Legion of Mary Tessera
OPENING PRAYERS
In the name of the
Father, etc.
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill
the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of your love.
V. Send forth your Spirit,
O Lord, and they shall be created.
R. And you shall renew the
face of the earth.
Let us pray God
our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world. You sent
the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the gospel: now let
the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who
believe. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
V. You, O Lord, will open
my lips.
R. And my tongue shall announce your 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.
Hail, holy Queen, Mother
of Mercy; hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To you we cry poor
banished children of Eve, to you we send up our sighs, mourning and
weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, O most gracious advocate, your
eyes of mercy towards us and after this, our exile, show us the blessed
fruit of your womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
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 you,
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. Amen.
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.
THE CATENA LEGIONIS.
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?
My soul glorifies the
Lord,* my spirit rejoices in God,
my Saviour.
He looks on his servant in
her lowliness;* henceforth all ages will
call me blessed.
The Almighty works marvels
for me.*
Holy his name!
His mercy is from age to
age,* on those who fear him.
He puts forth his arm in
strength* and scatters the
proud-hearted.
He casts the mighty from
their thrones* and raises the lowly.
He fills the starving with
good things,* sends the rich away empty.
He protects Israel, his
servant,* remembering his mercy,
the mercy promised
to our fathers,* to Abraham and his
sons for ever.
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.
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?
V.
0 Mary, conceived without
sin.
R. Pray for us who
have recourse to you
Let us pray O Lord
Jesus Christ, our mediator with the Father, you have been pleased to
appoint the most Blessed Virgin, your mother, to be our mother also, and
our mediatrix with you, mercifully grant that whoever comes to you seeking
your favours may rejoice to receive all of them through her. Amen.
CONCLUDING PRAYERS
In the name of the Father,
etc.
We fly to your 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. St. Michael and St.
Gabriel
R. Pray for us.
V. All you heavenly
Powers, Mary's Legion of Angels
R. Pray for us.
V. St.
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 you 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 you, and ever to see you and serve
you in our neighbour; 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 your glory and
for the salvation of souls; a faith which will be our Legion's Pillar of
Fire - to lead us forth united - to kindle everywhere the fires of divine
love - to enlighten those who are in 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 loss
of any one, in the kingdom of your love and glory. Amen.
May the souls of our
departed legionaries and the souls of all the faithful departed through
the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
In the name of the Father,
etc.
(pennissu Ordinarii
Dioec. Dublinen, die
9" Mar., 1994)
Translation of The
Magnificat from the Hebrew published by The Grail by kind permission of
A.P. Watt LId. on behalf of The Grail, England.
