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Happy Feast of the Annunciation!

Continuing with TCW's postings on
"The Triple Message of Fatima:
Penance, Daily Rosary and Devotion
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary,"
please see Part 3 - DEVOTION TO THE
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY.

"Tell everybody that God grants
all graces through the Immaculate
Heart of Mary." -Jacinta Marto

THE MESSAGE OF DEVOTION TO

THE IMMACULATE HEART OR MARY

On the occasion of the third apparition —
July 13, 1917 — an occasion that may well
go down in history as an epoch-making event,
Our Lady said to Lucy:
“OUR LORD WISHES THAT DEVOTION
TO MY IMMACULATE HEART BE ESTAB-
LISHED IN THE WORLD.”

A reading of the account of the third appari-
tion, completed by that of the secret of Fa-
tima, will quickly show that the devotion to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary holds an im-
portant place in the Message of Fatima. Re-
call, in the third apparition, the occasion of
the terrifying vision of hell, that Our Lady
said: “YOU HAVE JUST SEEN HELL
WHERE POOR SINNERS GO. TO SAVE
SOULS OUR LORD WISHES TO ESTAB-
LISH IN THE WORLD DEVOTION TO MY
IMMACULATE HEART. IF PEOPLE DO
WHAT I TELL YOU, MANY SOULS WILL
BE SAVED AND THERE WILL BE PEACE.”

She added: “ . . . I SHALL ASK FOR THE
CONSECRATION OF RUSSIA TO MY IM-
MACULATE HEART, AS WELL AS A COM-
MUNION OF REPARATION ON THE FIRST
SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. IF MY RE-
QUESTS ARE HEEDED RUSSIA WILL
BE CONVERTED AND THERE WILL BE
PEACE, OTHERWISE... MANY GOOD
PEOPLE WILL BECOME MARTYRS; THE
HOLY FATHER WILL HAVE MUCH TO
SUFFER; SEVERAL NATIONS WILL BE
WIPED OUT.” [...]

We must participate in this devotion by
consecrating ourselves to the Immaculate
Heart of Mary. Consecration means one’s
desire to honor Mary, to belong to her and to
obey her. A simple ejaculation would suffice:
"Immaculate Heart of Mary, I consecrate my-
self to thee.”

The practice of the devotion of the FIRST
SATURDAYS consists of the following exer-
cises, performed with the intention of con-
soling the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and
making reparation to it for the outrages and
blasphemies of which it is the object on the
part of ungrateful mankind: 1. COMMUNION
OF REPARATION on the FIRST SATUR-
DAY OF THE MONTH. 2. THE ROSARY.
3. REPARATION PRAYERS: SOME SAC-
RIFICES FOR THE INTENTION.

Associated with the devotion to the Immac-
ulate Heart of Mary is the devotion of the
FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS. This beautiful
and efficacious devotion is outlined in detail
on another *page.

*See: "How to Precisely fulfill the Five First Saturdays

Devotion as Requested by Our Ladyof Fatima". -ED

Our Lady said to Lucy:"The last means that God will

give to the world for its salvation are the Holy Rosary
and My Immaculate Heart."

Thus, we exhort you to spend your time 

in practicing and spreading this beautiful de-
votion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and
Mary’s other Fatima requests, because the
peace and salvation of the world depend upon
it. Mary’s Immaculate Heart will triumph
only, as Sister Lucy has told us “WHEN A
SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE IS
FULFILLING OUR LADY’S REQUESTS.”
One of these requests is the establishment of
the DEVOTION TO THE IMMACULATE
HEART OF MARY.

(End of Part 3 of 3 on The Triple Message of Fatima)

Extracted from: "The Story of Fatima: A New 
Historical and Devotional Résumé of Fatima."
By Fr. Joseph Cacella, pp. 24-26, Imprimatur 1949

Related Links:

The Triple Message of Fatima (Part 1 Penance)

The Triple Message of Fatima (Part 2 The Rosary)

Video: The Fatima Message 1948 (w/Rare Historic Footage)

The Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Blessed be St. Peter. Prince of the Apostles!

The Papal Restoration Staff

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