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Legion of Mary Margaret River

Locality: Margaret River, Western Australia

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25.01.2022 Please join us as we begin today the NOVENA in HONOUR OF OUR LADY'S NATIVITY (September 8) In this novena, we will be praying for greater holiness in marriage and the family! August 31... ---DAY ONE-- In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Most lovable Mother Mary, our Father in Heaven created you with delight. You are His creature whom He made worthy to become the holy Mother of His Son. You were born into a family of Saints. Pray for me today that my joy in your Son will increase and that my family may become more holy. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother Mary, cause of our joy, pray for us.

21.01.2022 Mother Teresa of Culcutta's prayer for Priests: Mary, Mother of Jesus, throw your mantle of purity over our priests. Protect them, guide them, and keep them in your heart.... Be a Mother to them, especially in times of discouragement and loneliness. Love them and keep them belonging completely to Jesus. Like Jesus, they, too, are your sons, so keep their hearts pure and virginal. Keep their minds filled with Jesus, and put Jesus always on their lips, so that he is the one they offer to sinner and to all they meet. Mary, Mother of Jesus, be their Mother, loving them and bringing them joy. Take special care of sick and dying priests, and the ones most tempted. Remember how they spent their youth and old age, their entire lives serving and giving all to Jesus. Mary, bless them and keep a special place for them in your heart. Give them a piece of your heart, so beautiful and pure and immaculate, so full of love and humility, so that they, too, can grow in the likeness of Christ. Dear Mary, make them humble like you, and holy like Jesus. See more

21.01.2022 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena Day 5 (September 4) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. ... Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Most holy Mary, the Holy Spirit preserved you from sin so that our Lord would have a fitting vessel to enter the world. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that I may remain faithful to your Son until the end. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.

20.01.2022 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena Day 3 (September 2) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. ... Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Immaculate daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne, you are the door to the Eternal Word who made you the source of His Sacred Blood. You are a model for all Christian sons and daughters. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul and that I may have a greater devotion to your Son’s Precious Blood. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother Mary, Virgin most faithful, pray for us.

19.01.2022 AUGUST 22 l FEAST OF QUEENSHIP OF MARY Pope Pius XII established this feast in 1954. But Mary’s queenship has roots in Scripture. At the Annunciation, Gabriel announced that Mary’s Son would receive the throne of David and rule forever. At the Visitation, Elizabeth calls Mary mother of my Lord. As in all the mysteries of Mary’s life, she is closely associated with Jesus: Her queenship is a share in Jesus’ kingship. We can also recall that in the Old Testament the mother of ...the king has great influence in court. In the fourth century Saint Ephrem called Mary Lady and Queen. Later Church fathers and doctors continued to use the title. Hymns of the 11th to 13th centuries address Mary as queen: Hail, Holy Queen, Hail, Queen of Heaven, Queen of Heaven. The Dominican rosary and the Franciscan crown as well as numerous invocations in Mary’s litany celebrate her queenship. The feast is a logical follow-up to the Assumption, and is now celebrated on the octave day of that feast. In his 1954 encyclical To the Queen of Heaven, Pius XII points out that Mary deserves the title because she is Mother of God, because she is closely associated as the New Eve with Jesus’ redemptive work, because of her preeminent perfection, and because of her intercessory power. Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/queenship-of-mary/

