December 2018

LEGION OF MARY MATER ECCLESIAE SENATUS OF HOUSTON December 9th 2018 www.legion -of-mary-houston.com The Immaculate Conception, December 8th The praesidium should without delay have a Mass offered for the soul of each one of its active members who may die; and each member of that praesidium should specially recite all the legion prayers, inclusive of the rosary, at least once for the same intention. But these duties do not extend to the deceased relatives of members. As many legionaries as possible, and not those of the particular praesidium alone, should attend the Mass and accompany the remains to burial. It is recommended that the rosary and other legion prayers should be recited while the interment is actually taking place. This could be done immediately after the official prayers of the Church. This practice, besides being of much benefit to the deceased, will be found to be a source of deep consolation to the sorrowing relatives, to the legionaries themselves, and to all the friends present. It is trusted that the same prayers will have been said more than once beside the remains during the period of laying out. Nor should the duty of remembrance be deemed then to cease. In the month of November each year, each praesidium shall have a Mass celebrated for the souls of the legionary dead, not of that praesidium alone but of all the world. In this, as on all other occasions where prayer is offered for departed legionaries, all grades of membership are comprised. “Purgatory forms part of the realm of Mary. There, too, are her children, who in a passing spell of pain await their birth to the glory which will never pass. St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Bernardine of Siena, Louis de Blois, as well as others, explicitly proclaim Mary to be Queen of Purgatory; and St. Louis-Marie de Montfort urges us to think and act in accordance with that Although the belief that Mary was sinless, or conceived belief. He wishes us to place in Mary’s hands the value of our prayers and without original sin, has been widely held since Late satisfactions. He promises us that, in return for this offering, those souls Antiquity, the doctrine was not dogmatically defined in the which are dear to us will be more abundantly relieved than if we were to apply our prayers to them directly.” (Lhoumeau: La Vie Spirituelle a Catholic Church until 1854 when Pope Pius IX, declared ex l’Ecole de St. Louis-Marie de Montfort) cathedra, i.e., using papal infallibility, in his papal bull [2] Ineffabilis Deus the Immaculate Conception to be doctrine. ALLOCUTIO The Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Immaculate By Fr. Victo Perez Conception on December 8; in many Catholic countries, Spiritual Director of the Houston Senatus Legion of Mary Handbook Every day we wake up we can make a difference for the Page 103, Chapter 17 Kingdom. Does that move you? It is easy for us to fall into THE SOULS OF OUR DEPARTED LEGIONARIES routine and do our prayers out of duty. But do we really The end of the campaigning has come and a legionary lies nobly pray? Do we speak to God as our friend. It is important dead. Now at last he is confirmed in legionary service. Through all every day that we take time to have silence and listen to eternity he will be a legionary, for the Legion has shaped that eternity for him. It has been the fiber and the mold of his spiritual God. God is a God of love, He speaks to us words of Love. life. Moreover, the might of the united petition, uttered daily and Mary helps us to silence our soul and to be still. She kept earnestly by active members and auxiliaries alike, that the Legion the word of God in her heart and meditated on it as it says in should reassemble without the loss of any one, has helped him the Gospel, "Mary kept all these things pondering on them through the dangers and the difficulties of the long way. What a in her heart." Do we ponder in our heart all God has done joyful thought for all legionaries — on his account and on their for us? Do we ponder in her heart how close f esus has own! But for the moment, there is sorrow at the loss of friend and come to us that we receive in truly present in the Eucharist? comrade, and there is need of prayer so that the deliverance of the Or is the Eucharist and prayer just a religious work for you. departed soldier from the realm of Purgatory may be speedily Too much emphasis can be on ourselves, Every morning we accomplished. need to arise and put ourselves in the hands of our mother. Mater Ecclesiae Senatus Bulletin December 2018 We renew our consecration to Mary, put our day in her BEAUMONT CURIA hands, She will walk with you