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House, nor by Nazareth, nor by Judea, nor by any boundary.
Neither, therefore, can the spirit of the praesidium be
confined.

“Catholic love for the Mother of God shows a praiseworthy sense
of the artistic by its reluctance to ask for elaborate details of the life at
Nazareth. We know that at Nazareth there dwells a life that is not of
man’s experience, hardly of man’s comprehension. Is there anyone
here on earth who could draw a picture of those two lives of
superhuman intensity which find in their very intensity a most
complete blending of all their movements, affections, aspirations? Let
me watch from the hilltop over Nazareth a woman going down to the
well with the pitcher poised on her head, a boy of fifteen at her side. I
know that between the two there is a love such as is not found
among the spirits that dwell before the throne of God. But I know,
too, that I am not entitled to see more lest I die of wonderment.”
(Vonier: The Divine Maternity)

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THE PRAYERS OF THE LEGION

The following are the prayers of the Legion of Mary,
divided in the manner in which they are to be said at
meetings. Privately recited, this order need not be followed.
All these prayers are to be said daily by the auxiliary
members.
The sign of the cross, specified at the beginning and the
end of each section of the prayers, has reference to the
dividing up of the prayers. When the prayers are not divided
up, the sign of the cross is to be made only at the very
beginning and end.
1. Prayers to be said at the opening of the meeting
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.