12 Million Rosary Crusade

I want to do my humble little part to get out the word about the 12 million Rosary Crusade, started by His Excellency Bishop Fellay. In addition to the 12 million (5-decade) Rosaries, he is also asking the priests and faithful to promote the 5 First Saturdays and the message of Fatima, particularly the reparation and sacrifice through our daily duties. Since in our family's thought on it First Fridays and First Saturdays are inexorably intertwined, our family has made the commitment to:

1. Make praying our family Rosary the number one priority in the evenings
2. Faithfully commit to making the Five First Saturdays and the Nine First Fridays
3. Try to at least do at least partial abstinence on Wednesdays and Saturdays (preferably total abstinence ) and look for other penances we could offer up to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts.

Here is information on First Friday devotions (As a side note, a thank you to Catholic Tradition for including this blog in their links!) . Fr. Crosiet's book "Devotion to the Sacred Heart" which can be read here or purchased at TAN or Amazon, is THE book on the devotion and one of the better books period on love of Jesus and the path to sanctity. For those who wish to make a Holy Hour on Thursday or Friday like St. Margaret Mary and many other saints can find the Holy Hour as practiced by St. Gemma here.

Fatima is the great Marian apparition of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. To read about Our Lady's requests including the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart and the Five First Saturdays devotion, check out the Fatima Network. This link goes to "The Requests" section of the website, but the entire website is worth reading, especially for those who are new to traditional Catholicism, want to know more about Fatima in general, or think or have heard that Fatima is over, that the 3rd Secret has been revealed, that Russia has been consecrated, etc.

May St. Margaret Mary and Blessed Francisco and Jacinta pray to obtain for us us their love for Jesus and Mary and their horror for sin.