Legion of Mary

Legion of Mary

Do you want to learn more about the Catholic Faith?
Do you want to enrich your prayer life?
Do you want to develop closer Catholic friendships?
Do you want to grow closer to Jesus and His Mother?
Then come as a guest to a Legion of Mary meeting!
There’s no obligation and it may change your life.

Go to your local Traditional Roman Catholic Chapel for meeting schedules and places.

The Legion of Mary is an organization of Catholics ages 13 and older, who strive for the expansion, glory, and exultation of Holy Mother Church.

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OPENING PRAYERS
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created.
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.
O God, Who by the light of the Holy Ghost, didst instruct the hearts of the faith faithful, grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ Our Lord.

V. Thou, O Lord, wilt open my lips.
R. And my tongue shall announce Thy praise.
V. Incline unto my aid, O God.
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
V. Glory be to the Father, etc.
R. As it was in the beginning, etc.

Then follow Five Decades of the Rosary with the Hail! Holy Queen

V. Pray for us, O holy mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.
O God, Whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation; grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ Our Lord.

V. Most Sacred heart of Jesus R. Have mercy on us.
V. Immaculate Heart of Mary R. Pray for us.
V. St. Joseph R. Pray for us.
V. St. John the Evangelist R. Pray for us.
V. St. Louis Marie de Montfort R. Pray for us.

In the name of the Father, etc. (only during Legion Meetings)

CATENA LEGIONIS

Antiphon. – Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the Sun, terrible as an army set in battle array?

My soul + doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He that is mighty hath done great things for me, and holy is His name.
And His mercy is from generation from generations to them that fear Him.
He hath showed might in His arm: He hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble.
He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich He hath sent empty away.
He hath received Israel His servant: being mindful of His mercy.
As He spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed forever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Antiphon. – Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the Sun, terrible as an army set in battle array?

V. O Mary conceived without sin.
R. Pray for us who have recourse to thee.

Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ our Mediator with the Father, Who hast been pleased to appoint the Most Blessed Virgin, Thy Mother, to be our Mother also, and our Mediatrix with Thee, mercifully grant that whosoever comes to Thee seeking Thy favors may rejoice to receive all of them through her. Amen.

CONCLUDING PRAYERS

In the name of the Father, etc. (only during Legion Meetings)

We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our prayers in our necessities, but ever deliver us from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.

V. Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix of all Graces
(or Invocation appropriate to Praesidium) R. Pray for us.
V. Saint Michael and Saint Gabriel R. Pray for us.
V. All ye Heavenly Powers, Mary’s
Legion of Angels R. Pray for us.
V. Saint John the Baptist R. Pray for us.
V. Saints Peter and Paul R. Pray for us.

Confer, O Lord, on us, who serve beneath the standard of Mary, that fullness of faith in Thee and trust in her, to which it is given to conquer the world. Grant us a lively faith, animated by charity, which will enable us to perform all our actions from the motive of pure love of Thee, and ever to see Thee and serve Thee in our neighbor; a faith, firm and immovable as a rock, through which we shall rest tranquil and steadfast amid the crosses, toils, and disappointments of life; a courageous faith which will inspire us to undertake and carry out without hesitation great things for God and for the salvation of souls; a faith which will be our Legion’s Pillar of Fire – to lead us forth united – to enkindle everywhere the fires of Divine Love – to enlighten those who are in the darkness and in the shadow of death – to inflame those who are lukewarm – to bring back life to those who are dead in sin; and which will guide our own feet in the Way of Peace, so that – the battle of life over – our Legion may reassemble, without the lost of any one, in the Kingdom of Thy Love and Glory.
May the souls of our departed Legionaries and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

Words of Our Lord and Lady

Words of Our Lord and Lady

It is related in the annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard once asked our Lord which was His greatest recorded suffering and that our Lord condescended to answer: "I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the way of sorrow, a most grievous wound which was more painful to Me than the others and which is not recorded by men because they knew not of it. Honour the Wound with devotion and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through its virtue and merits; and in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins and will no more remember their mortal sins."

3 Paters (Our Fathers) 3 Aves (Hail Marys) 3 Glorias (Glory Bes)

SALUTION OF THE WOUND IN THE SHOULDER OF JESUS

O most loving Jesus, meekest Lamb of God, I, a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy flesh and laid bare Thy bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any wound of Thy most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful. I praise Thee, I bless The and glorify Thee and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and most painful Wound. Beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross, to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the way of the Cross.

INVOCATIONS

in honor of the Holy Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

May Be Said on the Rosary Beads

On the large beads:

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ to heal the wounds of our souls. (300 days indulgence each time)

On the small beads:

My Jesus, pardon and mercy through the merits of Thy Sacred Wounds. (300 days indulgence each time)

Sister Mary Martha Chambon, a humble lay Sister of the Visitation Order of Chambery, France, who died in the odor of sanctity, March 21st, 1907, received these two invocations from Our Lord Himself, as she affirmed, and with them a double MISSON to adore and invoke the Sacred Wounds unceasingly and to revive this devotion in the hearts of creatures.

