"Who is she that comes forth as the morning rising,
fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array?" - Song of Songs 6:10
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The Legion of Mary is a lay apostolic association of Catholics who, with the sanction of the Church and under the powerful leadership of Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix of All Graces, serve the Church and their neighbour on a voluntary basis in about 170 countries.
We hope you will explore our website and learn more about us and Our Lady.
"...[T]he colour of the Legion is red, and not, as might be expected, blue. This was determined in connection with the settling of a minor detail, that is the colour of Our Lady’s halo in the vexillum and in the Tessera picture. It was felt that Legion symbolism required that Our Lady be shown as full of the Holy Spirit, and that this should be denoted by making her halo of his colour. This drew with it the further thought that the Legion’s colour should be red. The same note is struck in the Tessera picture, which depicts Our Lady as the biblical Pillar of Fire, all luminous and burning with the Holy Spirit."
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Announcements
Important Notice from the Dallas Queen of Peace Comitium
UPDATE ON 2020 ACIES: SUSPENDED
In accordance with the very important announcement made by Bishop Edward J. Burns of the Diocese of Dallas on Friday 3/20 https://www.facebook.com/DallasCath/videos/2341754385927221/, all public Masses are suspended until 3/30. Therefore our Legion of Mary Acies will not take place on 3/28. We hope we can gather together in faith again soon.
The 2020 Acies for the Dallas Queen of Peace Comitium was scheduled to be at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Richardson, TX, hosted by the English and Vietnamese praesidia of the church.
Peace and blessing to All,
I have attempted to reach each president by text.
I had hoped to provide some sense of order and normalcy during our current trials such as going ahead with our Comitium meeting. However, All Saints Catholic Church called me this afternoon to cancel all Legion events through the end of March. Therefore, we will not meet tomorrow for our monthly Comitium meeting. I am copying their emailed message below.
Per All Saints Catholic Church: Out of an abundance of caution and following state and local recommendations regarding Covid 19, we are canceling all meetings through the end of March
If you did not receive a text from me (210)439-7555, please let me know a number where I can reach you by text in future.
Let us entrust ourselves to God's mercy and Mother Mary's gentle intercession.
May you be blessed with all health and strength,
Lydia Longoria
President
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95Responsorial Psalm Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56Gospel Jn 8:31-42
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The Legion Picture
- The picture is a powerful image of the devotional outlook of the Legion.
- The original Legion picture was painted by a brilliant young Dublin artist as an offering to the Legion. As might be expected from work animated by this spirit, the picture is one of extreme beauty and inspiration.
- The legionary prayers are made visible. The invocation and prayer of the Holy Spirit and the Rosary are pictured by the Dove overshadowing Mary, filling her with light and the fire of his love. In these prayers the Legion honours the moment which is the centre-point of all time. Mary's consent to the Incarnation, making her both Mother of God and Mother of Divine Grace. There is also allusion to Pentecost, where Mary was the channel of that other outpouring of the Holy Spirit which may be called the birth of the Church.
- The Catena is represented, as to its name, by the chain-border. The antiphon “Who is she that comes forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array?” is the portrayal of Mary. On her brow she bears a brilliant star, to mark her who is the true Morning Star, heralding the dawn of salvation.
- The Magnificat is represented by its opening verse, set in letters of fire above her head. The versicle and response are those of the Immaculate Conception, a primary devotion of the Legion, which is expressed in the crushing of the serpent.
- The words set in the border: Inimicitias ponam inter te et mulierem et semen tuum et semen illius; ipsum conteret caput tuum. "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head." (Gen 3:15) have the same reference. The picture shows this undying warfare: Mary and the serpent; her children and the serpent's offspring; the Legion and the powers of evil, which fall back scattered in defeat.
- At the top of the picture is the Holy Spirit the giver of all good gifts: below, the globe surrounded by the good and the bad, typifying the world of souls: between the two, Mary full of grace, all aflame with charity, the universal channel of intercession and distribution.
- The words in the border: Mulier, ecce filius tuus: . . . Ecce mater tua. "Woman, here is your son . . . Here is your mother." (Jn 19:26-27) point to Mary’s spiritual maternity of those who like St. John have lovingly accepted her as mother.
- The concluding prayers are mirrored in every line of the picture. The Legion is depicted as a host innumerable, advancing in battle-array under the leadership of its Queen and bearing her standards, "the crucifix in their right hands, the Rosary in their left, the sacred names of Jesus and Mary in their hearts and the modesty and mortification of Jesus Christ in their behaviour" (St. Louis-Marie de Montfort). Their faith is represented by the Pillar of Fire which melts all legionary hearts into one, and guides them on to victory and to the Land of Eternal Promise. The pillar is Mary who saved the world by her faith "Blessed is she who believed." Beata quae credidit (Lk 1:45) in the border and who now, through encircling gloom, leads on unerringly those who call her blessed, until the everlasting splendour of the Lord God come upon them.
Source: http://www.legionofmary.net.au/index.php/about-us/the-legion-picture