09/09/2026
August 02, 2026 | ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข โ
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The reading we just heard begins with this sober reminder โ visible signs of faith must never make us blind to the hidden condition of souls. A crowded church is a true blessing, but it does not mean that we have truly reached out to those present and touched their hearts. Religious activities can be flourishing while, in nearby homes, relationships are breaking down, faith is weakening, and people are silently losing hope.
This is why the Legion must direct itself to the individual's soul. The Legion does not deal merely with crowds, neighborhoods, or groups of people. We are sent to particular persons. Each one has a name, a history, a story, and a longing that may not be immediately visible.
We often see only what a person has become. However, the legionary must also ask what happened to that person, what remains wounded within, and where grace could find an opening.
The scale of these problems can make us feel powerless, but the Legion does not wait until it can solve everything. It should begin with souls that are presently within reach. A word of consolation given to one troubled person is not insignificant. Teaching a child to pray is not insignificant. Helping one person return to the church and the sacraments is not insignificant. Each act of grace weakens the hold of evil at a particular point.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป. ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ. ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป. ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น, ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐.
The Legion must direct itself to the individual soul because Christ does not save people only as part of a crowd. He calls each one personally. May Our Lady teach us to recognize the soul hidden behind the face, the silence, the resistance, and even the failure. May she give us the patience to remain, the courage to return, and the faith to believe that no sincere act of love offered for one soul is ever wasted. ๐
โ Rev. Fr. Joel Rescober, CM, Spiritual Director
