There are Many Catholic Devotions - Which One is Best? - Ask a Marian
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- The First Fridays and First Saturdays, as well as the Divine Mercy devotion, are all connected. Fr. Chris Alar explains how to receive the graces from these most important devotions on this episode of Ask a Marian.
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I practiced all of them...daily Rosary every morning, Divine Mercy every 3PM, First Five Saturdays Fatima devotion, Sacred Heart devotion every First Friday.
Awesome Jo.... keep up the great effort! God bless you :)
❤ May God bless you
BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO FIRST FRIDAY AND FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS WHILE THEY ARE YOUNG! IT SAVES HEARTACHES LATER ON!
Yes 😇
Got no kids of my own but I will forward this over to my sister who does
I pray rosary, Devine mercy everyday and I pray to sacred heart of a Jesus and immaculate heart of mother Mary
That is great Celine.... keep it up if you can! God bless
AMEN...AMEN...AMEN...
@@DivineMercy_Official ,Amen and thank you for giving us this very important message about "Devotions and Prayer's ".🙏Celine Is on the right path
I’m doing the first Friday and Saturday devotions🙏🙏🙏
Wise choice, God bless you!
yes@cadipaul my beautiful sister in Christ. Me too! God bless you. always pray for you and your family.
In Hope, i will, too!
Same here and trying to do the first Wednesday in honour of the most chaste heart of St Joseph
I follow your channel, because what you say is so uplifting. God bless you father Chris, deep gratitude from the bottom of my heart!
Thank you for watching with us and God bless you
Rosary, Divine Mercy, Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary..... there are soooo many, praise God!
I do them all daily fr. Alar, as I get older now I devote my time in my prayer to our LORD and our Mother Mary. God bless you Father.
Keep up the good work Josefa! God bless you
... simply BEAUTIFUL!... you are an inspiration!
Yes, God loves us the way we are but He loves us too much to let us stay that way. We should always be striving to grow in holiness.
Thank you for your prayers!
Thank You Fr. Chris! See ya tomorrow evening and TWICE on Saturday!! Thank GOD for our Marian Father's!! 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏
Ave Maria!
You are awesome Lynette! We need more like you :)
Divine Mercy Jesus, have Mercy on me, Mary Cesario and the Soul of My Husband, Connie, and My Family, to Return to The Faith ... 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
What you said about doubt was exactly what I needed to hear!
Marian Priest are awesome
True icons of Christ
Thank you Dave but we fall short of that.... all we can do is try and turn back to Him when we fail. God bless!
God bless you father 🙏🙏🙏
You too Joni!
Father Chris, It is so beautiful how you respond to all these posts! God Bless You 😇🙏
@@marymaher4036 Thank you Mary and God bless you.... yes, I try to get to as many as I can because I love the passion for the faith of all those here! :)
Jesus, Mary and Joseph please
help us ❤🌹🕊
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SERIOUSLY loving these videos!!! Also loving the First Friday's & First Saturday's the National Shrine is live streaming!! See you tomorrow and the next day :) God Bless
Great! See you then :)
Live captioning please?!? Feeling excluded in isolation. If no CC, then by the Grace of God, I’ll rely on my never-ending Faith in my world of silence.
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@@katieanderson7558 Dear Katie, there is setting for CC but when we used it it kept putting our words into vulgar and obscene words. We tried multiple times. It seemed to be demonic. We finally had to turn it off... are there any other alternatives?
Blessed mother of perpetual light invisible immaculate miraculous beautiful great glorified sacred fire merciful heart of the Almighty good God love invisible father son holy spirit ☄️🌹🙏🏻
I was away from the faith for a long time. Started saying the Rosery every day, these past 2 months The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, daily at 1500.
That's awesome Ronald.... keep up the good work!
God bless you ☄️🌹🕊️🌹✝️🌹🙏🏻 father Chris Alar forever Amen ☄️
Dearest Father Aylar! Thank you so much once again for such a beautiful and informative post. You are manna for my Soul! Thank you!
Thank you Mary and God bless you for desiring to go deeper in your faith :)
Thank you for doing this for the world! God bless you all!
YOu too!
3 o'clock habbit, 7 Sorrow's, rosary .psalm 91
i do them all thanks for Vedio father Chris
Awesome, keep up the good work!
You look alot healthier now ,so glad you made it through this virus ❤Praying for the other Marians as well with this plague . Your work is so awesome 💖👍Praise be to God .
