In the July 13, 1917 apparition at Fatima, Our Lady said to Sister Lucia, “I shall come to ask for…the Communion of Reparation on the first Saturdays.” Later, while Sister Lucia was in the chapel with Our Lord during part of the night of May 29-30, 1930, He explained that the motivation for the First 5 Saturdays was to make reparation for five blasphemies against the Immaculate Heart of Mary—these were:
With the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart for these five offenses, we are asked to: