Sat 7th December @ 2 pm – North Earl Street

We were contact by an organisation called  Mens Rosary Ireland who promote the First Five Saturday Devotion. Details about this devotion are set out below.  There is a meet in North Earl Street on Saturday 7th December a 2 pm.  See poster at the bottom of this post and also on the Church notice board.

The First Saturday Devotion

For five consecutive first Saturdays of the month and with the intention of making reparation for the offenses against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we are asked to:

1. Go to Confession (may be 8 days before or after, if you are in a state of grace)
2. Receive Holy Communion (can be received at a Saturday evening anticipatory Mass)
3. Pray five decades of the Rosary
4. Keep Our Lady company for 15 minutes while meditating on one or more of the mysteries of the Rosary.

Our Lord told Sister Lucia that there are five ways that people offend and blaspheme against the Immaculate Heart of Mary:

1. Offenses against Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception – by denial or ridicule
2. Offenses against Our Lady’s Perpetual Virginity
3. Offenses against Our Lady’s Divine Maternity, refusing to accept her as the Mother of all mankind
4. Those who implant in children’s hearts, indifference, contempt and even hate against this Immaculate Mother
5. Insults directed against her sacred images – ridicule and the infliction of damage to them.

The Promise

Our Lady promised to assist all those who will practice the devotion of the first Saturday on five consecutive months with the graces necessary for salvation at the hour of their death