19.01.2022 4 September - FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION In the excess of the mercy of my Heart, I promise you that my all powerful love will grant to all those who will receive Communion on the First Fridays, for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in my displeasure, nor without receiving the sacraments; and my Heart will be their secure refuge in that last hour. ... ACT OF REPARATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS Sacred Heart of Jesus, animated with a desire to repair the outrages unceasingly offered to Thee, we prostrate before Thy throne of mercy, and in the name of all mankind, pledge our love and fidelity to Thee! The more Thy mysteries are blasphemed, the more firmly we shall believe them, O Sacred Heart of Jesus! The more impiety endeavors to extinguish our hopes of immortality, the more we shall trust in Thy Heart, sole hope of mankind! The more hearts resist Thy Divine attractions, the more we shall love Thee, O infinitely amiable Heart of Jesus! The more unbelief attacks Thy Divinity, the more humbly and profoundly we shall adore It, O Divine Heart of Jesus! The more Thy holy laws are transgressed and ignored, the more we shall delight to observe them, O most holy Heart of Jesus! The more Thy Sacraments are despised and abandoned, the more frequently we shall receive them with love and reverence, O most liberal Heart of Jesus! The more the imitation of Thy virtues is neglected and forgotten, the more we shall endeavor to practice them, O Heart of Jesus, model of every virtue! The more the devil labors to destroy souls, the more we shall be inflamed with desire to save them, O Heart of Jesus, zealous Lover of souls! The more sin and impurity destroy the image of God in man, the more we shall try by purity of life to be a living temple of the Holy Spirit, O Heart of Jesus! The more Thy Holy Church is despised, the more we shall endeavor to be her faithful children, O Sweet Heart of Jesus! The more Thy Vicar on earth is persecuted, the more we will honor him as the infallible head of Thy Holy Church, show our fidelity and pray for him, O kingly Heart of Jesus! O Sacred Heart, through Thy powerful grace, may we become Thy apostles in the midst of a corrupted world, and be Thy crown in the kingdom of heaven. Amen.

19.01.2022 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena Day 7 (September 6) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. ... Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Holy Mother, your birth caused great joy to the angels, because they saw your holiness caused by your Son’s resurrection. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that your graces may rain down on all married couples. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother Mary, Queen of angels, pray for us.

18.01.2022 October 13 - Feast of Our Lady's Last Apparition at Fatima Portugal It was the sixth and last Apparition of Our Lady in Fatima. Our Lady came and said that She is Our Lady of Rosary, and asked to continue to say the Rosary every day. She said that the war will end soon and the soldiers will return to their homes. Then Our Lady went up into the sky. As She ascended, the reflection of her own light continued to be projected on the sun itself. It was at this precise moment that ...the crowd could contemplate the extraordinary spectacle of the Fatima dance of the sun. There were between fifty and seventy thousand people at the Cova da Iria. The whole population of Portugal was represented there. All of them witnessed this extraordinary reality of the solar miracle. #OurLadyofFatima, pray for us!

15.01.2022 Christmas Novena - Day 9 December 24 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.... O Lord, Word of God, You, whose glory is complete, came to us in perfect humility as a child in the womb. Your love for us and Your humility is unsurpassed and brings us to our knees in prayer and worship. Your incarnation forever changed the world. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. O Lord, infant Jesus, bring us to live eternal with You! Jesus, your nativity was not without purpose. Your purpose was to bring us to You. We pray that you will bring us to Life Eternal with you this Christmas. We also pray for these intentions (State your intentions here) May Your Holy Will be done in my life and with these intentions. We pray that the work of salvation that Your first coming began will reach fulfillment in each of us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

12.01.2022 27 December Feast of the Holy Family O God, who were pleased to give us the shining example of the Holy Family, graciously grant that we may imitate them in practicing the virtues of family life and in the bonds of charity, and so, in the joy of your house, delight one day in eternal rewards. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

11.01.2022 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena Day 8 (September 7) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.... Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Heavenly Mother, your birth gave great joy to all the world because it signaled the coming of Jesus Christ, who would save the whole world by His life, death and resurrection. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that I may be exceedingly patient with my family and loved ones. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mary, Mother of our Savior, pray for us

10.01.2022 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena Day 6 (September 5) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. ... Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Oh holy Mother, St. Joachim and St. Anne were delighted to love and care for so holy a child. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that I may show greater charity to my parents and grandparents in word, prayer and deed. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother Mary, Queen of Family, pray for us.

10.01.2022 JANUARY 1 - SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD The Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, our Lady's greatest title. This feast is the octave of Christmas. In the modern Roman Calendar only Christmas and Easter enjoy the privilege of an octave. According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the Solemnity of Circumcision of Our Lord. "Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission... of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary. Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of Wisdom." Catechism of the Catholic Church 721 ------- O God, who through the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary bestowed on the human race the grace of eternal salvation, grant, we pray, that we may experience the intercession of her, through whom we were found worthy to receive the author of life, our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. See more

