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our ruin in Adam and of our restoration in Jesus Christ — is summed
up in it, but also and chiefly, because the drama, the heroic action by
which was accomplished that sublime uplifting of humanity and
superabundant compensation for our former losses, continues in our
midst by means of it. And it is not a repetition by way of a mere
symbol, but actually realises in our midst what was accomplished by
Christ Himself.” (De la Taille: The Mystery of Faith)

14. THE RECRUITING AND AFTER-CARE OF
AUXILIARIES

Every praesidium which has a sense of appreciation of the
power of prayer, will strive to possess a well-filled roll of
auxiliary members. It is the duty of each legionary to gain
auxiliaries and to try to keep in touch with them.
Consider the generosity of these auxiliaries who have given
up to the Legion part of the precious breathings of their souls.
What possibilities of sanctity are in them! The Legion is under
infinite debt to them. That debt it can beautifully repay by
leading those auxiliaries on to perfection. Active members
and auxiliaries, both are children of the Legion. The active
members are the elder children, and the Mother of the
Legion, as in every family, will look to them to help her with
the younger ones. She will not merely supervise that help. She
will make it effective, so that in the “aftercare” of auxiliary by
active legionary lie wonderful things for both of them. In the
soul of the auxiliary rises a great edifice of sanctity; and for
the active legionary there is the builder’s reward.
This work for the auxiliaries is so full of possibilities that it
seems to call for the specialised attention of some highly
spiritual members of the praesidium, who will pursue it in the
spirit of the “elder children”.
“I think it is evident that in these days of awful sin and hatred of
God, Our Blessed Lord wants to gather round him a legion of chosen
souls who will be devoted, heart and soul, to him and his interests; and
upon whom he may always count for help and consolation; souls who
will not ask ‘How much must I do?’ but rather ‘How much can I do for
his love?’: a legion of souls who will give and will not count the cost,
whose only pain will be that they cannot do more, and give more, and
suffer more for him who has done so much for them: in a word, souls
who are not as the rest of men, and who may be fools, perhaps in the
eyes of the world; for their watch-word is sacrifice and not self-
comfort.” (Life of Father William Doyle S.J.: Msgr. Alfred O’Rahilly)