Thank you Sue :) Nice to have you with us again! God bless you.
I’m gonna go with daily rosary
Yes, Jonathan, the 5 First Saturday's is based on the Rosary. But praying it daily is very powerful.
Thank you 🙏💙
Thanks soo much Fr Chris Alar! I'm soo dedicated now to the 1st Friday Sacred Heart and 1st Saturday Fatima devotions!, and yep, I went to Confession and Mass last Friday and Saturday in Sydney, Keep up the Awesome work Father, God bless everyone here!!
Wow, Ange, that is awesome! God will bless your efforts!
Thank You Fr Chris🙏Keeping You In My Prayers🙏✝️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏
Thank you so much Kitty.... that is most appreciated :) Prayers for you too!
Thank you God bless.
You too Gloria!
Oh thank you Father! Love the Divine Mercy devotions.
Thank you Rory.... they are powerful grace!
Thanks my parish priest brings me Communion on Sundays. My Church streamlines Mass are noon and EWTN has Mass Saturday. One day I will do it at my regular Mass. I understand the Sunday Vigil Mass also counts for 1st Saturday. My family always went to Saturday Night Vigil for Sunday. It was hard to do as I used to deliver newspapers on Saturday afternoons. I even got a friend of mine to join me when I was in college.
Yes, Peter the important thing is to get to any Mass if possible but Sunday is preferred to Saturday, again, if possible. God bless.
I pray the rosary and divine mercy daily, or I try to, a day or two goes missing in a week sometimes but I'm hoping to be perfect by God's grace. I'd love to start the 1st Friday and Saturday devotions, I pray God leads me to fulfilling those. I'd be making a spiritual act of communion as I'm not comfortable in receiving Jesus on the palm. No indictment from me on those who do. Thanks Fr. Alar, God bless you and your ministry
God bless you too Kingsley and keep up the great effort!
Dear Fr Chris,
Thank you very much for such a pertinent Q & A, which through God's Love will spread prolifically around the world.
I wish you and everyone at The Shrine a peaceful, joyful and restful Sunday.
God bless,
Julian
Thank you Julian and God bless!
God bless you Fr. Alar and all the Marian Fathers!
You too Pat! God bless you
Thank ✝️🛐🕊📿⛪🐏🔥💕you for explaining why we have to do it.
Thank you for watching and being open to it Andrea. God bless.
The eternal father the eldest one through the invisible holy Spirit Jesus Christ Amen ☄️🌹🐑🌹🕊️🌹✝️🌹🙏🏻
Stay united with our governing authority peaceful light ☄️🌹🐑🌹🕊️🌹✝️🌹🙏🏻
OBVIOUSLY....JESUS is THE BEST devotion 🙌🏼
That's what we are talking about Samoan :) Divine Mercy, Sacred Heart, etc. Even the First Saturdays leads us to Jesus through the Heart of Mary.
God Bless you Father🙏
God bless you too Janie!
Amen🙏✝️🙇♂✝️🙏.
Thank you 🙏 Amen 🦋
I do them all everyday🙏🙏🙏
That's awesome Beth but you can't do all devotions because there are thousands and First Friday and Saturdays are once a month.
The devotion to our Lord & Savior is by far the best and ONLY devotion you need.
That's what these are Carolyn.
Jesus Christ,🌹☄️🌹🕊️🌹✝️🌹🙏🏻
The most holy rosaries & the sacred ❤ & the Immaculate 💙. The Divine Mercy there is no heart only rays of light. No heart no mercy.
Yes, there is very much so the Sacred Heart of JESUS from whence those rays come from and forward. The devil has tried to remove this family from seeing/visualizing the SACRED HEART OF JESUS, putting forth JESUS' Sacred Heart in pieces, not as the whole. If not for the SACRED HEART, there would be no rays ✝️
JESUS, l Trust ln You,,,
Thank you father cris..God bless!🙏🙏🙏
You too DD!
The Rosary of The Holy Face of Jesus taken from Jesus Holy Shroud...Jesus burial cloth that is in Turin, Italy...Jesus Himself requested this devotion.
Our Blessed Mother's Rosary...as we help her finish the job of crushing satan as he lies in wait for her heel.
Love ❤️ doing the First Friday and First Saturday but it’s been missing since the pandemic
Hi Peg.... but it doesn't have to be. We can still receive the graces as explained in the video.
Praying for the sanctification of the entire clergy, the priest who are dearly son of God and blessed Mother Mary, Priest mostly attack for destruction of the enemy of God, thats why we have to pray for the priest, they need our help and prayer.