09.01.2022 To the Cardinal's words, one is compelled to add: "LIVE the Fatima Message: (1) Pray the daily Rosary, (2) Make all you do a sacrifice in reparation to God for... sins and for the conversion of sinners, (3) Participate in the Five First Saturdays of Reparation, (4) As your own penance, be faithful to your daily duty as a Catholic and in your state in life, (5) Chastely wear the (Brown) Scapular. (6) Include in your prayers and sacrifices the intention that the Virgin's command to the Pope and the bishops is soon heeded. Our Lord said to Lucia of Fatima (and through her, to us): "Pray much for the Holy Father. He will do it, but it will be late." He also said, "It will never be too late to have recourse to Jesus and Mary." ******* A process of self-destruction is always reversible. But time is short. For several years, the decline has been accelerating. All civilizations that ignore the eminent dignity of the human person have vanished. The rejection of life, the murder of pre-born children, the murder of the handicapped and the elderly, the demolition of the family and of moral and spiritual values: all this was the first act in the tragedy of the suicide of an entire people. "However, I must add, among the institutions that seem suicidal and decadent, there are true seeds of renewal. I have met many generous families that are deeply rooted in their Christian faith. "I have seen fine religious communities that are faithful and fervent. They remind of the Christians who, in the twilight years of the Roman Empire, kept watch over the flickering flame of civilization. "I want to encourage them. I want to tell them: your mission is not to save a dying world. No civilization has the promises of eternal life. Your mission is to live out with fidelity and without compromise the faith you received from Christ. "In that way, even without realizing it, you will save the heritage of many centuries of faith. Do not be afraid because of your small numbers! It is not a matter of winning elections or influencing opinions. It is a matter of living the Gospel. Faith is a fire. A person himself must be on fire in order to transmit it. Watch over this sacred fire! ----Cardinal Robert Sarah

09.01.2022 TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS: Tomorrow, August 15, is the Solemnity of the Glorious Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. **IT'S A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION, SO BE SURE TO GET TO MASS at 10am (St. Thomas More Parish)! ... https://m.facebook.com/story.php

09.01.2022 FEAST OF ARCHANGELS MICHAEL, GABRIEL AND RAPHAEL September 29 When God created the angels he appointed many of them to be at the service of humanity. Besides giving everyone a personal guardian to protect them in this life, God has also appointed three archangels to provide us aid on our pilgrimage to heaven. This fact shows how much care God has for us, surrounding us with powerful angelic beings to serve, guard and protect us. In particular, these three heavenly helpers wer...e given specific roles and we are encouraged to invoke them in our hour of need. PRAYER: Heavenly King, You have given us archangels to assist us during our pilgrimage on earth. Saint Michael is our protector; I ask him to come to my aid, fight for all my loved ones, and protect us from danger. Saint Gabriel is a messenger of the Good News; I ask him to help me clearly hear Your voice and to teach me the truth. Saint Raphael is the healing angel; I ask him to take my need for healing and that of everyone I know, lift it up to Your throne of grace and deliver back to us the gift of recovery. Help us, O Lord, to realize more fully the reality of the archangels and their desire to serve us. Holy angels, pray for us. Amen.

08.01.2022 Our journey into 2020. Australia's reconsecration to Mary.

07.01.2022 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena Day 2 (September 1) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. ... Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Oh most holy daughter of Adam, your precious Son chose you as the vessel for his entry to the world. Where our first mother, Eve, fell short, you fulfilled God’s call for a Mother’s holiness. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that I may be born to new life through your Son. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother Mary, Seat of wisdom, pray for us

07.01.2022 15 September - Our Lady of Sorrows Let's pray to the Mother of Sorrows...

07.01.2022 Christmas Novena - Day 7 December 22 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.... O Lord, Word of God, You, whose glory is complete, came to us in perfect humility as a child in the womb. Your love for us and Your humility is unsurpassed and brings us to our knees in prayer and worship. Your incarnation forever changed the world. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. O Lord, infant Jesus, move us to forgive others as you forgive us! Your Divine Mercy is unending! We pray for Your Divine Mercy on us and that we may participate in Your mercy by forgiving others this Christmas. We also pray for these intentions (State your intentions here) May Your Holy Will be done in my life and with these intentions. We pray that the work of salvation that Your first coming began will reach fulfillment in each of us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

05.01.2022 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Novena Day 4 (September 3) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.... Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Oh most holy daughter of the line of King David, the Redeemer of the world loves you with the singular love of a Child for His mother. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that I may have a greater love and devotion to my Mother and Father. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mary Mother of Christ, pray for us.

