The Spirit of the Legion
Is That of Mary herself
Especially does the Legion aspire after her profound humility, her perfect obedience, her angelical sweetness, her continual prayer, her universal mortification, her altogether spotless purity, her heroic patience, her heavenly wisdom, her self sacrificing courageous love of God, and above all her faith, that virtue which has in her alone been found in its utmost extent and never equaled. Inspired by this love and faith of Mary, her Legion essays any and every work and “complains not of impossibility, because it conceives that it may and can do all things.’’ (Imitation of Christ, Book 3:5)
Object of the Legion
Personal Sanctification
The object of the Legion of Mary is the glory of God through the holiness of its members developed by prayer and active co-operation, under ecclesiastical guidance, in Mary’s and the Church’s work of crushing the head of the serpent and advancing the reign of Christ.
Legionary Service
Always on Duty
To be in a Sense Always on Duty
As far as prudence will dictate, the legionary must aim at bringing the spirit of the Legion to bear on all the affairs of daily life, and must ever be on the alert for opportunities to promote the general object of the Legion, that is, to destroy the empire of sin, uproot its foundations, and plant on its ruins the standard of Christ the King.
“A man will meet you in the street and ask you for a match. Talk to him, and in ten minutes he will be asking you for God.” (Duhamel.) But why not make sure of that life-giving contact by first asking him for the match?
Suggested Legion Work
Must “put on the whole armor of God”. (Eph 6:11) In addition to prayers and evangelization, the Legion of Mary worldwide helps with:
- Promotion of Eucharistic adoration
- The visitation of the sick, aged, newly Baptized & homebound
- Evangelical home-to-home visitation.
- Extraordinary ministry of the Holy Communion at Mass
- Liturgical Ministry
- Praying for the dead and assisting with parish funeral services
- Bible study & Religious education
- Prison Ministry
- Individual & Crowd contact
- Prison Ministry
- Individual & Crowd contact
- Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in homes
- Pilgrim Virgin statue rotation
- Assisting with the cleaning of the church and other parish activities as allowed by the pastor.