Simply - when scrolling, ask the Father what prayer is the best in the name of JESUS and JESUS' most Sacred Heart. Our Father will lead us to the prayers best for us. No prayer is short or ineffectual. Ask our Eternal Father, firstly, before doing ANy thing ✝️
The only problem is Fridays busy working and Saturday's some parishes are closed or they have Mass very late like 4:30 p.m. The other is you have to reserve seats to be at Mass or when you do reserve they is no seats left. We would love to complete them but not that available.
Yes, but Communion at any Saturday Mass suffices according to the Church and if you honestly have no access to the Mass, CCC1452 states an Act of Contrition and Spiritual Communion can suffice until you can get back to the Sacraments.
Thank you dear Fr Chris...you lead us closer to Jesus and Mary with each talk. God bless you Father🙏
I’m going to do first Friday & Saturday devotions! On a side note...the statue of Mary in white towards the beginning of the video @ 1:13 is absolutely gorgeous. Do you know if a smaller one is available for sale? Thank you. God bless.
Hi Janice, that was given to us as a gift and called "Our Lady of the Cape" from Canada. I would think you might be able to find something online. God bless you!
@@DivineMercy_Official thank you for replying! God bless you all.
@@janicecall8573 God bless you too Janice :)
I'm so glad you addressed this question Father Chris. I'm based in the UK as well and I have a library of devotional books, saints etc... I was overwhelmed too and was starting one Devotion or Novena, dropping it and starting another one, never completing one devotion or Novena ever. What times would these devotions take place at the National Shrine UK time? Thank you again and God bless.
I believe you are 5 hours ahead of Eastern time, Martin.
Yes, Geri is correct. Remember Martin, you can watch the recording as well. God bless you.
@@gerir8634 thank you Geri. It's just that some parts of the US are in different time-zones as well and it would be nice doing the Devotions in Real-time and then also at my local Parish the next day. Cheers again and God bless.
@@DivineMercy_Official thanks a lot. I've watched so much of Father Chris's videos on our beautiful faith. The videos are absolutely brilliant in Exploring the Faith. I've learned so much from them and they have been a priceless benefit to my soul. Thank you so much Father Chris, please keep up this amazing evangelisation as it reaches out to the whole world and envelopes the soul with Christ and our Blessed Mother's unique and unconditional love for us all.
@@martinbradley4132 my great pleasure. I love that people from all over the world join the Divine Mercy TH-cam family of Prayer Warriors. Mass each day @ 9 am Eastern, Divine Mercy Chaplet @ 3 Eastern and the Rosary @ 5 Eastern. We hope to get to pray with you and for you in Live Chat. Set your alarm for Fr. Chris Alar’s fantastic Explaining the Faith Saturdays at 10 am Eastern. And, tomorrow (today now for you) First Friday and First Saturday prayers. God bless you! 🌹🙏
Okay, doing it on virtual Mass. Didn't think that would count as being at church.
If Mass and the sacraments are not available or you are unable to attend, CCC1452 teaches that you can make an Act of Contrition and Spiritual Communion until you are able to return to the sacraments. God bless.
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Father, because of Covid, I'm not allowed to go to mass on Saturday evening. It's for people over 65, and i'm 56. I can't go to confession either. We have to make an appointment during the week. I've done the 5 First Saturdays one time and loved doing it. What can I do?
Yes, CCC1452 says to make an Act of Contrition and Spiritual Communion until you are able to return to the Saccraments. God Bless you!
Father, I have not obtained an annulment. Will Spiritual Communion suffice?
Dear Marian, if you are re-married w/o an annulment, you cannot receive the sacrament but you can always do a Spiritual Act of Communion. Yes, that is encouraged. Just remember, you want to get the annulment so you can return to the sacrament....
that is the most important. God bless you.
Do we have to say divine mercy chaplet at 3pm? What if we can’t say at that time?
Dear Sophia, yes, it can be said at any time :) God bless.
Can we do 1st Friday and First Saturday on our own eg if we watch Mass and make Spiritual Communion on both days and do them with the Reparation intention? I would think that would count during the pandemic.
Yes
Absolutely! You if you CANNOT get to the actual Sacrament of Reconciliation, your honest desire and confession to Jesus works the same as Spiritual Communion does for the Eucharist.
Yes, Peter, Gene is correct. CCC1452 says that suffices as long as you have the intent to return to the sacraments as soon as available. God bless.
