PRAYER: We participate in the Prayer of the Church through the Eucharist, the Office of Our Lady, personal prayer, and meditating on the Rosary. Steeped in Marian spirituality, the Knight of Our Lady is ever mindful that Chivalry gave the Blessed Mother the beautiful title of ‘Our Lady.’ The MSM belongs to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Mother of the Church. Each member is consecrated to her according to the devout formula of St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, which forms an essential part of our knighthood. As St Louis-Marie wrote: ‘It is through Mary that Jesus came into the world and it is also through Mary that He will return at the end of time, although in a different way.’
FORMATION: The knightly struggle today supposes a holistic preparation: spiritual, doctrinal, intellectual, cultural, physical, and moral. The Order helps each member to sit down at the school of Mary, in order to acquire the necessary formation to pray and act. As noted by Pope John Paul II: ‘The situation today points to an ever-increasing urgency for a doctrinal formation of the lay faithful, not simply in a better understanding which is natural to faith’s dynamism, but also in enabling them to “give a reason for their hope” in view of the world and its grave and complex problems’ (Christi Fideles Laici).
ACTION: Each member of the MSM is required to have an on-going apostolic or charitable activity, in the service of his Sovereign Lady Mary, in relation to his situation, his personal vocation, and his talents. The Order also offers its members group action, within a variety of fraternities. As appropriate, these associations welcome the collaboration of Christians who are not part of the Order.
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