CHARITY
The theological virtue given to us by God that allows us to love God above all things and to love ourselves and our neighbors rightly for his sake. It is the queen and lifegiving principle of all virtues. The Catechism lists many fruits of charity: “Joy, peace, and mercy … it is benevolence; it fosters […]
We follow the new way through the Spirit in Christ
But these things cannot be accomplished except by the sacrament of the font, the chrism and the priest. For sin is washed away by the waters of the font; the Holy Spirit is poured forth in the chrism; and we obtain both of these gifts through the hands and the mouth of the priest.
"See, my daughter, My Heart surrounded with thorns with which ingrates pierce me at every moment with blasphemies and ingratitude. You, at least, make sure to console me and announce that all those who for five months, on the first Saturdays, go to confession, receive Communion, say five decades of the Rosary and keep me company for 15 minutes meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, with the purpose of making reparation to Me, I promise to assist them at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for the salvation of their souls."
Our Lady to Sister Lucia (December 10, 1925)The Five First Saturdays Devotion… in Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
HOW TO COMPLETE THE FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS DEVOTION All this offered in REPARATION for the sins of blasphemy and ingratitude committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. WHY FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS? Sister Lucia’s confessor questioned her about the reason for the five Saturdays asking why not seven or nine. She answered him in a letter […]