Purity
Ask for an undivided heart that refuses compromise with sin.
First Saturday • Marian • Consecration
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Enter the school of Mary: purity of heart, courage beneath the Cross, contemplation of the Word, and complete obedience to Jesus.
First Saturday
Five Saturdays of Reparation
The First Saturday Practice
- Go to Confession within the appropriate period with the intention of reparation.
- Receive Holy Communion worthily.
- Pray five decades of the Rosary.
- Keep Our Lady company for fifteen minutes while meditating on one or more mysteries of the Rosary.
- Offer these acts in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
When questions arise about the timing or conditions, follow the guidance of a faithful priest and the norms of the Church.
Marian Discipleship
A Heart Formed for Christ
The Immaculate Heart points toward the interior life of Mary: her faith, purity, pondering of the Word, sorrow beneath the Cross, and total belonging to God. Marian devotion is authentic when it produces greater obedience to Jesus.
Mother, form the heart to treasure the word of God, stand faithfully beneath the Cross, and do whatever Jesus commands.
Consecration
Under the Mantle of Mary
Courage
Stand with Mary at the Cross when fidelity becomes painful or lonely.
Obedience
Keep Marian devotion Christ-centered by doing whatever Jesus commands.
Prayer to Carry Forward
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Immaculate Heart of Mary, keep the soul close to Jesus. Teach purity without pride, courage without hardness, and obedience without delay. Guard the home beneath your maternal mantle, strengthen perseverance in the Rosary, and lead every affection into right order beneath the kingship of Christ. Amen.
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