Nihil Obstat: 
Monsignor Jose C. Abriol,P. A 
Vicar General & Censor
Imprimatur: 
+Jaime L. Cardinal Sin 
Archbishop of Manila
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Jesus Asks For Nine First Fridays And Nine First Saturdays.
The Double Great Novena consists in fulfilling the conditions of the First 
Saturday and First Friday Devotions for nine consecutive months.
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In a Message of Jesus Christ to Sister Natalia in Hungary, He requests all to pray the Double Great Novena to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary for nine consecutive First Fridays and First Saturdays.  

All know about the devotion of the nine consecutive First Fridays. Few know about the Five consecutive First Saturdays. And very few now know about the nine consecutive First Fridays and First Saturdays.  

As in Paray-le-Monial, France, and Fatima, a private revelation to Sister Natalia received the imprimatur from the local bishop in Hungary.  

Jesus: " As the Father entrusted all things to Me, so I give My victorious power over the world and sin to the immaculate Heart to My Mother."   

"Through My daughter (Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque), I gave the world great promises, but because of My Infinite Goodness, now, I give much more. If people wish to gain the benifits of My promises, they must love and venerate the Immaculate Heart of My Mother. The greatest sign of this veneration will be to receive Holy Communion on Nine Consecutive First Saturdays, and in the same way, on Nine Consecutive First Frdays, after a preparation and a true repentance. Their intentions must be to console MY Heart and, at the same time, the Immaculate Heart of My Mother."    

Sister Natalia: "When Our Lord told me the time about these First Saturdays, I did not realize that the Blessed Virgin at Fatima asked for only Five First Saturdays, in comparison with the Nine First Saturdays mentioned in the Messages I received. Consequently, the authorities of the Church wanted me to ask the Savior why He asked for nine, while Mary asked for only five. The divine Savior replied: 'The request of My Mother for Five Saturdays is a sign of Her humility and consequently, She did not consider Herself worthy of receiving a devotion that is equal to Mine. My request is a sign of My love, I cannot bear the idea of demanding more for Me than for My Mother who is united with Me in love.'  

"Hence, I understood that Jesus would have us make reparation for Nine Saturdays because He had demanded for Himself, to Saint Margaret Mary, Nine First Fridays."

To make a good Novena, follow these suggestions:  

1. Prepare yourself with true repentance, if possible go to     
    confession.  

2. Receive Holy Communion on both days (First Friday and   
    First Saturday).  

The intention of the Novena must be 'to console My Heart and, at the same time, the Immaculate Heart of My Mother.

The Thirty-Three Promises of Jesus, for those who will complete theDouble Great Novena given through Sister Natalia. 

1. All that they ask of Me through the Heart of My Mother - I 
    will grant during the novena. 

2. They will experience in every circumstance, the 
    extraordinary help of My Mother, together with her 
    blessings. 

3. Peace, harmony, and love will reign in their souls and in   
    the souls of the members of their families. 

4. I will protect their families from scandals, 
    disappointments, and  injustice. 

5. Married couples will stay together, and if one has already 
    left, he or she will return. 

6. The members of their families will understand each other, 
    and preserve the faith. 

7. Expectant mothers will experience My Mother's special 
    protection and will receive what they ask for themselves, 
    as well  as, for their  children. 

 8. The poor will receive room and board. 

 9. I will lead them to love, prayer and suffering. They will 
     learn to love God and their fellow man. 

10.Sinners will be converted without special difficulty, even 
     if  someone else completes the novena for them. 

11.Sinners will not fall back into their previous state.  Not 
     only  will they receive forgiveness for their sins, but 
     through perfect contrition and love, they will regain 
     baptismal innocence. 

12.Those who complete this novena in their baptismal 
     innocence (especially children) will not offend My Heart 
     with serious sins through the time of their deaths. 

13.Sinners who sincerely repent, will escape not only hell, 
     but even Purgatory. 

14.Lukewarm believers will becomes fervent believers, and 
     they will persevere and reach perfection and saintliness 
     in a  short time. 

15.If parents or other members of a family complete this 
     novena, nobody from that family will be condemned to 
     Hell. 

16.Many young people will receive the calling to religious 
     life, including the priesthood. 

17.Unbelievers will become believers, and those who  
     wander without direction (fallen-away Catholics) will 
      return to the Church. 

18.Priests and religious will remain faithful to their 
     vocations. The unfaithful will receive the grace of 
     sincere contrition, and the possibility of return. 

19. Parents and leaders will receive help in both spiritual 
      and material needs. 

20.The body will be freed from temptations of the World 
      and of satan. 

21.The proud and the arrogant will become humble; the hot 
      tempered will become loving. 

22.Fervent souls will experience the sweetness of prayer 
     and sacrifice; they will never be tormented by uneasiness  
     or doubt. 

