On December 10th, 1925:

The Child Jesus and Mary came to Sister Lucia. The Child Jesus spoke first saying:

“Have compassion on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother covered with the thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and there is no one to remove them with an act of reparation”.

Then, Our Lady said:

“My daughter, look at My Heart surrounded with the thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. You at least try to console me, and say that I promise to assist at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for salvation all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, go to Confession and receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary and keep me company for a quarter of an hour while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me”.

On July 13th 1917:

Our Lady said:

“You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. In order to save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved, there will be peace…

The Significance of First Saturday Devotion:

On May 29, 1930, Our Lord explained to Sister Lucia the significance of the Five First Saturdays devotion. The Five First Saturdays of reparation were requested to atone for the five ways in which people offend the Immaculate Heart of Mary:

1. Attacks upon Mary's Immaculate Conception.

2. Attacks against her Perpetual Virginity.

3. Attacks upon her Divine Maternity and the refusal to accept her as the Mother of all mankind.

4. For those who try to publicly implant in children's hearts indifference, contempt, and even hatred of this Immaculate Mother.

5. For those who insult her directly in her sacred images.

The Requirements:

  • Receive Holy Communion*

  • Confession*

  • Pray the Rosary*

  • Keep her company for 15 minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary*

* Each of these practices need to be done with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.