Pray Along with Basilica Legion of Mary Members

The Legion of Mary recently recorded a podcast that shares the prayers they pray each day, which are contained in the Tessera, the name of the leaflet that contains the Legion prayers. Click here to read and pray the prayers in the podcast. Click here to learn more about the Legion of Mary at the Basilica, including information about the Junior Legion of Mary. (Or email their leader, Adria Tayrani, at lomstmaryoldtown@gmail.com.)

Here, according to the Legion Handbook, is what Tessera means:”In Latin, Tessera had the particular meaning of a tally or token which was divided among friends in order that they or their descendants might always recognize each other…Travellers together in this miserable world, we are all so weak that we mutually require the supporting arm of our brother to prevent our fainting by the way. But in the order of salvation and grace, God especially requires that we be united together. Prayer is the bond which thus unites all hearts and voices, making them as one. Our strength lies in united prayer, this alone will render us invincible. Let us then hasten to unite our prayers, our efforts, our desires together, all of which being powerful of themselves, will by union prove irrestible.

Father Edward Hathaway, the Rector of the Basilica, seeks 100 auxiliary members to be a part of the Legion of Mary. Here is what is involved by being an auxiliary: He or she is someone who recites, on a daily basis, the Tessera — meaning the the prayers in the podcast below. Nothing else. The auxiliaries are the most important part of a successful Legion of Mary group, as the active members rely on and need the prayers of the auxiliaries to keep forging ahead.