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304 CARDINAL POINTS OF THE LEGION APOSTOLATE CHAPTER 39
not be entitled to join a particular sectional praesidium; (c) It
will almost invariably be the case that praesidia with a
membership representative of various walks of life will prove
the most efficient.
30. TO BRIDGE MUST BE THE AIM
Of set purpose the Legion should aim to combat the
divisions and the innumerable antagonisms of the world. This
process must begin in the Legion’s unit of organisation, the
praesidium itself. It would be sheer futility for the Legion to
talk of bridging differences if at the same time the spirit of
disunity were evident in its own ranks. So let the Legion think
in terms of the unity and charity of the Mystical Body, and try
to organise accordingly. When it has brought together, as
fellow-members of the one praesidium, persons whom the
world was keeping apart, it has accomplished something
really great. The contact of charity has been made, and out
will go the sacred contagion which may seize on and kill the
turbulence of the world around.
31. SOONER OR LATER THE LEGIONARIES MUST
ATTACK THE MOST DIFFICULT WORK
The choice of work may create a doubt. Sinister problems
may exist, but perhaps the priest may fear to entrust them to an
infant praesidium. Motives of timidity should generally not
prevail, lest to ourselves be applicable the saying of St. Pius X
that the greatest obstacle to the apostolate lies in the timorous -
ness, or rather coward li ness, of the good. Still, if doubts persist,
let the beginning be along lines of caution and let the praesi -
dium feel its way on simpler work. As meeting follows meeting,
and experience is gained, certain of the members will emerge as
manifestly capable of the most difficult work. Let these be
assigned to the work of early doubt: then others as the work
requires, and as the members prove themselves. Even if only a
couple of legionaries are engaged on difficult work, it exerts a
tonic effect upon the work of the remainder.
32. THE OUTLOOK ON DANGER
The system will reduce unfavourable possibilities to an
absolute minimum, but perhaps the element of risk may attach