05.01.2022 CHRISTMAS DAY December 25 "Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my request (mention your intentions here), through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen."

04.01.2022 Message of Our Lady to Her beloved Priests through Fr. Gobbi ( Blue Book), given July 30, 1979. -------- "Respond to my invitation to walk towards that holiness to which I want to lead each one of you, because only thus can you be apostles of my Immaculate Heart, called to illumine the earth with the light of Christ, which must shine forth in your persons, in your lives and in all your apostolic actions. It is in this way, beloved sons, that the whole Church can be renewed. A...nd then, through you, my great plan of love can be accomplished for the triumph of my Immaculate Heart, which is the triumph of the merciful love of God in the world. On your response depends whether I will be able to count on you in the great battle against Satan and his powerful army, which has already begun. I have told you that each of you has his post, prepared by me, a post which is unique and irreplaceable. Do not ask me what your post is, or how I am making use of you, or where I am leading you, because the particular role which each one must carry out has, through my motherly love, been assigned to each and all of you. And in silence and humility, each one must carry out this role to perfection."

03.01.2022 FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY September 8 Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your hope into my family. ... Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your love into my family. Jesus, I trust in You. Please grant through Your mother’s intercession that I may always bring Your mercy into my family. Our Lady, on this feast of your birth, please pray for stronger and holier marriages. Amen. Mother Mary, you pray for me as your child. Thank you for welcoming me into the Holy Family. Pray for me today that the feast of your birth may give great joy to my soul that I may increase my devotion to the Holy Family. Dearest Mother, please pray for me and for these my intentions (State your intentions) Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mary, Help of Christians, pray for us.

03.01.2022 Today is the Feast of our Guardian Angels (October 2) We cannot see ANGELS with our physical eyes, but they truly exist. They were created by God out of pure love. All of us have a Guardian Angel that God gave to us at the very moment of our conception. How few people know of these powerful friends, much less pray to them. Read more about them here:... https://spiritualdirection.com//angels-paving-our-highway- See more