23.Dying persons will depart without agony and without  the 
     attacks of satan.  They will escape sudden, unexpected 
     death. 

24.They dying will experience tremendous longing for 
     eternal life; thus they will surrender to My Will, and will 
     depart from life  in the arms of My Mother. 

25.They will experience the extraordinary protection of My 
      Mother  at the Last Judgment. 

26.They will receive the grace to have compassion and love 
      toward My suffering and that of My Mother. 

27.Those who strive to be perfect, will obtain as a privilege, 
      the main virtues of My Mother:  Humility, Love and 
      Purity. 

28.They will be accompanied with certain external and 
      internal joy  and peace, through- out their lives, be they 
      sick or healthy. 

29. Priests will receive the grace to live in the presence of 
      My Mother without any hardship. 

30.Those who advance in unity with Me, will receive the 
     grace  to experience this unity.  They will know what it 
     means: not that they live any more, but that I will live in 
     them. That is:  I will love with their hearts, Iwill pray 
     with their souls, I will speak with their  tongues, I will  
     serve with their whole beings. They will experience that 
     what is good, beautiful, holy, humble, meek,  obedient,  
     valuable, and ad- mirable in them is Me. I, the 
     Omnipotent, the infinite, the only Lord, the only God, the 
     only love. 

31.The souls of those who complete this novena will be 
     radiant like white lilies around the Heart of My Mother in 
     eternity. 

32. I, the Divine Lamb of God, united with My Father and 
      the Holy Ghost, will rejoice forever seeing these souls 
      who, through the  Im- maculate Heart of My Mother, will 
      gain the glory of eternity. 

33. Priestly souls will always advance in faith and virtue . 

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The greatest promise of Mary:
"The gates of Hell will be closed on the First Saturdays of each month. 
Nobody will go to Hell on those days. However, the gates of Purgatory 
will be open. So, many souls will be able to reach Heaven. It is the result of the merciful Love of My Son - it is the reward of these souls who venerate My Immaculate Heart." 
Imprimatur from the local bishop in Hungary.
(Taken from the 'Revue du Coer Immacule Reine de la Paix, Vol. 1 No. 4)

 
All First Fridays Prayer
Sacred Heart of Jesus, let your gift of love for us flow through the immaculate Heart of Mary. Oh Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with love for our parents.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we offer you our unworthy hearts. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame us with love for your Two Hearts wounded by our sins and sins of the world.

All First Saturdays Prayer
Immaculate Heart of Mary, may we love the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the same love you had for Him. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with love for all children. 

Immaculate Heart of Mary, fill us with the divine love of the Heart of Jesus. O Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, inflame our hearts with your everlasting love.

Novena Prayer
O Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your Holy Hearts do I come to beg for the infinite merits and graces that only God can give. Jesus, Your Sacred Heart is burning with love for me. I know that You love all of us so much. How often have we hurt You by our sin. How often have I put thorns into Your Holy Heart, by my sins. I am sorry O Sacred Heart of Jesus. Mary, your Immaculate Heart, loves each one of us as a child. Your Heart too is wounded by the sin of the people. What people do by sin to the Heart of Jesus, they do to you too. Your holy heart is so sad because people are indiffferent to the love and mercy offered by Jesus. With your Immaculate Heart, O Mary, and with Your Sacred Heart,  Lord Jesus, I offer your love with the prayer to our heavenly Father, and through your Holy Hearts humbly request.....
           
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Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaqculate Heart of Mary, I shall never be able to thank you enough for loving me so much.
I offer my love in return and hope that Your Holy Hearts will find some joy in my poor unworthy heart. Amen.
Consecration
Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I consecrate my entire self to the most Holy Love of Your two Hearts. I wish to make reparation for all the sins of the world, including my own. I offer these things for the love of the hearts of Jesus and Mary I will keep my mind on beauty and turn my thoughts from evil things. I will hold my temper and bear the mistakes of others with love and a forgiving heart. I will admit when I am wrong and ask others to forgive me. I will not show off, but remain humble. I will offer up all my sufferings, sickness and hurts. I will seek God's will, not my own. I will show appreciation for the kindness, the blessings, that I receive, and thank God for all things. I will do everything in my life for love of God. And, I will love others , as God has loved me. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the intercession of  the Imma-
culate Hearts of Mary, receive the offering and consecration. I now make of myself to You. Keep me faithful uno death. Bring me one day to that happy home in Heaven. I desire to live for-
ever with God the Father and the most Holy Spirit and you my Jesus, together with Your most Immaculate Mother.....Amen
 Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, make my heart one with Thine.
(N.B: If you wish to make the Double Great Novena, the Sunset Mass
is NOT counted as the First Saturdays.)