On December 10, 1925 — the Feast of Our Lady of Loreto — the Blessed Mother appeared to Sr. Lucia with a plea from her thorn-encircled Immaculate Heart. Mary asked for the Five First Saturdays devotion to console her Heart wounded by blasphemies and ingratitude. She promised special graces at the hour of death for all who, for five consecutive First Saturdays, confess, receive Holy Communion, pray the Rosary, meditate on its mysteries for 15 minutes, and offer it all in reparation. Today, let us