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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The Holy Family - Jesus, Mary, Joseph

An intelligent man’s judgment on Darwinism.

Dr. Sebastian Brunner, a well-known Austrian author and preacher, summed up his opinion of Darwinism, which claims that man is descended from the ape, in the following two words: “I cannot believe that man is descended from the ape, but it seems very true, that many men turn into apes.”

Not from the monkey, but from the pig.

In an inn an apprentice tailor was trying to get noticed by defending Darwinism and claiming that man descended from the ape. A master tailor, who was both practical and full of common sense, was in the game. This good man knew of the debauched life of the apprentice and looked at him fixedly and said: “When you see the life that some people lead, you could be tempted to believe that they are descended from animals. Having said that, I would not decide for the monkey, but for the pig, because they live like these muckrakers. This is also why they would like to derive their origin from animals.” A general laugh followed this lesson and our Darwinist champion ran off confused.

A man who lives like an animal finds no difficulty in admitting that he derives his origin from some antediluvian monster.

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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.