First Friday devotion

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Catholic spiritual practice Roman Catholic devotion

First Friday devotion is a traditional Roman Catholic practice of attending Mass and receiving Holy Communion on the first Friday of nine consecutive months in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, seeking spiritual graces and reparation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
First Friday Communion	1
First Friday devotion canonical	1
First Fridays Communion	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4783933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: First Friday devotion
Context triple: [Apostleship of Prayer, linkedTo, First Friday devotion]

A. First Fridays
First Fridays is a popular monthly community event on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Los Angeles, featuring art, food trucks, shopping, and live entertainment.
B. Fridays
Fridays was a Cartoon Network programming block that showcased new episodes and premieres of the channel’s animated series, typically airing on Friday evenings.
C. Last Fridays art walk
Last Fridays art walk is a recurring community arts event in Hillsborough, North Carolina, featuring local galleries, artists, live music, and downtown businesses staying open late.
D. First Thursday art walk
First Thursday art walk is a monthly neighborhood arts and culture event in Jamaica Plain, Boston, where local galleries, shops, and venues showcase visual art, performances, and community activities.
E. GOOD Fridays series
The GOOD Fridays series was a weekly music release campaign led by Kanye West, featuring new songs and collaborations with various artists in the lead-up to his album projects.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: First Friday devotion
Target entity description: First Friday devotion is a traditional Roman Catholic practice of attending Mass and receiving Holy Communion on the first Friday of nine consecutive months in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, seeking spiritual graces and reparation.

A. First Fridays
First Fridays is a popular monthly community event on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Los Angeles, featuring art, food trucks, shopping, and live entertainment.
B. Fridays
Fridays was a Cartoon Network programming block that showcased new episodes and premieres of the channel’s animated series, typically airing on Friday evenings.
C. Last Fridays art walk
Last Fridays art walk is a recurring community arts event in Hillsborough, North Carolina, featuring local galleries, artists, live music, and downtown businesses staying open late.
D. First Thursday art walk
First Thursday art walk is a monthly neighborhood arts and culture event in Jamaica Plain, Boston, where local galleries, shops, and venues showcase visual art, performances, and community activities.
E. GOOD Fridays series
The GOOD Fridays series was a weekly music release campaign led by Kanye West, featuring new songs and collaborations with various artists in the lead-up to his album projects.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic spiritual practice ⓘ Roman Catholic devotion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nine First Fridays ⓘ
associatedWith	Eucharistic devotion ⓘ confession and penance ⓘ devotion to the Sacred Heart ⓘ
conditionForCompletion	Communion received on each of the nine first Fridays ⓘ no interruption in the monthly sequence ⓘ
corePractice	attending Mass ⓘ receiving Holy Communion ⓘ
durationRequirement	nine consecutive months ⓘ
encourages	acts of reparation for sins ⓘ frequent reception of the Eucharist ⓘ trust in the mercy of Jesus ⓘ
geographicScope	worldwide Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church worldwide
hasFocus	Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	spread widely in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ
linkedTo	private revelations to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque ⓘ
liturgicalContext	Mass of the day ⓘ
oftenIncludes	Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ Holy Hour or additional prayers ⓘ
practicedBy	Catholic parishes and communities ⓘ individual Catholics ⓘ
practicedOn	first Friday of the month ⓘ
promotedBy	Apostleship of Prayer ⓘ Jesuits ⓘ linked to: Society of Jesus
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
requires	state of grace to receive Holy Communion ⓘ
requiresSequence	nine consecutive first Fridays ⓘ
spiritualBenefitClaimed	grace of final perseverance (in traditional promises) ⓘ special graces from the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
spiritualPurpose	making reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ seeking spiritual graces ⓘ
theologicalTheme	love and mercy of the Heart of Christ ⓘ perseverance in grace ⓘ reparation for offenses against the Eucharist ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostleship of Prayer → linkedTo → First Friday devotion ⓘ

Margaret Mary Alacoque → associatedDevotionPractice → First Fridays Communion ⓘ

linked to: First Friday devotion

Sacred Heart → devotionalPractices → First Friday Communion ⓘ