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the august Mary has driven deep its roots into souls, then —
and not till then — will he who labours for those souls see
proceed from them fruits of virtue and sanctity corresponding
to his toils on their behalf.”
“Remember, you are fighting a winning battle, like our Lord on
Calvary. Do not be afraid of the arms he sharpened nor to share the
wounds he bore. Whether the victory should come in your generation
or in the next, what is that to you? Carry on the tradition of patient
toil; and let the Lord take care of the rest, for it is not for us to know
the time nor the moments which the Father has appointed in his
power. Take heart and bear the burden of your knighthood with the
unflinching courage of the high-souled men who went before you.”
(Fr. Thomas Gavan Duffy: The Price of Dawning Day)

3. FURNISHING AT THE MEETING A VERBAL
REPORT OF WORK DONE
This is a very important duty, and one of the chief exercises
which help to sustain interest in the work of the Legion. It is
for this latter purpose as much as for the supplying of
information to the meeting that the report is intended. A
good test of the efficiency of the legionary is the care given to
the preparing of the report, and the manner of presenting it.
Each report is a brick in the edifice of the meeting, and the
integrity of the latter depends upon the perfection of the
reports. Each report missing or defective is a blow at the
meeting, which is the source of life.
An important part of the training of the member should lie
in the learning of the methods of other members, as disclosed
through their reports, and in the hearing of the comments
which one’s own reports elicit from experienced legionaries. It
follows that if a report gives only meagre information, it
cannot be the means of helping either the member who
makes it or those who listen to it.
For fuller consideration of the report and the manner of
making it, see section 9, chapter 18, Order of the Praesidium
Meeting.
“Bear in mind the insistency with which St. Paul calls on
Christians to succour, and to be mindful of, and to pray for ‘all men;
for God would have all men to be saved . . . for Christ gave Himself in
redemption for all.’ (1 Tim 2:6) And this principle of the universality
of duty and of the object of it comes also into this sublime saying of