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Opening Song: Ave Maria (Schubert)
Welcome to First Saturday Devotion in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary led by the Parish Association of S.H.W.A.Y., a Catholic Organization & Rosary Group based here at Sts. Peter & Paul Honolulu.
The observance of the first Saturday in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is intended to make reparation to it for the sins of mankind. This devotion was revealed by the Blessed Virgin to three children; Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia to whom she appeared at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. On June 13, 1917, Our Lady specifically stated in speaking to Lucia:
"Jesus wants to make use of you to make me known and loved. He wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.”
Our Lady repeated this in the July 13th apparition when, after the vision of Hell that was granted to the three children, she said:
"You have seen Hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace."
Our Lady asks for reparation.
"There are so many souls whom the Justice of God condemns for sins committed against me, that I have come to ask reparation;"
reparation to this Heart for the sins of mankind, in particular the five kinds of offenses and blasphemies against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, namely:
The following First Saturday devotions are efficacious in honoring the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
Our Blessed Mother said:
"I promise to help at the hour of death, with the graces needed for salvation, whoever on the First Saturday of five consecutive months shall:
O my Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” (Sacrifice Prayer)
Welcome to First Saturday Devotion in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary led by the Parish Association of S.H.W.A.Y., a Catholic Organization & Rosary Group based here at Sts. Peter & Paul Honolulu.
The observance of the first Saturday in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is intended to make reparation to it for the sins of mankind. This devotion was revealed by the Blessed Virgin to three children; Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia to whom she appeared at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. On June 13, 1917, Our Lady specifically stated in speaking to Lucia:
"Jesus wants to make use of you to make me known and loved. He wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.”
Our Lady repeated this in the July 13th apparition when, after the vision of Hell that was granted to the three children, she said:
"You have seen Hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace."
Our Lady asks for reparation.
"There are so many souls whom the Justice of God condemns for sins committed against me, that I have come to ask reparation;"
reparation to this Heart for the sins of mankind, in particular the five kinds of offenses and blasphemies against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, namely:
- Blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception
- Blasphemies against her perpetual virginity
- Blasphemies against the divine and spiritual maternity of Mary
- Blasphemies involving the rejection and dishonoring of her images
- The neglect of implanting in the hearts of children a knowledge and love of this Immaculate Mother
The following First Saturday devotions are efficacious in honoring the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
- The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Act of Reparation
- The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- The Sacrament of Confession
Our Blessed Mother said:
"I promise to help at the hour of death, with the graces needed for salvation, whoever on the First Saturday of five consecutive months shall:
- Confess and Receive Holy Communion.
- Recite five decades of the Holy Rosary.
- Keep me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me."
O my Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” (Sacrifice Prayer)
Mid Song – “As I kneel”
As I kneel before you. As I bow my head in prayer.
Take this day. Make it yours. Fill me your love. (Refrain)
Refrain:
Ave Maria gratia plena dominus tecum benedicta tu.
(Final: Repeat twice/ “benedicta tu” x2 at the end)
All I have I give you. Every dream and wish are yours.
Mother of Christ, Mother of mine, present them to my Lord. (Refrain)
As I kneel before you. As I see your smiling face.
Every thought, every word is lost in your embrace. (Refrain)
As I kneel before you. As I bow my head in prayer.
Take this day. Make it yours. Fill me your love. (Refrain)
Refrain:
Ave Maria gratia plena dominus tecum benedicta tu.
(Final: Repeat twice/ “benedicta tu” x2 at the end)
All I have I give you. Every dream and wish are yours.
Mother of Christ, Mother of mine, present them to my Lord. (Refrain)
As I kneel before you. As I see your smiling face.
Every thought, every word is lost in your embrace. (Refrain)
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
---In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.—
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and tender Mother of all people,/ I consecrate myself to you and to your Immaculate Heart,/ and recommend to you my family,/ my country,/ and the whole human race./ Please accept my consecration,/ dearest Mother,/ and use me as you wish,/ to accomplish your designs upon the world./ O Immaculate Heart of Mary,/ Queen of Heaven and Earth,/ rule over me,/ and teach me how to allow the Heart of Jesus to rule and triumph in me and around me,/ as it has ruled and triumphed in you./ Amen.
Act of Reparation
Most Holy Virgin and our beloved Mother,/ we listen with grief to the complaints of the Immaculate Heart,/ surrounded with the thorns which ungrateful men place therein at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude./ Moved by the ardent desire of loving thee as our Mother and of promoting a true devotion to thy Immaculate Heart,/ we prostrate ourselves at thy feet to prove the sorrow we feel for the grief that men cause thee and to atone by means of our prayers and sacrifices for the offenses with which men return thy tender love./
Obtain for them and for us the pardon of so many sins./ A word from thee will obtain grace and forgiveness for all./
Hasten, O Lady,/ the conversion of sinners that they may love Jesus and cease to offend God, already so much offended, and thus avoid eternal punishment./ Turn thine eyes of mercy towards us so that henceforth we may love God with all our heartwhile on earth and enjoy Him forever in Heaven./ Amen.
---In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.—
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and tender Mother of all people,/ I consecrate myself to you and to your Immaculate Heart,/ and recommend to you my family,/ my country,/ and the whole human race./ Please accept my consecration,/ dearest Mother,/ and use me as you wish,/ to accomplish your designs upon the world./ O Immaculate Heart of Mary,/ Queen of Heaven and Earth,/ rule over me,/ and teach me how to allow the Heart of Jesus to rule and triumph in me and around me,/ as it has ruled and triumphed in you./ Amen.
