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    Ceremony of Reception

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    Candidates are introduced and questioned by a priest about their desire to join the Legion of Mary and their willingness to fulfill its obligations. They promise to comply with the rules and observe its practices. The candidates then recite the Legionary Promise before the Holy Spirit, declaring their dependence on Mary. The priest accepts them into the Legion and blesses miraculous medals that are placed around their necks.

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    Candidates are introduced and questioned by a priest about their desire to join the Legion of Mary and their willingness to fulfill its obligations. They promise to comply with the rules and observe its practices. The candidates then recite the Legionary Promise before the Holy Spirit, declaring their dependence on Mary. The priest accepts them into the Legion and blesses miraculous medals that are placed around their necks.

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    CEREMONY OF RECEPTION & LEGIONARY PROMISE

    Introduction of the Candidates

    Moderator: Reverend Father, may I present to you those who earnestly


    desire to be received into the Junior Legion of Mary of the
    Immaculate Conception Praesidium.

    Scrutiny

    Priest: My children, what has led you to the foot of the altar of
    the Immaculate Virgin?

    Candidates: Reverend Father, the ardent desire I have of being


    received into the Legion of Mary.

    Priest: Do you know the obligations attached to membership


    and do you promise to fulfill them faithfully?

    Candidates: Yes, Father.

    Priest: Do you promise to comply with the rules and to observe


    the pious practices of the Legion?

    Candidates: I do promise.

    Legionary Promise

    Priest: Since you are resolved ever to remain faithful, you are
    now allowed to recite the Legionary Promise.

    Candidates remain standing and recite the following:


    Most Holy Spirit, I, (name of candidate), / desiring to be enrolled this
    day as a legionary of Mary, / yet knowing that of myself I cannot render
    worthy service, / do ask of you to come upon me and fill me with yourself,
    / so that my poor acts may be sustained by your power, / and become an
    instrument of your mighty purposes.
    But I know that you, / who has come to regenerate the world in Jesus
    Christ, / has not willed to do so except through Mary; / that without her we
    cannot know or love you; / that it is by her, / and to whom she pleases,
    when she pleases, / and in the quantity and manner she pleases, / that all
    your gifts and virtues and graces are administered; / and I realize that the
    secret of a perfect legionary service / consists in a complete union with her
    who is so completely united to you.
    So, taking in my hand the legionary Standard / which seeks to set
    before our eyes these things, / I stand before you as her soldier and her
    child, / And I so declare my entire dependence on her. / She is the mother
    of my soul. / Her heart and mine are one, / and from that single heart she
    speaks again those words of old: / "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.
    Formula of Admission

    Priest: By virtue of the power entrusted to me, I accept you into the
    Legion of Mary. By joining it, you accept the commitments that
    entitle you to share spiritually in the life, prayers, and good
    works of all the members. In the name of the Father, and of the
    Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

    All: Amen.

    Blessing and Investiture with the Miraculous Medal

    Priest: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

    All: Who made heaven and earth.

    Priest: Let us pray: Almighty and merciful God, through the many
    apparitions of the Immaculate Virgin on earth has deigned to
    work great wonders, bless + these medals, so that all who wear
    them in love and veneration might enjoy your protection and
    gain your mercy. Through Christ our Lord.

    All: Amen.

    The priest sprinkles the medals with holy water. Then, he says:

    Priest: Receive this holy medal, wear it with faith and venerate it with
    love.

    The medal is placed around the neck of each person.

    Final Blessing

    Priest: May the Lord, who redeemed the world through His Son born
    of the Virgin Mary and who deigned to accept you into her
    company, grant you His blessing.

    All: Amen.

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