the whole day, helping to Our Lady of Unity guide you in the path of surrender to the Father, the path of faith, the way of prayer and silence, listening. We also pray The Curia has six attached Praesidia. The Spiritual Director our Catena everyday to remember how we are not just by is Fr. Paul Sumler, Pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, ourselves but that we are supported by a Legion, brothers Vidor, TX. The Curia has promoters for Frank Duff, Edel and sisters who are baptized into Christ who take Mary as Quinn, and Alfie Lambe. Also promotes the Maria Legionis their mother and have committed themselves to be her Magazine. Monthly reminder of keeping the Virtus training instruments to help serve the Body of Christ the Church up to date, and loyalty to legion systems. with her heart, just as she served Christ while on earth. Praesidia Visitation completed this quarter, Our Lady of We have committed ourselves to the Holy Spirit to be Lourdes Praesidium, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart moved by him to be docile to Him as Mary was. We have praesidium, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary (Prison committed ourselves to do one good Legionary work a Praesidium), Our Mother of Perpetual Help praesidium. week. We come together and pray the rosary together, the Members of Curia Board made their visited Houston power center of the Legion's activity [besides of course the Senatus on October-2018. Holy Mass) and we in cooperation and fellowship speak Praesidia Reports: Our Lady of Sacred Heart praesidium about what we have done or what Our Lady and therefore gave their Annual Report September 2018. They have 12 God has done through us. We also together hear a spiritual active members and one on probation. Their worked Home reading from the manual to feed us and give us inspiration. visited and made 210 contacts. Bring Holy Communion to The allocutio should help the Legionary not just grow in Nursing Home & Homebound resident 105. Visited Nursing Theological knowledge but so that they can apply the home 25 and made 534 contacts. Visited Hospital and made Legionary spirituality and ideal to their lives and live it. The 20 contacts. Pilgrim Virgin Statue visits to homes, teach Legion Spirit is mostly caught and not just taught. We have CCE, Lead Rosaries at funeral awake, distributed rosaries , to have the attitude of Mary and humility and this includes prayer cars , bring Ash on Ash Wednesday and distributed obedience and docility and sweetness, all the virtues of Religious Medals. Our Lady Queen of All Hearts Mary's heart. We also need zeal. Zeal to make a difference, praesidium gave a brief oral report. They have 7 active zeal to be Christ's hands and feet. Zeal to pray and offer members. They have 85 auxiliary members with 5 on sacrifices. If we are in the state of grace our good works if probation. An active member is involved in the prison done with love have eternal merit for us and help us grow in ministry. Their works Nursing homes are visited and the holiness. Also when we pray for others we can help other hospital visits are made. Rosary is prayed weekly with people to be blessed. Our good works and prayers also can residents from one nursing home. be offered for others and they will be blessed and grow in President of Our Lady of Prompt Succor gave her Brief Oral the life of grace. Also our good works and prayers can help Report updated on the Church Saint John the Evangelist atone for the sins of others. Let our hearts expand in love for flooded and has not recover since Harvey hurricane. the mystical body to help others through our prayer and by The members faithfully hold theirs weekly meeting at a putting all of our good works every day at Mary's hands and member residential place until permit to return to the she will help to distribute the graces and merits to those who Church . Our Lady of Unity Curia, continues to be the need them. Let us make our legion holy by all of us being channel of Our Blessed Mother and shows forth the true holy. We are not alone, we are united in the body of Christ face of the Catholic Church. and the Legion will be strong if we each allow God to be the center of our lives and allow Mary's virtues, Mary's heart to live in us. NEW ORLEANS QUARTERLY REPORTS DISTANT COUNCILS Immaculata Regia EL PASO CURIA The Immaculata Regia was pleased to report that Rosa Mistica the Deacon Conference was a great success and The Curia, Rosa Mistica, El Paso Curia, consists of five praesidia: Our Lady of Perpetual Help San Elizario Church, well represented by the Legion of Mary.

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