The Importance of Sacramentals

Hello Brother and Sister Legionaries, I hope you’re doing great today. I want to encourage you with this allocutio about propagating all things Catholic. That we as legionaries, we’re very good about the Sacramentals, propagating the Sacramentals, prayer cards, the scapular, the Miraculous Medal, medals of the saints, even. We need to help Catholics right now, to remind them that we are not pausing Catholicism during this Covid time. It is a difficult time, but we need things to hold onto, so that’s why the Sacramentals help us. Because they help bind us more firmly to the Sacraments. Graces flow through these Sacramentals.



July 16 is the feast day of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, so a great sacramental is the brown scapular. The scapular is something I’ve worn since I was in 8^th grade, and my mom gave it to me, and I never took it off. No matter what I was going through or even when I was lukewarm or cold in my faith, I always had Mary watching over me and having my scapular around my neck, even when I played tennis. People would say, “what’s that stamp behind your neck?” And I was like, “oh, that’s my scapular.”  So the scapular to always be close to Our Lady, and the Miraculous Medal. The only thing with the scapular right now is that we need a priest to do the blessing with them, so if you can encourage a priest to do the blessing with them, that’s a little harder during these times. But one easy thing to do is the Miraculous Medal. And making sure there is a supply of them in the back of the Church for people to pick up. You could try to do a mail out, and mail Holy Cards to the people at their homes. You can volunteer with the priest to help make sacramentals available to the people.

As Legionaries, let’s try to get the home somehow, through the Sacramentals, through the Sacred Heart image, through visits of Mary, through even little prayer cards, encourage people to pray in the home. I have a prayer card I got from Marians.org, it’s a consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It’s from the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, and it is something that they could easily do in the home. We have to keep people close to Our Blessed Mother, and to the saints right now because being close to them is close to the Body of Christ and to the Church. This is what I got right here. It’s a Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to the Two Hearts. And it has a beautiful consecration prayer,

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, we consecrate ourselves and our whole family to You. We consecrate to You our very being and our whole life.... all that we are... all that we have... and all that we love. To You we give our body, our heart, and our soul. To You we dedicate our home and our country. Mindful of this consecration, we now promise You to live a Christian way of life by the practice of virtues. O most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, accept this act of consecration which I make out of pure love for You. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

As Legionaries we console the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, united to Mary, with Mary, with her Immaculate Heart, and serving the Body of Christ. We need to pray for those who are sick. We need to pray the Rosary. Right now is a difficult time. Try to stay in touch with each other. Pray. Pray the Rosary. We are still Legionaries. I want to encourage you as well, to try to find a Mass during the week where you know there is not going to be a lot of people, if you’re nervous about crowded Masses and receive the Eucharist as much as you can. Stay close to the Holy Eucharist. Know all my prayers for you. Jesus never will abandon the Church. Jesus will never abandon the Church.

Today’s reading says “Do the wedding guests fast when the Bridegroom is with them?” Jesus is the Bridegroom. He loves the Church.  We are His spouse. He is with us. We place our trust in Him. The Gospel this weekend talks about finding rest, “Come to Me and you will find rest.” We need to have moments of rest each day, of prayer, resting in Jesus’ Sacred Heart, receiving His love, Allowing Mary to help provide us that place of rest with her, like her, receiving the mercy of God and His great love. Let us be childlike, let us look to God with confidence. He is our Father, and He loves us. And the Holy Spirit will inspire us, the One that we promised as Legionaries that we dedicate ourselves to Our Blessed Mother and made a promise to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will guide us in how we can best serve the Church right now in these difficult moments. And to not be afraid. We hold to our faith no matter what. It is the Truth. Jesus is the only way, the Way, the Truth and the Life. It is worth giving your life for. God bless you.

Be sure of all of my prayers for you Legionaries,    
Fr. Victor