If I attend Mass on 9 consecutive first Fridays, and receive Holy Communion (hopefully in the state of grace), and/or:
1) Attended said Masses specifically to avail myself of the attached promises, but forgot to form that specific/explicit/conscious intention at one or more of the Masses;
Or
2) Not being sure of what, precisely, the formed intention is supposed to be (eg., sometimes I only had the intention to “attend and receive Communion for the nine first Friday’s and the promises attached,” or some such conscious intention, but at other first Friday Masses, I wondered if the conscious intention required a more specific formula, making reference to “atoning for the outrages against the sacred heart (meaning my intentions, implicit or explicit in #1 above did not suffice).”
Today would be my 9th first Friday Mass, and I’m not sure if I qualified for the promises, because of this issue about the requisite intention.
What do you think?