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CHAPTER 7 THE LEGIONARY AND THE HOLY TRINITY 41
received far more from the miraculous repast than they had
contri buted to it. And no doubt they had a form of claim to
the twelve basketfuls, if they desired to assert it.
Such is always the way of Jesus and Mary with the princely
soul which gives its possessions without reserve or stipulation.
The gift avails to satisfy the wants of a vast throng. Yet, one’s
own needs and intentions, which had appeared to suffer, are
filled to overflowing and still the Divine bounty lies scattered
about.
Let us, then, hasten to Mary with our poor loaves and
fishes, and press them into her arms, so that Jesus and she
may multiply them to feed the souls of the millions
hungering in the arid desert of this world.
The form of one’s ordinary prayers and actions need not be
changed as a result of the making of the Consecration. The
customary paths of life may be pursued, and one may
continue to pray for one’s usual intentions and for all special
purposes, but subject in future to Mary’s good pleasure.
“Mary shows us her Divine Son and addresses to us the same
invitation that she did of old to the serving men at Cana:
‘Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.’ (Jn 2:5) If at her command
we pour into the vessels of Charity and Sacrifice the tasteless water of
the thousand details of our everyday actions, the miracle of Cana is
renewed. The water is changed into a delicious wine, that is to say,
into choicest graces for ourselves and for others.” (Cousin)

7

THE LEGIONARY AND THE
HOLY TRINITY

It is significant that the first corporate act of the Legion of
Mary was to address itself to the Holy Spirit by his Invocation
and Prayer, then proceeding by the rosary to Mary and her
Son.
Similarly significant is the fact that when the vexillum was
designed some years later, the same note was unexpectedly
struck. The Holy Spirit proved to be the predominant feature