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

An uncle from America who pretends to be destitute.

A poor silk weaver had emigrated from Spain to Mexico, where several of his fellow tradesmen had amassed a great fortune in a short time. He too was very successful in his business and became very rich. After a few years, he returned to Spain to see his family with the intention of giving them a generous living. But first he wanted to put them to the test. He appeared in his father’s house wearing poor clothes, so as to give the impression that he was returning from America as a beggar. His father, however, received him with the greatest affection, and showed great pleasure in seeing him again; he even organized a small family party to which he invited the parents. They did not come, for they were ashamed of this poor emigrant, who soon noticed how unpleasant his presence was to them. He then showed his wealth, gave a large part of it to his father and left for America without having given anything to those who had not wanted to know him, and who bit their fingers at having missed out on a great fortune by their clumsiness.

God will do the same to us. If here on earth, where Christ does not show Himself in His glory, we blush to belong to Him and His Church, He will send us away empty-handed on the day of judgment.

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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.