1/8/2024 0 Comments Tessera prayer legion of maryAt the same time, they must also “accept cheerfully” (H, 171). This means that members, in a “spirit of heroic and sweet docility to proper authority of every sort” (H, 171), must physically do what the Legion system, the Legion Handbook, and the Legion officers ask. Regarding the “what” or the meaning of obedience, the Handbook defines this virtue as the “fruit of loyalty” and the “readiness to accept situations and decisions” (H, 171) linked to our Legion life with its double demand: submission not just with our bodies, but also with our hearts. In other words, I would to reflect today on the “what,” the “why,” and the “who” of Legionary obedience. The inspiring loyalty and obedience of a dog – who did what he was told to do and who was faithful to duty, no matter what – opens our consideration today on the meaning of, the rationale behind, and the role model for the practice of obedience in the Legion. With tearful eyes, the dog’s owner said, “I always had to be careful what I told him to do, because I knew he would do it.” He stayed right where his master had said, in perfect obedience. Then a fire started in the woods, and soon the blaze spread to the spot where the dog had been left. His faithful friend understood and did exactly that. That morning, he left the animal in a clearing and gave him a command to stay and watch his lunch bucket while he went into the forest. Because he worked outdoors, the man often took his dog with him. Heartbroken, the man explained how it happened. Southern American poet Archibald Rutledge wrote that one day he met a man whose dog had just been killed in a forest fire.
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