Spirit Of The Legion
The spirit of the Legion of Mary 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 selfsacrificing courageous love of God, and above all her faith, that virtue which has in her alone been found in its utmost extent and never equalled. 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)
“Perfect model of this apostolic spiritual life is the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles. While on earth her life was like that of any other, filled with labours and the cares of the home; always, however, she remained intimately united to her Son and cooperated in an entirely unique way in the Saviour’s work. Everyone should have a genuine devotion to her and entrust his life to her motherly care.” (AA 4)
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Spiritual Corner
Chaper 33.13 on the ‘Interior Life of Legionaries’ is an important chapter in the life of Frank Duff because it changed his life.
If we are not living a life that is worth living as a Christian, how can we live as true legionaries? Let us go by each letter of the word FAITH -
F we have to be faithful to God. Faithful to God involves being faithful to the legion system.
A Legionaries have to spend time being attentive to what God is saying to us.
I We have to be an inspiration to the world.
T We have to put our complete trust in God just like our Blessed Mother.
H Every legionary must be humble.
Let us pray for one another that we may live a true legionary life just as our founder, Frank Duff advocates through this apostolate.