First Fridays Devotion

First Fridays Devotion

Join Us For Devotion To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus

Sep 26, 2023

Join the Knights of Columbus Bishop Becker council 2427 the first Friday of every month for a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus following the 8:30AM Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Elkton. Our brother Knights come together with our parish and all other members of the mystical body of Christ celebrating this devotion. All are welcome and encouraged to join us.

First Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is also known as Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. At it's heart, this Catholic devotion is to offer reparations for sins. Typically, one of our Parish priests leads us in select prayers for this beautiful devotion. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the history of First Friday devotions and explore all of its promises and spiritual benefits.

A Summary of Graces

  1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
  2. I will establish peace in their homes.
  3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
  4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.
  5. I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.
  6. Sinners will find in My Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
  7. Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.
  8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
  9. I will bless every place in which an image of My Heart is exposed and honored.
  10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
  11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart.
  12. I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in My disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

The Church grants a Plenary indulgence to those who attend Mass and receive Communion in honor of The Sacred Heart of Jesus on the First Friday of each month for nine (9) consecutive months.

For Our Brothers In Christ

All of our brother Knights then have a fellowship breakfast immediately after. If any Catholic man over 18 years old are interested in being a Knight we lovingly invite you to share in that fellowship breakfast to get to know us and consider being a Knight.

The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual, and in that order.

— Archbishop Fulton Sheen

The Rosary is THE WEAPON.

— St. Padre Pio

The rosary is the scourge of the devil

— Pope Adrian VI

The Rosary is a school for learning true Christian perfection.

— Pope John XXIII

The rosary is a treasure of graces.

— Pope Paul V

Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the most Holy Rosary.

— Pope Pius IX

If there were one million families praying the Rosary every day, the entire world would be saved.

— Pope St. Pius X

If our age in its pride laughs at and rejects Our Lady’s Rosary, a countless legion of the most saintly men of every age and of every condition have not only held it most dear and have most piously recited it but have also used it at all times as a most powerful weapon to overcome the devil, to preserve the purity of their lives, to acquire virtue more zealously, in a word, to promote peace among men.

— Pope Pius XI

There is no surer means of calling down God’s blessing upon the family than the daily recitation of the Rosary.

— Pope Pius XII

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.

— St. Francis de Sales

The rosary is the most powerful weapon to touch the Heart of Jesus, Our redeemer, who loves His Mother.

— St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort