Nine first fridays devotion of reparation to
the sacred heart of our lord
First Friday of the Month is a form of worship consisting in a special prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on nine consecutive first Fridays of the month. The essence and condition of First Fridays is participation in the Holy Mass with the reception of Holy Communion, compensating the Sacred Heart of Jesus for your own sins and those of the whole world. Usually after Holy Mass or before on the First Friday of the month, the Litany to the Sacred Heart is solemnly recited (In our parish we have a Holy Hour from 3:00pm until 4:00pm where we say litany and we make consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and on First Friday Holy Mass at 4:00 pm). If a believer is not in sanctifying grace, he or she should receive the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
This practice was revealed to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque by Christ in 1673. According to the revelation: whoever receives Holy Communion on nice consecutive first Fridays and offers it as reparation for his own sins and those of the human race, God's Heart will provide mercy at the moment of death, that he will not die without His grace.
During the apparitions, the Lord Jesus gave sister Margaret Mary promises addresses to the worshipers of His Sacred Heart. The nun described them in her letters. After her death, 12 promises were collected.
During the apparitions, the Lord Jesus gave sister Margaret Mary promises addresses to the worshipers of His Sacred Heart. The nun described them in her letters. After her death, 12 promises were collected.
THE TWELVE PROMISES OF JESUS TO SAINT
MARGARET MARY ALOCOQUE FRO THOSE WHO
PRACTICE DEVOTION TO HIS SACRED HEART.
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I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life. |
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I will establish peace in their Families. |
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I will console them in all their torubles. |
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They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of their death.
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I will pour abundant blessings on all their undertakings. |
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Sinners shall find in My Heart the source of an infinite ocean of mercy. |
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Tepid souls shall become fervent. |
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Fervent souls shall speedily rise to great perfection. |
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I will bless the homes where an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored. |
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I will give priest the power of touching the most hardened hearts. |
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Those who propagate this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be effaced.
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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, nor without receiving their Sacraments; My heart shall be their assured refuge at that last hour.
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FIRST FRIDAY REQUIREMENTS
To meet the requirements for the First Friday Devotion a person must, on each First Friday for nine consecutive months:
1. ATTEND HOLY MASS
2. RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION
3. GO TO CONFESSIONS
The communicant should have the intention, at least implicitly, of making reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for all the sinfulness and ingratitude of men.
Our Lord made these promises to St. Margaret Mary Alocoque regarding those who practice the Nine First Fridays and have a deep devotion to His Sacred Heart.
1. ATTEND HOLY MASS
2. RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION
3. GO TO CONFESSIONS
The communicant should have the intention, at least implicitly, of making reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for all the sinfulness and ingratitude of men.
Our Lord made these promises to St. Margaret Mary Alocoque regarding those who practice the Nine First Fridays and have a deep devotion to His Sacred Heart.
WHAT IS THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS?
The Heart is the symbol of human love. This Catholic devotion honors the Sacred Heart of Our Lord, through which was manifested to us God's eternal love for everyone. "God is Love" (1 John 4:8), and so in honoring the human expression of that Love, especially on the Cross, we honor Its Divine Source.
WhaT IS THE HISTORY OF THE SACRED HEART DEVOTION?
The foundation for the Sacred Heart devotion began in early Christianity. Sacred Scripture, particularly the New Testament, mentions the love of God many times, and the Church Fathers discuss God’s love as well.
In the eleventh century, Christians often meditated on the Five Wounds of Jesus, and the specific devotion to the Sacred Heart came from this meditation. St. Gertrude the Great, who had private revelations regarding the Sacred Heart, helped further the understanding of Jesus’ Sacred Heart in the late 13th century.
Several centuries later, in 1670, St. John Eudes celebrated the first Feast of the Sacred Heart. In 1673, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Visitation nun, received her own revelations, in which Jesus explained His love for all people, even allowing St. Margaret to lay her head on His Heart, as He had also allowed St. Gertrude to do. He asked that Catholics receive Holy Communion on the First Friday of the month and adore Him in the Holy Eucharist.
In 1675, Jesus told St. Margaret that He wanted an annual feast in honor of His Sacred Heart. In 1856, Blessed Pope Pius IX designated that the Feast of the Sacred Heart would be celebrated universally on the Friday after the Corpus Christi octave each year.
In the eleventh century, Christians often meditated on the Five Wounds of Jesus, and the specific devotion to the Sacred Heart came from this meditation. St. Gertrude the Great, who had private revelations regarding the Sacred Heart, helped further the understanding of Jesus’ Sacred Heart in the late 13th century.
Several centuries later, in 1670, St. John Eudes celebrated the first Feast of the Sacred Heart. In 1673, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Visitation nun, received her own revelations, in which Jesus explained His love for all people, even allowing St. Margaret to lay her head on His Heart, as He had also allowed St. Gertrude to do. He asked that Catholics receive Holy Communion on the First Friday of the month and adore Him in the Holy Eucharist.
In 1675, Jesus told St. Margaret that He wanted an annual feast in honor of His Sacred Heart. In 1856, Blessed Pope Pius IX designated that the Feast of the Sacred Heart would be celebrated universally on the Friday after the Corpus Christi octave each year.