01.01.2022 My dear Legionaries "Happy Anniversary, and A Glorious Birthday greetings to our Beloved Mother Mary. In the past few days before our 99th anniversary, and the ...birthday of Mama Mary, I would like to write something in honor of the Legion fo Mary, and Our Blessed Mother. But, before I could write this missive and share with you the Allocutio of Fr. Bede McGregor, our Concilllium Spiritual Director. I have to meditate, for me to understand how we should really experienced our Love for Mama Mary. During my Meditation, God made me realize how much he loves me. Think about it. The name of the wife that He gave me is MARIA REGINA, or in other words, MARY the Queen. And for me to remember the anniversary of our Legion of Mary, I just need to remember her Birthday which is Sept. 7. Of course I need to remember that or If I forget it, I will be sleeping in the couch (See you are smiling). What is more amazing, was that the Name which we gave our kids are Andree, Vince and Emmanuel, which when you take the First letter of each Name, it will come out to the word AVE. And to recognize her Motherhood to Mankind, when you reverse it, it will be read as EVA, the first woman recognized as our first earthly Mother. How much should we Love Mother Mary? Perhaps, I can give you an example when I first met my wife. Realizing that she was the woman that I will take to the altar, I did everything to conquer her love. There was not a second that I was not thinking of her. The phone was burning for I communicate with her everyday, at times lasting for 3 to 4 hours. When I was with her, time flies so fast. If you experienced this while praying the Holy Rosary, or Praying the Novena of Our Mother of Perpetual help, you must be really in Love with our Mother. On the other hand, if you feel that Praying the Holy Rosary is Boring or a hard task for you to do, just look at that Picturesque image of our Mother, and feel her love that will create an ecstatic moment, which I always experienced during my Meditations. Now, ask yourself my dear Legionary, how much you love our Blessed Mother. (Adai Nanda) Now, Do understand How our Founder Frank Duff Love our Blessed Mother. (Ditto) "Frank Duff and Authentic Devotion to Our Lady By Fr. Bede McGregor O.P. Spiritual Director of the Concilium If one tries to paint a picture of the inner life of Frank Duff one has to give a major place to his extraordinary friendship with Mary the Mother of God. Just to cite one witness out of many competent witnesses let us take the words of Canon Ripley, a close friend of Frank Duff for over 40 years. He writes: ‘Few, if any, present day writers have succeeded in communicating their devotion to the Mother of God as Frank Duff has done. It is himself, his life, his very being. It is firmly doctrinal, impressively informed, perfectly comprehensive and tenderly human. Let me try to unpack the meaning of that short sentence: ‘It is himself, his life, his very being.’ In his first publication Can We Be Saints? written while still in his twenties he writes: ‘Show me how you say your Hail Mary said a great saint, and I will tell you how you love God.\You must have a tremendous love for Mary. Read and pray, and pray again, until you get that love. Implore Our Lord to give you just that love for her that He would wish you to have. A great love for her is a great sign of sanctity.’ He followed his own advice assiduously and God answered his prayer superabundantly. Several times in the life of Frank Duff he was asked by friends if he ever had any extraordinary mystical experiences such as visions; locutions, and the like. He always answered with a definite no. But then he added that he was given some very special graces one of which concerned De Montfort’s True Devotion to Mary. He had read de Montfort several times but was not impressed. He felt it was exaggerated or as we would say today a bit over the top. But he was persuaded by a good friend to read it once more and this time he suddenly and inexplicably had the unshakeable conviction that every word of de Montfort was true and the deficiency of understanding was due to Frank himself. However, I feel compelled to add that this gift of the True Devotion to Mary given to Frank Duff is offered to every Legionary and is the life blood of the Legion itself. It changed his life radically and can change ours too. But what is the essential substance of this authentic or true devotion to Our Lady according to de Montfort? It is about Total Consecration to Our Lady in order to be Totally Consecrated to Jesus. Firstly, every catholic and especially every legionary should be totally devoted to Mary in a spirit of profound gratitude because She gave us Jesus and continues to offer Him to each one of us and there is no greater gift than Jesus Our Lord and God. Secondly, because God wills us to be devoted to Her. Thirdly, because Jesus gives us the supreme example of true devotion to Mary. His Mother. The Old Testament begins with the tremendous good news of the Woman of Genesis. God says to Satan after the fall of our first parents: ‘I will put enmity between you and the Woman between Her seed and your seed and She will crush your head.’ In a short article entitled Our Debt to Mary Frank Duff gives us an outline of all the major reasons why we should love Mary totally consecrate ourselves entirely to her. We know that the Legion began on the 7th of September, the vigil of the Feast of the Nativity of Mary but I think we could say that the seed of the Legion was planted in the heart of our Founder when he truly discovered the meaning of an authentic devotion to Mary in the writings of St. Louis Marie de Montfort. Certainly the immediate effect of his conviction concerning the True Devotion was to share it with as many people as possible. Let me give you a very brief example. In a little note to Mary McAndrew, a legionary and friend he writes; Dear Mary, This Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin has a strange power whether we understand it fully or not and whether we practice it or not of helping us to understand and love Mary better. So tolle, legge, Frank Duff. As a fellow legionary and Spiritual Director I wish to offer the same advice to anyone who may happen to read this Allocutio. Finally, just a brief word about the Acies which we celebrate as closely as possible to the 25th of March, the feast of the Annunciation. The Handbook tells us: The Acies is the great central annual function of the Legion, so that it is necessary to stress the importance of attendance on the part of every member. The essential idea of the Legion upon which all else is built, is that of working in union with and in dependence on Mary its Queen. The Acies is the solemn expression of that union and dependence, the renewal individual and collective of the legionary’s declaration of fealty.’ Then follows some unusually blunt words from our Founder: ‘Hence it is manifest that any legionaries who can attend, and yet fail to do so, have little or none of the spirit of the Legion in them. The membership of such persons is not an asset to the Legion.’ The Acies really is a grace filled occasion for the Legion throughout the world and an expression of the truth that to be a Legionary is to seek and possess a very special friendship with Mary the Mother of God and our Mother." Again, a Joyous season for all of us Legion of Mary members. (Adai Nanda)