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 in Prayer

We must hope against reason and against all hope.

St. Vincent de Paul liked to give the example of Abraham as an example of perfect trust:

Do you remember that great Patriarch to whom God had promised to populate the whole earth with a son whom He had given him? And yet He commanded him to sacrifice his son to Him. Some might have said, “If Abraham kills his son, how will God fulfill His promise?” Nevertheless, this holy man, who had accustomed his spirit to submit to all the wills of God, was ready to carry out this order without worrying about the rest. It is up to God to figure it out, he could say; if I carry out His command, He will fulfill His promise. – But how? – I don’t know; it’s enough that He’s the Almighty, I’m going to offer Him what I hold dearest in the world, since He wants it. – But he is my only son? – No problem. – But, by taking the life of this child, I will take away the means for God to keep His word? – It is all one; He wishes it so, it must be done. – But if I keep him, my lineage will be blessed, God said so. – Yes, but He has also said that I should put him to death, He has made it clear to me; I will obey, whatever happens, and I will hope in His promises. – Admire this confidence: he does not worry at all about what will happen. But he hopes that all will be well, since God is involved. Why should we not have the same hope, if we leave to God the care of all that concerns us, and prefer what He commands us?

O my God! let us ask His divine goodness for great confidence in the happening of all that befalls us. Provided we are faithful to Him, nothing will fail us; He Himself will live in us; He will lead us; defend and love; what we say and what we do, all will be pleasing to Him.

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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.