Why the first Friday and Saturday of every month?
We might ask: why did Christ come to ask us to celebrate his Heart on the first Friday of the month, and the Blessed Virgin come to ask us to celebrate hers on the first Saturday? If behind Heaven's requests there is always an element of mystery to maintain our faith, leading us towards the humility of simple obedience, partial explanations can nevertheless be made.
We know that our redemption was obtained at the price of the joint sufferings of Christ and the Blessed Virgin. Christ suffered and died on a Friday. The ultimate gift of his love therefore took place on that day, the day he chose for devotion to his Heart. What could be more logical?
For the Blessed Virgin, while her suffering was also immense on Good Friday, it continued all day Saturday until the Resurrection. Throughout the day and night, the vision of what her son had endured never left her, and the sword was plunged into her heart during those 24 hours, which could be described as the agony of the Blessed Virgin.
It was also on this Saturday that the demonstration of her faith burst forth into the Universe and single-handedly carried the Church forward. Despite appearances of Christ's final demise, when doubt gripped everyone, including the Apostles, she never doubted for a second the future Resurrection of her son. Saturday is therefore her day of glory.
And if we look closely at all the requests of Christ and the Blessed Virgin, we see that they form a veritable "trilogy" at the beginning of each month: the holy hour on Thursday evening, communion on Friday and communion on Saturday. The meaning is obvious: Christ and the Blessed Virgin want the faithful to remember and meditate on the following at the beginning of each month thiss three days of our redemption - Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday - when they loved us so much and suffered so much for us. What could be more normal? What could be more legitimate than asking us for a few hours once at the beginning of the month to thank them and join them?
Our Heavenly Father has asked us for the first day of the week, Sunday, to thank him for the Creation.
Christ and the Blessed Virgin ask us three days at start from month to thank them for the Redemption.
