The Heart of the Legion of Mary Meeting

If a devotion to Our Lady is absent, there is no Legion of Mary.  There is no part of the meeting more important than the setting up of the Legion altar, on which Mary stands to preside at the meeting.

The altar consists of a white cloth.  In the center, towards the back of the altar is a statue of Our Lady of Grace, flanked by two vases with flowers.  At the front corners of the altar are two candlesticks with lighted candles.

About six inches forward from and six inches to the right of the statue stands the Vexillum Legionis, the standard of the Legion of Mary. 

The task of setting up the altar for the meeting is so important that the Handbook reserves this duty to none other than the praesidium president. 

The question is rightly asked: if a praesidium does not love Mary enough to make for her a proper alter, how can the praesidium claim to love its members or those it meets on its works?  If it is true that the greatest commandment is love, of what value is any praesidium if it fails to love.

Let us honor our Mother and our Father, and always seek to set-up a proper alter for Mary and her spouse.

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