Resolution Ideas

A suggestion from a reader.

Hello, Here are some easy New Years Resolutions to make.

First, grab your new 2013 calendar and mark every 1st Friday and 1st Saturday of each month. Second read & print the following email so you are reminded of what you are supposed to be doing in this devotion (attach it to your calendar and reread it every new month. Third, forward this email to your friends/family and do these devotions together! Fourth, go online to read more about the important origins of these devotions and the promises attached to them!

What to do – in brief

First Friday – every First Friday of the month

With the intention, in the heart, of making reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the sins committed against Him.

1. Go to Mass and receive communion in a state of grace

First Saturday - on 5 Consecutive First Saturdays of the Month:

With the intention, in the heart, of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the sins committed against her, her name, her initiatives and images of her.

1. Go to Confession (8 days before or after)
   
2. Go to Mass and Receive Communion in a state of grace
   
3. Say a five-decade rosary
   
4. Meditate on one or more of the mysteries of the rosary for 15 minutes