Act of Reparation
Most Holy Virgin and our beloved Mother,/ we listen with grief to the complaints of the Immaculate Heart,/ surrounded with the thorns which ungrateful men place therein at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude./ Moved by the ardent desire of loving thee as our Mother and of promoting a true devotion to thy Immaculate Heart,/ we prostrate ourselves at thy feet to prove the sorrow we feel for the grief that men cause thee and to atone by means of our prayers and sacrifices for the offenses with which men return thy tender love./
Obtain for them and for us the pardon of so many sins./ A word from thee will obtain grace and forgiveness for all./
Hasten, O Lady,/ the conversion of sinners that they may love Jesus and cease to offend God, already so much offended, and thus avoid eternal punishment./ Turn thine eyes of mercy towards us so that henceforth we may love God with all our heartwhile on earth and enjoy Him forever in Heaven./ Amen.
The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
1. Recite the “Apostles Creed.”
2. Recite the “OUR FATHER”
3. Say: For Growth in the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity.
4. Recite the “HAIL MARY” 3 times
5. Announce decade and Pray one "OUR FATHER", 10 “HAIL MARY”s, one "Glory Be", one "O MY JESUS".
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy! our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley, of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus; O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
1. Recite the “Apostles Creed.”
2. Recite the “OUR FATHER”
3. Say: For Growth in the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity.
4. Recite the “HAIL MARY” 3 times
5. Announce decade and Pray one "OUR FATHER", 10 “HAIL MARY”s, one "Glory Be", one "O MY JESUS".
- The 1st Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation (I desire the love of humility) Ave Maria
- The 2nd Joyful Mystery: The Visitation (I desire charity towards my neighbor.) Ave Maria
- The 3rd Joyful Mystery: The Nativity (I desire the Love of God) Ave Maria
- The 4th Joyful Mystery: The Presentation (I desire a spirit of Sacrifice) Ave Maria
- The 5th Joyful Mystery: The Finding in the Temple (I desire zeal for the glory of God)
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy! our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley, of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus; O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Closing Prayers
Let Us Pray
"O God whose only begotten Son has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, Grant that we beseech Thee while meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may both imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord Amen."
Fatima prayer #2
"My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love You. I beg pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love You." (The Angel to three children of Fatima, spring 1916)
Let Us Pray
"O God whose only begotten Son has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, Grant that we beseech Thee while meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may both imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord Amen."
Fatima prayer #2
"My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love You. I beg pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love You." (The Angel to three children of Fatima, spring 1916)
Litany
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Saviour,
Mother of mercy,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honour,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comfort of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy Rosary,
Queen of families,
Queen of peace.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord God,
that we, your servants,
may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body;
and by the intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin,
may be delivered from present sorrow, and obtain eternal joy.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Saviour,
Mother of mercy,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honour,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comfort of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy Rosary,
Queen of families,
Queen of peace.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord God,
that we, your servants,
may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body;
and by the intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin,
may be delivered from present sorrow, and obtain eternal joy.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
MEMORARE
V: O Mary Conceived without sin
R: Pray for us who have recourse to Thee.
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
For the intentions of the Holy Father:
one "Our Father", one "Hail Mary", and one "Glory Be".
PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, your divine Son, Jesus is the perfect Mediator between God and human beings, because He alone could in all justice merit our reconciliation with God as well as the graces that God would impart after the reconciliation.
You are the Mediatrix in union with Christ from Whom your mediation draws all its power. You merited the title of Unique Associates above all by your union with Christ in His redemptive sacrifice.
After Jesus, no one suffered as you did. Now your action is primarily one of intercession.
In your contemplation of God, you behold our needs with our prayers and you beg God to grant these favors. May the faithful recitation of my Rosary be a sign of my gratitude to Jesus and to you for all you have done for me in bringing about my redemption. May my Rosary also be a means of obtaining all the graces I need for the sanctification and salvation of my soul.
Intercessory Prayer to St. Michael:
Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Guardian Angel
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom his love entrusts me here, ever this day be at my side to light and guard to rule and guide. Amen.
V: May the Divine Assistance remain always with us. R: Amen.
V: May the Souls of the Faithful departed rest in peace. R: Amen.
Invocation of Saints:
Immaculate Heart of Mary; Pray for us
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; Have mercy on us!
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; Have mercy on us!
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; Have mercy on us!
Sing closing hymn: Holy is his name or Panis Angelicus
V: O Mary Conceived without sin
R: Pray for us who have recourse to Thee.
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
For the intentions of the Holy Father:
one "Our Father", one "Hail Mary", and one "Glory Be".
PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, your divine Son, Jesus is the perfect Mediator between God and human beings, because He alone could in all justice merit our reconciliation with God as well as the graces that God would impart after the reconciliation.
You are the Mediatrix in union with Christ from Whom your mediation draws all its power. You merited the title of Unique Associates above all by your union with Christ in His redemptive sacrifice.
After Jesus, no one suffered as you did. Now your action is primarily one of intercession.
In your contemplation of God, you behold our needs with our prayers and you beg God to grant these favors. May the faithful recitation of my Rosary be a sign of my gratitude to Jesus and to you for all you have done for me in bringing about my redemption. May my Rosary also be a means of obtaining all the graces I need for the sanctification and salvation of my soul.
Intercessory Prayer to St. Michael:
Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Guardian Angel
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom his love entrusts me here, ever this day be at my side to light and guard to rule and guide. Amen.
V: May the Divine Assistance remain always with us. R: Amen.
V: May the Souls of the Faithful departed rest in peace. R: Amen.
Invocation of Saints:
Immaculate Heart of Mary; Pray for us
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; Have mercy on us!
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; Have mercy on us!
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; Have mercy on us!
Sing closing hymn: Holy is his name or Panis Angelicus