@@DivineMercy_Official I'm sorry Father Alar, for not understanding that you would not let his question go unanswered. You answer with authority. St. Faustina's life and diary has become a HUGE inspiration for me. Jesus's words to her recorded there give so much insight into His heart, will, and desires for us. My life, gladly, will never be the same!
@@geneseus2150 No problem Gene, thank you for answering. God bless you!
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If I didn’t get my 15 minutes with Mother Mary I. Until Sunday does it not count?
Yes, Tina, the next day is acceptable.... remember, try your best :)
@@DivineMercy_Official will do, thank you
Fr Alar - if we do your online 1st Fridays and Saturdays with spiritual communion, will this work?
Yes if you cannot receive actual communion. God bless.
Would going to mass at 4 pm on Saturday still be considered a First Saturday mass or would that be a Sunday or anticipated mass?
Yes, JCab.... the Church has stated that receiving Communion on the Saturday Vigil Mass would fulfill the obligation.
@@DivineMercy_Official Awesome! I’m very glad to hear that! Thank you for replying! God Bless! 😊
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Father. Do the devotions every first nine months have to be done one year or every coming year to receive this grace?
Technically only once but there is grace for repeating them. They can start in any month as well. God bless.
I am just beginning the First Friday's and First Saturday's Devotions. When I go to confession am I supposed to tell the priest it is for these devotions or just that I say that to myself?
I imagine the priest is aware that the confession could be for reparation as I have noticed the lines for confession and attendance at church are higher volume on the 1st Fridays & 1st Saturdays. I would say it to the Lord in prayer, that's what I am planning to do; since I don't know 100% it can't hurt to mention it to the priest as well. I only responded to this because I didn't see a response & don't want you to be discouraged or delay the devotion, which starts tomorrow, without an answer. He also has a talk on this "explaining the faith First Fridays & Saturdays, but I don't remember if that was ever mentioned. No need to be too scrupulous..Jesus knows your heart and your intentions. God Bless!
@@everythingisIAM Thank you for your reply. Unable to go to confession today , but will get there within the 8 day window. God Bless!
Yes, JW it is not required to tell the priest... you just have to have the intention to make reparation
Do you only have to do the 9 first Friday devotions and 5 first Saturday devotions once in your life to receive those graces? Is there a special prayer to say to show the reparations?
Does it matter what month you start with?
@@boom-bm1kl i Hope that we may do the Devotions as often as we can, either Spiritually or in person, and doubt that God places that much value on a specific month.
Yes boom.... we technically only have to do them once but there are many graces if we repeat them. And yes, we can start in any month. God bless you!
What if you don't drive can't do 1st Fridays and 1st Saturdays. And watch it on tv do we have. Still receive the Graces except we
We can get spiritual communion on a live broadcast
Yes, do an Act of Contrition and Spiritual Communion with the intent to return to the sacraments as soon as possible per CCC1452
Can attend to your mass even if its not live, is this still valid? Can someone help. My duties make me late to attend live mass
Yes, NR.....if your diocese has waived the Sunday obligation or you are sick or quarantined, they you can watch Mass at any time, even recorded. God bless.
Does the first 9 fridays mean from the first friday of the whole year in January? Or does it mean you can pick any friday in the year??
Any nine consecutive
@DivineMercy_Official thank you 🙏
How can one do first Fridays & Saturdays from home , if you are homebound ?
I watch virtual mass always.
( By spiritual communion only ?)
Yes, we put that line on the bottom of the video. In place of confession do an Act of Contrition and if you can't make it to Communion make a spiritual act of communion with the intent to go back to both sacraments when next available. God bless.
Before the COVID19 there are missionaries/church holy volunteers visiting homebounds to give communions. Praying that it will resume after this pandemic.
What time zone please. I’m mountain and seem to miss a lot.
Yes, Eastern
How can we receive holy communion if churches are closed, from the philippines
Do a Spiritual Act of Communion that we do at every Mass. God bless.
@@DivineMercy_Official thank you for enlightenment, now i can watch and follow daily mass. This really help.
Did he even mention the rosary???
This part of the first Saturday devotion
🙏🕊Father, assuming I can’t think of something to confess, how do I meet that requirement of confession once a month? I’m probably blind to something, but this is an honest question.Thank you.
