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About the Legion of Mary
The Legion of Mary is an international association of lay Catholics finding Jesus through prayer, works of mercy and evangelization rooted in Marian spirituality and commitment to the Holy Spirit.
OBJECT
The object of the Legion of Mary is the glory of God through the holiness of its members developed by prayer and active co-operation in Mary’s and the Church’s work. The unit of the Legion of Mary is called a praesidium, which holds a weekly meeting, where prayer is intermingled with reports and discussion. Persons who wish to join the Legion must apply for membership in a Praesidium. The Legion sees as its priority the spiritual and social welfare of each individual. The members participate in the life of the parish through visitation of families, the sick, both in their homes and in hospitals and through collaboration in every apostolic and missionary undertaking sponsored by the parish. Every legionary is required to carry out a weekly apostolic work in the spirit of faith and in union with Mary.
Allocutio: Matthew 22:1-14
By Fr. Joseph Dass (September 2026)
Gospel according to Matthew 22:1-14 In the Gospel we have heard, Jesus compares heaven to a great wedding banquet. The imagery was not new. 700 years before Jesus' time, Prophet Isaiah in his writings gave us the menu of that Heavenly Banquet. Prophet Isaiah wrote:
"On this mountain (he meant Mt. Zion, the Heavenly Jerusalem, the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich foods and choice wines, juicy, rich and pure, choice wines. Notice—not wine, but wines: Red + white and all kinds—white wine with lobster and red, with prime beef. Jesus in this parable described how the king, who is God Himself, made elaborate preparations for his son's wedding and then sent out his invitations.
Blessed are those who are called to the wedding feast of the Lamb. Here, the king is God the Father and the son, is Christ. When the wedding day is at-hand the king sends his servants to call those who were invited. Ever since the call of Abraham (about 1800 BC), the Jews had been called to the Messianic Kingdom. The call had been repeated by the prophets and sacred writers of Old Testament. Some ignored the invitation, others, went about their own personal affairs—They had no time for the king or his kingdom. Still some others were even worse. They maltreated the servants & even put them to death.
Here is a list of the Old Testament prophets killed by their own people.
1. Prophet Isaiah was killed with a saw by Mannaseh, king of Judah
2. Jeremiah - stoned to death in Egypt by the Jews living there
3. Ezekiel - slain in Chaldea by the Jews
4. Amos - tortured & killed by the priests of Bethel.
Jesus says, at this the king was angry and sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their cities. So, the wedding was ready but those invited were not worthy. It is not the King who excluded them, they made themselves unworthy because of their worldliness and wicked way of life. Msgr. Ronald Knox writes: "Worldliness in one form or another, killed the appetite for the celestial delicacies so long promised to them.
"So they began to make excuses. Nevertheless, the wedding celebration, the marriage feast has to go on. And this time God's servants, the Apostles, the prophets, the Evangelists were sent to the crossroads and byways of the pagan world and announce the King's Banquet. These people (including you & me) paid heed, and came gladly to the marriage feast. Those are the people who accepted Christianity & became the new chosen people of God. Now we turn to the surprise ending of the parable: when the King came into the Banquet Hall he noticed one particular wedding guest—not wearing a proper wedding garment. The King ordered the attendants to bind that guest's hands and feet and throw him out into the darkness. What was this wedding garment? We find the answer to that question spelled out in detail in another parable— The Parable of the Last Judgement. At the end of time, at the Last Judgement two groups of people will stand in Judgement before the Great King of Heaven & earth. The King will say to those on his right. "Come you who are blessed by my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world—For I was hungry—you gave me food thirsty, and you gave me drink, was a stranger, you welcomed me, naked, and you clothed me; in prison, you visited me. And to those on his left: Depart from me you accursed; for you never did one of these things for Me. For whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers you do unto Me. And so the wedding garment, Jesus refers to in today's parable stands for Christian charity—the garment of salvation, the Robe of righteousness, as Isaiah calls it. St. Paul to the Colossians: "As God's holy ones clothe yourselves with heartfelt mercy, with kindness, humility, meekness & patience; over all these virtues put on love.
Frank Duff Reading Reference: Writings of Frank Duff, Mary Shall Reign, # 8, Excerpt from – “The Spirit of Home Visitation, See Christ in All”, p. 72
Therefore, you must go to them in the spirit of that third Standing Instruction, which bids you to see Christ in each member of the family, and to behave to Him as Mary herself behaved to Him. Higher than that you could not aim, but you must not aim any lower. That extreme example is not unattainable. Out from that person whom you visit, Our Lord is radiating the help to enable you to proceed in the perfect way. While Mary, who walks hand in hand with you is filling you with her own spirit to enable you to fulfil your mission. This effort to recollect yourself should be made before entering into each home. It is not enough to go about your work with vague good intention. The difficulties are too great for that. A vivid principle must animate your action.
This effort to get your motives into order at each door will create psychologically, and still more spiritually, the right complexion of mind and of soul in you, so that you enter the home mindful of the dignity of each person there, properly respectful to each one. You must go with reasonable frequency to each home. Visitation should not be a sort of hit and run business. An isolated call without prospect of seeing the people again for a long time is not visitation according to the Legion idea. It is not possible to develop an acquaintance on such a foundation. Vital to the process of showing interest in people is that you will know their names. It is disturbing commentary on the modern set-up that we can deal with people closely even daily for a long period – for instance in shops, office or restaurants – and in the end have to confess ignorance of their names. One is tempted to generalize drastically: No names, no influence! An anomaly in this visiting is that the house may not be a home. The home is the family living in the house. Do you ever meet the home in that sense? The cry among you is that you do not; that a large proportion of the family, especially the young adult element, is always out at their own enjoyments. You must not let them evade you like that. As a first step towards tracking them down, you must try to know them, though absent. Talk about them in the ordinary friendly intercourse which should have developed. Find out what are they following up. Get some idea of what they are like. They are part of the home, so you have a responsibility for them. You must not be satisfied with perfunctory visitation which deals with people whom you find and no more. Announcements • Confidentiality of Paramount Importance: “It is treachery to the Legion to repeat outsi