3/03/22 Prayers for Ukraine &amp; the First Five Saturdays Devotion

3/3/22

Dear Parishioners,

In 1917, the Blessed Virgin appeared in Fatima and invited all her children to pray the rosary in penance for sin on five consecutive First Saturdays, making reparation on those Saturdays for five specific offenses:

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

In light of the current conflict happening in the world, this would be a perfect time to again carry out a parish-wide response to the request of Our Lady of Fatima.

We will begin this coming Saturday , March 5. 2022 at our Saturday 8:30AM Masses offered at St. John the Baptist, Monaca and St. Titus, Aliquippa. We satisfy Mary's request by:

Going to Confession
Receiving the Sacrament of Holy Communion
Saying five decades of the Rosary; and Meditating for 15 minutes on the mysteries of the Rosary.

All this offered in reparation for the sins of blasphemy and ingratitude committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

In the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Fr. Jean-Luc

(For additional information on the practice of the Five First Saturdays,
visit our Adoration & Devotions page.)