Devotions for the first five Saturdays

According to the traditional calendar, today, 3 February, we can choose to celebrate the memorial of Saint Blaise or the first Saturday of the month to make reparation for sins against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. On this occasion, I would like to focus on the so-called “Five First Saturdays Devotion”. Let us therefore listen to the Gospel for this devotion:

Jn 19:25-27

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, Woman, behold, your son! Then he said to the disciple, Behold, your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

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BECOMING FISHERS OF MEN

“I will once again cast the net of my love” (Inner Word).

In the midst of dark times, when the Church is weakened and disoriented, our Father wants to cast the net of His love once again. Just as at that time the Lord called Peter and the other disciples to be fishers of men (Mt 4:19), so He never ceases to cast the net of His love and to call us to cooperate in fishing, even in the most difficult times.

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