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 + JMJ NTS: This is a first draft that I am posting so I can see the errors and fix them later. I will remove this noticed after a week or so.  P^3    NTS Oct 15, 2022: Well it has been months since I posted this article and I finally reviewed and polished it up a bit :-). I will reblog on Oct 17, 2022  P^3 By Royal Canadian Mint (via Wikpedia), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35281220 Intro Decades ago I was introduced to a financial manager and agreed to sit down and look at my finances. We met in my one bedroom apartment and his first question was:  "How are you managing your debt?" My answer caught him by surprised: "Aggressively!!!" He was so impressed by this response that he passed it on to your colleagues back at the office. He then asked if I had a budget and I produced a Hilroy 20.3 x 12.7cm accounting ledger and we went through my budget. He noticed that my budget came up in the red and I explained that I was paid weekly and ...

 + JMJ For reference I have created a summary Map for the First Friday (Sacred Heart) and Saturday Devotions (Immaculate Heart) devotion.  P^3 First Friday Overview In 1688, during an apparition to Saint Margaret Mary, Our Lord Jesus Christ promised the grace of the Holy Death to those who would receive Holy Communion on the first Friday of the month, nine months in a row. This was called The Great Promise. Reparatory Communions on the First Fridays of the month: The Twelfth Promise was inserted in full in the Bull of Canonization of St. Margaret Mary on May 13, 1920, by Pope Benedict XV. He thus wanted to encourage the practice of reparatory communions on the nine first Fridays of the month, in honour of the Sacred Heart. Promises I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life. I will establish peace in their homes. I will comfort them in all their afflictions. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death. I will bestow abundant blessin...

 + JMJ  The consecration of Russia may have finally been completely (late as Our Lady said) but now it is our part to fulfill the other pars of her request.  For this reason I'll be reblogging the key elements of the Devotions to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts. P^3 Courtesy of SSPX.org The Fatima First Saturdays  During her July 1917 apparition at Fatima, Our Lady said to Lucy, “ I shall come to ask... that on the First Saturday of every month, Communions of reparation be made in atonement for the sins of the world. ” The Request of the Two Hearts On December 10, 1925, our Blessed Mother again appeared to Lucy at Pontevedra, Spain. Sr. Lucy, while a Dorothean postulant, was in her cell when Our Lady appeared to her, placing one hand on Sr. Lucy’s shoulder and in the other hand showing her a heart surrounded by thorns. Next to the Blessed Virgin was the Child Jesus borne by a luminous cloud and He said to her: Have compassion on the Heart of your Mo...