Allocutio
Allocutio : March 2021
TOPIC: RISE AGAIN WITH CHRIST We are about halfway through Lent and it is still not to late for us if we have not done anything for Lent, to do something. As I said in the last Senatus meeting in my allocutio, Lent is a time for us to make adjustments. Lent is a time […]
Allocutio : February 2021
TOPIC: LENT We are now in the season of Lent. It is the time not for us to just do penance. The Church doesn’t want to punish us…Lent is not a time for punishment…Lent is not the time to know when you have done wrong- that’s not the purpose of Lent. Lent is the time, […]
Allocutio: January 2021
TOPIC : CALLED TO BE PRIEST, PROPHET AND KING This weekend we celebrate the baptism of Jesus. With this celebration, we begin Ordinary time-the weekdays will be Ordinary time. The baptism of Jesus is first the inauguration of his ministry here on earth. It’s the start after his baptism, he went into the desert and […]
Allocutio: December 2020
TOPIC: ATTENDANCE As legionaries, we will realized the importance of attendance at our weekly meetings and at higher councils such as at Curia meeting and at Senatus meeting. Br Frank Duff can never stress enough the importance of attendance at these meetings and this is clearly stated in the Legion Handbook with one whole section […]
Allocutio: November 2020
TOPIC: ALLOCUTIO Allocutios are very important in the life of the Legion. Why is it important for us? Well,first thing if we take the Allocutio, it is a speech given by the Centurion or by some officer in the Roman Legion. It is to encourage the soldier to fight or to do what they need […]
Allocutio :October 2020
TOPIC: THE ROSARY IS ALSO A MENTAL PRAYER October is the month of the Rosary, the month of Mary. I think this is a good opportunity to remind us that the Rosary is just not merely a vocal prayer. Most of us, when we do the Rosary, we do it as a vocal prayer. We […]
Allocutio : September 2020
Topic : Mary, Model of all Christians The only three birthdays that we celebrate are of course Christmas, the birthday of Jesus, then we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist, and we celebrate the birthday of Mary. With these birthdays we see the importance of these people. Jesus, of course is the most important […]
Allocutio : January 2020
TOPIC: BRING GOOD NEWS TO OTHERS Christmas ends and today is the Baptism of the Lord, the manifestation of the feast of Epiphany. The Orthodox Church celebrates these three feasts together i.e Epiphany- the three Wise Men from the East, the Baptism of the Lord, and the miracle at the wedding at Cana. God made […]
Allocutio : December 2019
TOPIC: ADVENT AND THE LEGIONARY Br Frank Duff wrote in the Legion Handbook (p.327),”Mary was so utterly full of charity that she was found worthy to conceive and bring bring into the world Him who is Charity itself.” Let us Legionaries be distinguished by this selfsame quality of intense charity as we embrace this season […]
Allocutio : November 2019
TOPIC: THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED This month (November) we pray for all our faithful departed- a month where we remember them. In our memory, we remember especially those legionaries who have left us and had contributed to their parishes, to the Church as well as to the Praesidium and Curia. We also remember the Servant of […]