For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ…For the body does not consist of one member but many. (1 Corinthians 12:12,14)
As children of God and members of the Mystical Body of Christ – as our brother’s keeper – there is much to do as the curtain opens to 2026.
We are living in a time and place of intense spiritual battle, and only in taking up spiritual arms will we alleviate the spiritual disease that is at the root of so much of the physical and mental suffering in the world today. – Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
Archbishop Cordileone consecrated the Archdiocese of San Francisco to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on October 7, 2017, the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Fatima.
We might not have the power to change world history, but we can change what happens in our own families and communities if we heed the message our Lady gave at Fatima … This next century can be radically different from the last one, but only if we heed the message and respond to the requests. – Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
The triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is necessary for the salvation of humanity, to show us Jesus, the blessed fruit of her womb. – Pope John Paul II: Angelus, July 8, 1984
Now, a lot of people have forgotten about the Five First Saturdays devotion, but it’s still relevant today – wars are still going on! We still haven’t seen the fulfillment of Our Lady’s promise that “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” – Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC
On December 10, 1925, our Lady explained the Five First Saturdays to Venerable Sr. Lucia dos Santos, the eldest Fatima visionary:
See, my daughter, my Heart encircled by thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. Do you, at least, strive to console me. Tell them that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation all those who, in order to make reparation to me, on the First Saturday of five successive months, go to Confession, receive Holy Communion, say five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for a quarter of an hour, meditating on the … mysteries of the Rosary. – Our Lady of Fatima
Daughter, the motive is simple: There are five kinds of offenses and blasphemies spoken against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. – Jesus to Sr. Lucia, May 29-30, 1930
Here, dear daughter, is the motive that led the Immaculate Heart of Mary to petition Me to ask for this small act of reparation. And, out of regard for her, to move My mercy to pardon those souls who have had the misfortune to offend her. As for you, seek endlessly, with your prayers and sacrifices, to move Me to mercy in regard to these poor souls. – Jesus to Sr. Lucia, May 29-30, 1930
Please join me in making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the first Saturday of any five consecutive months in 2026. Thank you for sharing this invitation.
In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph. – Our Lady of Fatima, July 13, 1917
© 2026 Brian Kravec
Originally published January 29, 2018 on CatholicMom.com
2 Responses
Dear Brian. . .Well the Holy Spirit is at work! You used the words “Clarion Call” to “Heed” the Messages of Fatima from Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. For the past couple of days I’ve felt the “inspiration” to write a blog about the Rosary and Mother Mary’s eternal call to us for 2026.
And what is that? Exactly what you wrote about. How powerful the Rosary is and how powerful the end result would be if we all followed “Her” Peace Plan for the world and then the Triumph of Her Immaculate Heart would come about. It’s so easy and yet we make it so hard by being distracted and “heads down” rather than “heads up!” A blog is in the making following up to your Clarion Call!
Thank you Brian – and Blessed New Year in Burning those Beads!!!!
Anita
Glory to God, dear Anita! God bless us in 2026!