![]() ![]() ![]() We have to constantly ask ourselves as legionaries: Is our Catholic faith in practice the most precious gift in our lives? Is our faith the absolute priority in our lives? Every day we pray in our concluding prayer from the Tessera for the great grace to be able to answer ‘yes’ to those challenging questions about faith. Consider, therefore, that the faith of all generations: those that have passed away up to the present and the uncountable millions yet to come: the faith of all has depended on the words of that maiden.’ It is the only thing in the world of any worth. With him, she brought everything that the faith means, and the faith is the real life of men. Then to her came the Redeemer not to herself alone, but through her to poor helpless humanity, on behalf of whom she spoke. The Handbook tells us that the Legion aspires to imitate Mary above all else in her faith: ‘Blessed is she who has believed.’ Let me quote just one of the many passages in the Handbook on Mary’s faith and ours: ‘She pronounced that consent which, though we cannot fully understand, common sense nevertheless tells us that her fiat must have been inconceivably the most heroic act ever performed in the world – such that in all ages no other creature but she could have performed it. So it would be important for us to read, study and pray this new encyclical letter. There is no Christian life without faith and certainly no Legion life without faith. The theme of faith is central to Christian existence and is certainly fundamental to the life of the individual legionary and the Legion as a whole. Peter and Paul on the 29th of June 2013 in the Year of Faith Pope Francis gave us his first encyclical letter on the Light of Faith.
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