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CHAPTER 15 THE LEGIONARY PROMISE 91
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord”;
And once again you come by her to do great things.

Let your power overshadow me, and come into my soul with
fire and love,
And make it one with Mary’s love and Mary’s will to save the
world;
So that I may be pure in her who was made Immaculate by
you;
So that Christ my Lord may likewise grow in me through you;
So that I with her, his Mother, may bring him to the world
and to the souls who need him;

So that they and I, the battle won, may reign with her for ever
in the glory of the Blessed Trinity.
Confident that you will so receive me—and use me — and
turn my weakness into strength this day,
I take my place in the ranks of the Legion, and I venture to
promise a faithful service.
I will submit fully to its discipline,
Which binds me to my comrades,
And shapes us to an army,
And keeps our line as on we march with Mary,
To work your will, to operate your miracles of grace,
Which will renew the face of the earth,
And establish your reign, Most Holy Spirit, over all.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, Amen.

“It was pointed out that the Legionary Promise was addressed to
the Holy Spirit, who received far too little devotion from the general
body of Catholics, and for whom legionaries must needs have special
love. Their work, which is the sanctification of themselves and of the
other members of the Mystical Body of Christ, is dependent on the
power and operation of the Holy Spirit, and hence calls for a very
close union with him. Two things are essential to this: deliberate
attention to him, and devotion to the Blessed Virgin with whom he
works in inseparable union. Probably it was the lack of the latter,
rather than lack of the former, which has led to the general absence
of a true devotion to the Holy Spirit, in spite of the many books which
have been written and the many sermons which are preached on the
subject. Legionaries are already full of the love of their Queen and
Mother. If they join it to a definite devotion to the Holy Spirit, they