For the preservation of the Deposit of Faith.

For the Kingdom of God to come!

MAGNIFICAT

The Order of the Magnificat of the Mother of God has a special purpose the preservation of the Deposit of Faith through religious education in all its forms. God has established him as a bulwark against the almost general apostasy which has invaded Christendom and in particular the Roman Church.

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Holy Family

God gives the grace of faith to the one who lives piously.

Eustace was a Roman of great birth whom Trajan had placed at the head of his armies for his talents and bravery. Although still pagans, Eustace and his wife were very good to the poor, and their charity obtained for them the grace of faith from God. One day, while Eustace was hunting in the forest, he suddenly found himself in front of a large stag, carrying a luminous cross between its antlers. At the same time a voice was heard, “Eustace, your alms and other good works have come up to Me, and I have accepted them with pleasure.” Eustace dismounted, bowed and said, “Lord, who are You? – I am Jesus Christ,” said the voice. “Go to the bishop of Rome and be baptized.” Eustace obeyed and was baptized with his wife and two sons. Later he won remarkable victories over the Barbarians under Trajan, and the emperor Adrian, who succeeded Trajan, who had died in the meantime, ordered great festivals with solemn sacrifices. The emperor himself attended and people were very surprised not to see the victorious general. Eustace was summoned by Adrian and confessed that he was a Christian, and the emperor had him and his family locked up in a large incandescent bronze bull, and these brave Christians consummated their martyrdom by this torture.

God never fails to enlighten the soul that practices good and sincerely seeks the truth.

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Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and of the Mother of God. Amen.

Preparatory Prayer

O Jesus! We are going to walk with You on the road to Calvary which was so painful for You. Make us understand the greatness of Your sufferings, touch our hearts with tender compassion at the sight of Your torments, in order to increase in us the regret of our faults and the love we wish to have for You.
Deign to apply to all of us the infinite merits of Your Passion, and in memory of Your sorrows, show mercy to the souls in Purgatory, especially to those who are most abandoned.
O Divine Mary, who first taught us to make the Way of the Cross, obtain for us the grace to follow Jesus with the sentiments Your Heart was filled with as You accompanied Him on the road to Calvary. Grant that we may weep with You, and that we may love Your divine Son as You do. We ask this in the name of His adorable Heart. Amen.