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January 9, 2005
These notes are intended to be distributed to all active and auxiliary
members. Please distribute copies to your Praesidium and Council
members.
Allocutio
Fr. Maher gave the Allocutio.
This year our Handbook readings are focused on the Eucharist. Mary
standing at the foot of the cross is a symbol of our participating in
the Eucharist. It joins us to the Father. Obedience was Our
Lord’s thanksgiving. Our obedience as legionaries is to the
Legion, the Church and the pastors and is our way to thank God. We
actively give thanks through our obedience and our conduct. We feel
restricted and as limited as Mary had to feel as she watched as her son
died. We feel frustrated when we are not as productive as we would like
to be. We can feel that we are losing momentum. There are limitations
in our lives. However, when the Bread and Wine is transformed, it is
the most marvelous sacrament this side of Heaven. At Mass, we take all
lamentations and offer them up to God. When we challenge others to take
their lamentations to God, we are having them join our prayers to the
prayers of the Mass. We should link our lives to the Eucharist.
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