SERAPHIM PRAYER BOOK
CONTENTS LOM
TESSERA Opening
Prayers Catena
Legionis Concluding
Prayers
Legion of Mary Tessera
OPENING PRAYERS
In the name of the Father…
Come,
O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and
enkindle in them the fire of Your love.
v. Send forth Your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray. God our Father,
pour out the gifts of Your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on Your Church to begin the teaching of the
gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in
the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
v. You, O Lord, will open my lips.
R. And my tongue shall announce Your praise.
v. Incline unto my aid, O God.
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
v. Glory be to the Father…
R. As it was in the beginning…
Then follow five decades of
the Rosary with the Hail, Holy Queen.
Hail,
Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy; hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To
you we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to you we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, O most gracious
advocate,
your eyes of mercy towards us, and after this our exile, show us the
blessed fruit of your womb,
Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
v. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
O God, Whose only-begotten Son, by His
life, death and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of
eternal salvation; grant, we beseech You,
that meditating upon these mysteries in
the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they
promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
v. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus R. Have mercy on us.
v. Immaculate Heart of Mary R. Pray for us.
v. St. Joseph R.
Pray for us.
v. St John the Evangelist R.
Pray for us.
v. St. Louis-Marie deMontfort R. Pray for us.
In the name of the Father…
THE CATENA LEGIONIS
Antiphon. Who is she that comes forth as the morning
rising,
fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle
array?
(Make the Sign of the Cross)
My soul glorifies the Lord.*
My
spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour.
He looks on His servant in her lowliness;*
henceforth all ages will call me blessed.
The
Almighty works marvels for me.*
Holy His name!
His mercy is from age to age,*
on those who fear Him.
He
puts forth His arm in strength*
and scatters the proud-hearted.
He casts the mighty from their thrones*
and raises the lowly.
He
fills the starving with good things,*
sends the rich away empty.
He protects Israel His servant,*
remembering His mercy,
The
mercy promised to our fathers,*
to Abraham and his sons for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
Antiphon. Who is she that comes forth as the morning
rising,
fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle
array?
O
Mary, conceived without sin.
Pray for us who have recourse to you.
Let us pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, our
mediator with the Father,
Who has been Pleased to appoint the Most Blessed Virgin,
Your mother, to be our mother also, and our mediatrix
with You,
mercifully grant that whoever comes to You
seeking Your favours
may rejoice to receive all of them
through her. Amen.
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The Legion of Mary The Legion of Mary is an
international association of Catholics who with the sanction of the Church
and under the powerful leadership of Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix
of all Graces, have formed themselves into a Legion for service in the
welfare which is perpetually waged by the Church against the world and its
evil power. The object of the Legion
is the glory of God through the sanctification of its members by prayer and
active co-operation, under ecclesiastical guidance, in Mary and the Church’s
work of crushing the head of the serpent and advancing the reign of Christ. AUXILIARY MEMBERSHIP This is open to all Catholics
who are unable or unwilling to assume the duties of active membership, but
who associate themselves with the Legion by undertaking a service of prayer
in its name. |
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OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERSHIP Primary Degree: Auxiliaries The daily recitation of the
prayers comprised in the Tessera, namely: the
invocation of the Holy Spirit; the five decades of the Rosary and the
invocations ehich follow them; the Catena; and the
prayers described as Concluding Prayers. These may be divided through the day
as convenient. Persons who are already praying a daily Rosary for any
intentions whtsoever may become Auxiliaries without
obligations to say an additional Rosary. Higher Degree: Adjutorians In addition to the above, an
obligation to attend daily mass and receive Holy Communion, and to recite the
Divine Office. (Morning & Evening Prayers) |
CONCLUDING PRAYERS
In the name of the Father…
We fly
to your patronage, O Holy Mother of God; despise not our prayers in our
necessities,
but
ever deliver us from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.
v. Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix of
all Graces
(or Invocation appropriate to Praesidium [Mater Ecclesiae Praesidium]) R. Pray for us.
v. St. Michael and St. Gabriel R. Pray for us.
v. All you heavenly Powers, Mary's Legion of Angels R.
Pray for us.
v. St. John the Baptist R. Pray for us.
v. Saints Peter and Paul R. Pray for us.
Confer, O Lord, on us, who serve beneath the
standard of Mary, that fullness of faith in You
and trust in her, to which it
is given to conquer the world. Grant us a lively faith, animated by charity,
which will enable us to perform
all our actions from the motive of pure love of You,
and ever to see You and serve
You in our neighbor; a faith, firm and immovable as a rock,
through which we shall rest
tranquil and steadfast amid the crosses, toils and disappointments of life;
a courageous faith which will
inspire us to undertake and carry out without hesitation great things
for your glory and for the
salvation of souls; a faith which will be our Legion's Pillar of Fire
- to lead us forth united -
to kindle everywhere the fires of divine love
- to enlighten those who
are in darkness and in the shadow of death
- to inflame those who are
lukewarm
- to bring back life to
those who are dead in sin; and which will guide our own feet in the way of
peace; so that
- the battle of life over
- our Legion may
reassemble, without the loss of any one, in the kingdom of Your love and glory.
Amen.
May
the souls of our departed legionaries and the souls of all the faithful
departed
through
the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
In the name of the Father…
Nihil Obstat: Rev. Mark Coleridge, L.S.S., D.S.S., Diocesan Censor.
Imprimatur: Rev. Mons. Gerald A. Cudmore, Vicar General September 16, 1994.
This is to certify
that Br. Michael Hii is an Auxiliary / Adjutorian
member of Mater Ecclesiae
Praesidium. Enrolment Date 14.10.2012. President Pauline.
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