First Saturday Devotion
“Have compassion on the heart of your most Holy Mother”
Bishop David Oakley has asked that every Parish throughout the Diocese start the first Saturday devotions in July, as asked for by Our Lady at Fatima.
Starting on Saturday 1st July 2023, Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am in St. Mary Magdalene, followed by:
Adoration
Confession
A meditation on one of the Mysteries of the Rosary
Recitation of the Rosary for the salvation of souls and peace in the world
Benediction
You are encouraged to attend this devotion which is one of reparation for sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Bishop David on first Saturday devotions.
Our Lady promised (Fatima, July 13, 1917) that the continued practice of the First Saturdays will help bring about a period of peace and the salvation of many souls.
First Saturday Devotion - Dates & Times
Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am in St. Mary Magdalene for this devotion on the following dates in 2024:
Saturday 3rd February
Saturday 2nd March
Saturday 6th April
Saturday 4th May
Saturday 1st June
First Saturday Devotion Requirements
Our Lady of Fatima promised “to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation all those who, in order to make reparation to me, on the First Saturday of five successive months” do the following:
Go to confession
Receive Holy Communion
Say five decades of the Rosary
Keep Our Lady company for fifteen minutes meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary
All of the above should be carried out with the intention of making reparation to Our Lady.
To pray the Litany to Our Lady of Fatima and Act of Reparation for the First Saturdays, click below on the Prayers To Our Lady Of Fatima.
Why First Five Saturdays?
The five first Saturdays correspond to the five kinds of offences and blasphemies committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
They are:
Those committed against the Immaculate Conception
Those committed against the virginity of Our Lady
Those committed against the Divine Maternity, refusing at the same time, to accept Her as the Mother of all men
Those committed by attempting to instil indifference, scorn and even hatred for this Immaculate Mother in the hearts of children
Those committed by direct insults against Her sacred images.