We quote the Promises of Jesus to Sister Mary Martha Chambon, in favor of souls:-

"Come to My Wounds with hearts burning with love, and make the aspirations with great fervor that you may obtain the graces and favors you desire. Come to this Wound in My Side; it is the Wound of Love from which issues flames of fire."

"You must pray," said Jesus, "that the knowledge of My Sacred Wounds may spread in the world." As He said these words Sister Mary Martha saw five luminous rays of glory issue from the Wounds of Christ, and envelop the globe.

"With My Wounds and My Divine Heart you can obtain all you ask. My Wounds will cover all your faults. Those who honor them will have true knowledge of Jesus Christ."

"My Holy Wounds sanctify souls and insure their spiritual advancement ... Offer Me your actions untied to My Sacred Wounds, and even the smallest will have an incomprehensible value."

"Offer them often to Me for sinners because I thirst for souls. At each word of the invocation that you utter, I will let a drop of My Blood fall upon the soul of a sinner."

"I will grant all that is asked of Me through the invocation of My Holy Wounds. You must spread the devotion."

"When you are in trouble of suffering, have recourse at once to My Wounds, and the pain will be alleviated."

"This aspiration should often be repeated near the sick: My Jesus, pardon and mercy through the merits of Thy Holy Wounds! This prayer will comfort soul and body. I desire," continued the Savoir, "that Priests should give it often to their penitents in the Holy Tribunal."

"A sinner who will often say the following prayer: Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal the wounds of our souls, will obtain the grace of conversion." "The invocation of My Holy Wound will obtain an incessant victory for the Church."

"When you offer My Holy Wounds for sinners you must not forget to do so for the souls in Purgatory, as there are but a few who think of their relief. The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory." "The soul who during life has honored and studied the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and has offered them to the Eternal Father for the souls in Purgatory, will be accompanied at the moment of death by the Holy Virgin and the angels; and Our Lord on the Cross all brilliant in glory will receive her and crown her."

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IMPORTANCE OF THE MORNING OFFERING

Through this morning offering, every act that we perform becomes a sacrifice, because the word sacrifice means to make holy. All that we endure during the day to be good Catholic men and women becomes a penance. All these sacrifices and all these penances when offered through the morning offering, obtain graces for the conversion of sinners, obtain graces to free souls from Purgatory, and give strength to Holy Mother the Church. We must transform our actions and sufferings into prayers by offering to God through the hands of Mary Immaculate.

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MORNING OFFERING

O my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary I offer Thee all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day. In union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. In reparation for all my sins, for the intentions of our Holy Father the Pope, the poor souls in Purgatory, the conversion of sinners and Russia, and the reign of Thy Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart of Mary throughout the world. Amen.

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FOR THE KINGDOM OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
AND THE IMMACUALTE HEART OF MARY

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ST. BRIDGET PRAYER APOSTOLATE

The most Blessed Virgin Mary, after the Passion and death of Jesus, was unable to live one day without contemplating the sufferings and death of her Beloved Son and Our Lord Jesus Christ. With bitter anguish and tender compassion, the Mother of Sorrows daily reflected upon the Way of the Cross. By her pious example, Christians today are afforded the opportunity to honor the Passion and death of Our Lord, thus keeping company with Our Blessed Lady, through the 15 St. Bridget prayers. Those who wish to promote the prayers will be supporting an apostolate of such vital importance in today's world of sin and strife. Personal involvement in the apostolate produces unequaled rewards, both in this life and in the life to come.

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Our Lady, Light of the Heavenly Way

Daily guide for souls

1. Begin each day with the Morning Offering of Preparation through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, so that all we do and all that we endure may obtain graces for the conversion of sinners.

2. Participate at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, daily if possible, and receive nourichment for your soul in Holy Communion; for strength in these difficult times.

3. Pray the Rosary daily, imploring Mary's protection for yourself and your loved ones. Remember the unfortunate sinner, who may not have any one to pray for him.

4. Wear the garment of Heaven, the scapular; so that you may be a Child of Mary, protected by her heavenly mantle.

5. Pray daily to St. Michael; for he had been given great power by God to put to flight the demons who attach souls.

THE POSITIVE WAY... THE WAY OF LOVE... MARY'S WAY!

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LOVE OF THE CROSS

In the Cross is salvation, in the Cross is life, in the Cross is protection against our enemies, in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness, in the Cross is strength of mind, in the Cross joy of spirit, in the Cross is strength of mind, in the Cross the perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of the soul, nor hope of everlasting life, but in the Cross. Take up therefore thy Cross and follow Jesus, and thou shalt go into everlasting life. He went before, bearing His Cross, and died for thee on the Cross; that thou also might bear they Cross and desire to die on the cross. For if thou be dead with Him, thou shall also in like manner live with Him. And if thou share His punishment, thou shall also share His glory. Behold! in the Cross all does consist, and in our dying, all lieth; for there is no other way unto life, and unto true inward peace, but the way of the holy Cross, and of daily mortification.

