SERAPHIM PRAYER BOOK

CONTENTS LOM TESSERA      Opening Prayers      Catena Legionis      Concluding Prayers

 

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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…

 

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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.

 

 

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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PIETA

S. Heart

Neglects

I. Heart

Confiteor

Contrition

Memorare

Salve Regina

Cross

Creed

Our Father

Hail Mary

Glory Be

Angelus

Regina Caeli

Before Meal

After Meal

Tanda

St Michael

Morning

Morning 1

Eyes

BLESSED

Night

Night 1

Night 2

O. Lady

Catena

Rosary

Joyful

Sorrowful

Glorious

Luminous

G. Angel

Little Flower

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19 

Day 21

Day 22

Day 23

Day 24

Day 25

Day 26

Day 27

Day 28

Day 29

1st Com.

1–5 Stn

6–10 Stn

11–14 Stn

St Per

St Per2

Divine Mercy

3 O’clock

1000 Souls

S.Com.

Te Deum

(A14)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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