The month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 

Mary, who was referred to having ‘pondered these things in her heart’ a few times in Scripture, serves as a symbol or model of the contemplative life. Her heart is the source of her love for us and her Son, Jesus Christ, as well as her virtues and purity. 

It may be well to consider your own contemplative life, especially in these days of rapid over-saturation of information and demands for our attention and all the coercion to ‘think certain ways or else.’

Contemporary devotion to the Immaculate Heart has it source in the Fatima visions, especially in the few received by Sister Lucia in her convent in Tuy, Spain, in 1925 and 1926. In the visions Our Lady asked for the practice of the Five First Saturdays to help make amends for the offenses committed against her heart by the blasphemies and ingratitude of men. The practice parallels the devotion of the Nine First Fridays in honor of the Sacred Heart. 

In addition to Immaculate Heart Saturdays I will be posting throughout the month stuff on Mama Mary.

Please take look at this article from Catholic Culture on the month of August and the Immaculate Heart.

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