For the preservation of the Deposit of Faith.

For the Kingdom of God to come!

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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 Rosary of King Louis XIV

Louis XIV, one of the greatest kings who ruled France, had the pious habit of reciting the rosary every day. Father de la Rue, of the Society of Jesus, tells us that one day when he was admitted to the audience of this prince, he found him reciting his rosary. As he showed him his surprise and the feelings of edification with which he was imbued: “Don’t be so surprised, said the King, I pride myself on saying the rosary every day; it is a practice I have inherited from the Queen, my virtuous mother, and I would be troubled if I failed to do it for a single day.”

It is undoubtedly to this devotion, so persevering in honor of Mary, that this prince owed the happiness of confessing his errors, of making reparation for his wrongs towards the Sovereign Pontiff, and of dying a good death, after not always having set the good examples required by the high position to which Providence had raised him.

(Father Huguet)

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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.