Thomas A. Kempis, from
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST.

Words of Our Lord

Words of Our Lord

1921-
"It is the want of love that wounds me thus, and the contempt of men who run like madman to perdition."


May 1923-
"Whoever loves Me loves the Cross, and whoever loves the Cross loves Me. Only those who love the Cross and embrace it willingly for love of Me, will possess Eternal Life. Whoever generously accepts the Cross walks in true light, follows a straight and sure path, with no danger from steep inclines in which to slide, for there are none there."

ACTS OF LOVE..

" Whenever you kiss My Image, I in turn Kiss you; whenever you press Myimage to your heart, I in turn press you to My heart; whenever you think of Me, I in turn think of you. Indeed you are always in my thoughts, but at these times I think of you with a special love an devotion." ----Our Lord to a chosen soul----

" Everything I say to one of My Children is for all of them... Each soul is My favorite.... If only you knew My love for each one." ----Our Lord to Gabrielle Bossis----

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LOVING GAZE TOWARDS THE CRUCIFIX..

" Whenever anyone sighs toward Me with love in meditating on My Passion, it is as though He gently touched My wounds with a fresh-budding rose, and I wound his heart in return with the arrow of My love. Moreover, if he shedstears of devotion over My Passion, I will accept them as though he had suffered for Me." ----Our Lord to St. Mechtilde-----

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Because Jesus loved us so much, He desired to be loved very much by us; and therefore He did everything that he could, even by suffering for us, in order to conciliate our love, and to show that there was nothing more that He could do to make us love Him: "He endured much weariness", says St. Bernard, "that He might bind man to love Him much."

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From
The Holy Shroud

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The Magnificent Prayers
of Saint Bridget of Sweden

Based on the Passion and Death of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

St. Bridget relates the following: As she had been desirous for a long time to know the number of blows Our Lord received during His Passion, Jesus revealed to her: "I have received 5, 480 blows My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, say fifteen Our Father prayers and fifteen Hail Mary prayers with the following prayers [which He then taught her] for a whole year. When the year is finished, you will have honored each one of My wounds." To this Our Lord added the promise of signal graces to be received by those who praticed this devotion.

St. Gertrude the Great, St. Mechtilde and St. Catherine of Siena all have revealed that those who meditate on Our Lord's Passion are very dear to Him. St. Francis de Sales says that the Passion should be the ordinary subject of meditation of every Christian. Jesus revealed to St. Albert the Great that He was more pleased if we meditate on His Passion and Death for 15 minutes than if we were to fast on bread and water every Friday for an entire year. And St. Augustine writes "there is no more profitable occuption for the soul than to meditate daily on the Passion of Our Lord."

These beautiful prayers, given to us by St. Bridget of Sweden, are an easy and efficacious means of meditating daily on Our Lord's Passion and Death. May the Faithful embrace this devotion and promote it widely.

You may purchase these wonderful prayers from Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. on the web. There is a link to this prayer book on my Book List. Look for, St. Bridget of Sweden: The Magnificent Prayers.

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"Jesus, Mary, I Love You, Save Souls"

Some Extracts from the book, "JESUS APPEALS TO THE WORLD." Re:-Words spoken by Jesus to Sister M. Consolata, relative to the aspiration-"JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU, SAVE SOULS."


Think, One act of love can determine eternal happiness for a soul. Therefore, be careful never to omit one 'JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU, SAVE SOULS:' Lose no time-every act of love is a soul."
Words of Our Lady: "Only in paradise will you realize the value and the fruitfulness of saving souls. The act of love is especially meritorious as one of reparation."

"One JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU, SAVE SOULS atones for thousands of blasphemies."

"Put together all victuous acts of today that you can perform, and put them beside a day uninterrupted in acts of love - and I will take the love-filled day in performence to anything else you have done of offered Me. "JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU, SAVE SOULS:-Herewith you offer Me everything."

"Remain true to this act of love, and renew it from hour to hour, and I will grant you everything, Consolata."

"Consolata, I will lead you to all heights of love and suffering, but repeat always: JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU, SAVE SOULS: Nothing more."

"I prefer one act of love to all other prayers. "JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU, SAVE SOULS" includes all - the souls in purgatorym as those in the militant Church, the guilty and the innocent, the dying, the godless, etc. Fear not: On the day you die, you will have reached the summit and finished your last act of love that Jesus wished from you, when He called you as a Victim of Love."

Jesus wills to save the world, but the world must return to Jesus. There is only one way-

LOVE

August 17, 1934: "After you have prayed your last 'JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU, SAVE SOULS': I will accept it and through your writings I will make it accessible to millions of souls. Even sinners will take it up, and will follow you in the simple way of trust and love, and will love Me in this way."

"JESUS, MARY, I LOVE YOU, SAVE SOULS" (300 days indulgence)