Dear Esther, the bible tells us that even the righteous person fall seven times a day. We all sin and many times a day. You may want to look up how to do an examination of conscience to help you. This video I did uses the 10 Commandments and 7 deadly sins that we have all broken at some time most likely. God bless you. th-cam.com/video/ixZmv8oFHFc/w-d-xo.html
@@DivineMercy_Official Dear father, well thank you for your response. Believe me I have looked at many examination of consciences. Perhaps it’s because I’m so isolated right now I have very little contact if any with other people. In good faith I will listen to your video. Pray that I will get greater insight it seems I need it.🙏🕊
@@44esta44 It is not just actions, but thoughts and any self-focus as well.
@@DivineMercy_Official Well, Regarding thoughts: my understanding is that if you decide on a thought then it’s Sinful. As I’ve gone through life, I’ve come to the realization that our minds throw out all kinds of thoughts and images. It used to bother me terribly until I read that it’s a problem when you consent to those thoughts.
In response to a prior text, it’s my understanding that your sins are forgiven at mass during the penance rite at the beginning of mass.
Whoever is responding to my text I greatly appreciate it. I’m hoping this is an answer to prayer. Because I’ve asked the Lord in the past to help me To know what to bring to confession. I have plenty of faults that I know.
@@DivineMercy_Official What do you mean by self focus?
What do I do for confession if I can not get to a church? I am Epileptic, do not drive, and do not have supportive family. They are Protestant Christians but unwilling to drive me pretty much anywhere except to semi-annual dr appointments. My father has never taken children anywhere; that was always a woman's job. My mother rarely drives anymore. No one in community to turn to. I am pretty isolated.
I am a new catholic convert, a year next weekend. I was just talking to a Parish about RCIA when Covid hit. I am a baptized believer and have been studying catechism and other resources. No income since March of last year when millions were laid off due to restrictions.
I watch EWTN and do the best I can but I am pretty isolated. Any suggestions? Going out on my own is not an option for me at this time. I have no idea when or if I will work again. And while my spirit yearns to partake fully in the sacraments I do know certain saints throughout history have had to endure persecution or trials. And I am not a Saint. Just trying to do the best I can where I am
God bless you Melanie for trying during these difficult times. Yes, we can still get God's grace during this time. Please watch this short video that explains it. God bless. th-cam.com/video/_JpE527VbFI/w-d-xo.html
@@DivineMercy_Official Thank you. I would appreciate prayer especially during this time
Should Catholics do street preaching? If so what should they talk about?
If Catholics feel called to do "street preaching" than who is anyone to deny them that Right.
Yes, if you are called to that for sure. We can talk about scripture or simply coming to know Jesus and having a relationship with him. God bless you.
What if we can't go to Mass or receive Communion right now? I haven't been allowed to go to Mass since March 2020😢
Wow, that’s so sad. I go to daily Mass. I’ll remember to say a prayer for those who are unable to attend.
SusieQ1216, i pray for you and all the earth, always, you can pray the Act of Contrition to yourself, and receive Holy Communion "in your Heart."
@@melindaanne6036 I too was a daily Mass goer 😢
@@jimselimos4863 Thank you. I do watch Relevant Radio's Mass every day and make a spiritual Communion, but its just not the same and I don't feel like it really "counts". Its just not the same....
@@SusieQ-nd3dy i know it doesn't feel like we are actually a part of our Lord, but have Faith that you are, always. In the Hope of God, we will see what is God's Plan for our lives in the future, even if we cannot see it now.
Brilliant question from a fellow Brit - I get confuzzled too.
God bless England
Father, you look like Matt Damon in this video.
Lol Todd.... Yes, I have a good friend and she always says that!
Alec,Faustina,Medgegory women,Immaculate.heart,Guadelope, in most hometown Mother Lourdes Mother and mother everywhere.Each one selling too many.devotoons.
What happened to Mass.?
Here we mean devotions done outside of Mass.
The Catholic Church is so complex with all of these man made rules. By contrast, Scripture is simple and clear: confess with your mouth and He (Jesus, not Mary) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. No rosary, no special days of prayer on Fridays and Saturdays, no 15 minute timer, etc. Given the choice, I’ll do what God commanded in His sacred and infallible Word.
Sorry Tom, they aren't man-made rules. They are called apostolic, which are God's rules given to the mankind through those entrusted to him, such as the patriarchs and Church Fathers. That is what the Catholic Church is based on in addition to Scripture. You're missing quite an important part of what God established. We have Scripture too, but we don't ignore that part as you do. God bless.
Amen🙏✝️🙇♂✝️🙏.