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CHAPTER 32 OBJECTIONS WHICH MAY BE ANTICIPATED 187
quo, which means that in that place Herod is to occupy the
throne of men’s hearts while the Lord and his dear mother are
to remain perman ently relegated to the miserable stable!
Often, too, those words, which deny admittance to the
Legion, are used in the interest of organisations which
represent a name with out performance, armies which may
exist, but never conquer any enemy.
Moreover, work is not being done except it is being
adequately done. Therefore, work is not being done which is
engaging dozens of apostolic workers where, properly, there
should be hundreds or even thousands; and unhappily this is
ordinarily the case. Frequently, too, the lack of organisation,
which the small numbers show, means corresponding lack of
spirit and method.
Surely, it would be wise to put the Legion to the test by
assigning to it even a limited sphere of action. The sequel
may be convinc ing, and the members of a single little branch
may, like the five barley loaves, be multiplied so that they fill
all the needs, and over and above. (cf Mt 14:16-21)
The Legion has no particular programme of works. It does
not presuppose new works, but rather a new setting for
existing works not already sufficiently systematised, with
effects analogous to those which would follow upon the
application of electric power to a work previously done by
hand.

7. “There are already too many organisations. The
proper course is to revive the existing societies or to
extend their functions so as to cover the works proposed
to be done by the Legion”

This may be a reactionary argument. The words “too
many” can be applied with truth to every department of life
around. Yet the new is not rejected because it is new, and
from time to time a great advance is made. So, too, the Legion
claims the opportunity to prove itself. If it is not “just
another,” but from God, what loss to turn it from one’s door!
Moreover, the above objection supposes that the work in
question is not at present being done. In such circumstances,
it is neither sensible nor the common practice to reject new