2. Magnificat’s Five Objectives to Live & Lead
Live out the mystery of Mary’s visit to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56).
Help Catholic women: a) Open more to the Holy Spirit; b) commit to Jesus as Lord; c) love, serve, share the good news of salvation
Provide opportunities which foster growth in holiness.
Sponsor Magnificat Meal: essential function of Magnificat
Imitate Mary through spiritual adoption of priests/seminarians.

3. Objective 1: A Call to Holiness through Servant Leadership
Not just random: Chosen
Not merely created: Fathered
Not mindlessly formed: Gifted
God willed you: Called to bear life!

4. Objective 1: Magnificat In Action
1. CST Handbook: know it, live it, love it, it is anointed! Visit CST website for Magnificat resources & updates. Stay connected to CST vision. Build a Magnificat family. Invite all women to become part of the mission.
2. Call to Holiness: balance “Martha” & “Mary”, baptism in the Spirit, conversion, sacramental life, adoration/contemplative, rosary, spiritual reading—know your faith, retreats, cenacles, spiritual direction, repentance, discernment
3. Teamwork: four anointed people present at the Visitation Scene! ST/AT pray together, worship together, develop trust, affirm, heal, encourage your gifts, forgive the hurts, community stretches us, be gentle, kind, and patient.
4. Evangelize: personal invitation to Magnificat events. Be pro-active. Invite many others to experience Magnificat. Reach out to younger women.
5. Plant, Grow & Bloom: Be a gardener! Beautify Mary’s garden!

5. Objective 1: Live out the Visitation “Magnify the Lord”
RECEPTIVITY: empty/available for God to fill with the Holy Spirit & gifts
SERVANTHOOD: humble, generous (handmaid of the Lord: LK 1:39)
EUCHARISTIC WOMEN OF THE WORD: pregnant with Christ & with the Gospel (cf. closing Vatican Council statement-HB pg. xii)
SPIRITUAL MOTHERHOOD: life-bearing vessel of grace (LK 1:39)
VIRTUOUS LEADERS: ten Marian evangelical virtues: pure, prudent, humble, faithful, devout, obedient, poor, patient, merciful, sorrowful
RESILIENCY: forgiving, faithful, fortitude
PROPHETIC INTERCESSORS: praise, prayer, prophetic
LOVE: sacrificially (“Love until it hurts” –Mother Teresa)

6. Objective 2: Help Women Open More to the Holy Spirit
Action: Experience & Lead Magnificat LISS & Growth Seminars Foster & Use Gifts of the Spirit Isaiah 11:2-3: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, Fear of the Lord 1 Cor. 12: Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith, Healing, Miracles, Prophecy, Discernment, Tongues, Interpretation of different tongues No one person has ALL the gifts!

7. Objective 2: Openness to the Holy Spirit The Fruit of the Spirit : A Marian Heart
Galatians 5:22-23
1. Charity. Love of God for His own sake and our neighbor as ourselves for the Love of God.
2. Joy. The happiness of mind and heart in serving God (Joyful states of mind, free from worry).
3. Peace. Tranquility and security.
4. Kindness. Gentleness and mildness.
5. Patience. Calm in the face of trials.
6. Goodness. Always ready to think, to wish, or do that which is right.
7. Long-suffering. Patient and forbearing.
8. Humility. To acknowledge our total dependence on God as His creatures. To recognize whatever good that is present within us as a gift from God for us to use to do good.
9. Fidelity. Faithfulness.
10. Modesty. Protection for chastity by inclining us to guard our senses. To be considerate in our dress and behavior, so as not to cause temptation to others.
12. Continence. Self-control of evil desires and actions.
12. Chastity. Keeping pure and free from sinful or impure pleasures of body and soul.

8. Objective 3: Provide Opportunities Which Foster Growth in Holiness
Ideal: holy leaders foster holiness
Action: Life in the Spirit
CST Bible Study for Women
Form Prayer Groups
Life in the Spirit Seminar
Marian Consecration with CST for leaders & members
Retreats, Adoration, Pilgrimages
St. Ignatius Spiritual Exercises
Resources for Growth Benedicta Leadership Course study papal encyclicals on women spiritual warfare/Neal Lozano discernment of spirits spiritual motherhood resources

9. Objective 4: Sponsor the Magnificat Meal
Prayer Ministry: Follow CST: How To Pray Over People, exercise the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit!
Spiritual Membership: ask for prayer
Stewardship: Chapter dues and double dues to grow our Magnificat garden.
Succession Plan: Handbook Pg. A-95 Through prayer seek people who possess leadership qualities hopefully coming from Chapter Advisory Team, cenacles, someone passionate about sharing gifts with Magnificat. Document responsibilities so next person coming on team has a good understanding of what the position entails BURNED OUT? Stagger succession.
IDEAL: The Magnificat Meal is TEAMWORK; never done by one person. Servants, not queens. Unity. Execute CST Vision/ Handbook: stay focused & don’t overwhelm Speaker is Important: discern well, review the testimony, spiritual advisor approval Music Ministry: Invest in best music. Have good recording equipment. Grow: recruit new members for advisory team/chairwomen. Occasionally host COME & SEE’S. Ask for volunteers at EVERY Meal: Be pro-active in growing the ministry

10. Objective 4: Magnificat Meal, “The Essential Function”
Ideal: Evangelization of Women
Through the gift of praise, fellowship, & testimony the experience of the Magnificat Meal forms women in MARIAN BEAUTY.
Each Meal is an ENCOUNTER of Marian grace.
Women are blessed, inspired, strengthened by other women with hospitable hearts.
Healing occurs & Joy multiplies
Mary’s Magnificat garden blooms
God is magnified; His people are edified
Let your Marian beauty shine to bless others!

11. Objective 5: Imitate Mary in Spiritual Adoption of Priests and Seminarians
Ideal: Spiritual motherhood is the call of every woman (St. Edith Stein). Our 5th Objective is spiritual maternity of priests/seminarians. Action: Offer intentional prayer & sacrifice for clergy. Do this personally like Mary & communally at Magnificat Events. Names of priests/seminarians are available on diocesan websites. You can create forms, write letters, postcards or obtain mass cards for clergy. Say a prayer for clergy at every Meal/meeting. Resources: for more ideas, please visit

12. Live Your Feminine Genius Resiliency: Shake it off!
A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule “braying” – or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead he called his neighbors together & told them what happened & enlisted their help in hauling dirt to bury the old mule in the well & put him out of his misery. Initially, the old mule was hysterical! As the farmer & neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back, HE SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! He did this, blow after blow. SHAKE IT OFF & STEP UP—he repeated to himself. No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed the old mule fought panic; SHAKING IT OFF & STEPPING UP.

13. RESILIENCY: Mark of a Leader
FORGIVENESS
FAITH
PRAYER
PRAISE
COURAGE
HOPE
These are all excellent ways to shake it off & step up, out of the wells in which we find ourselves. Let us pray for resiliency.
It wasn’t long before the mule, battered, and exhausted, STEPPED TRIUMPHANTLY OVER THE WALL OF THE WELL. What seemed like it would bury him, actually blessed him. All because of the manner in which he handled his adversity. That is the lesson of life. If we face our problems & respond to them positively, & refuse to give into panic, bitterness or self- pity … THE ADVERSITIES THAT COME ALONG TO BURY US USUALLY HAVE WITHIN THEM THE POTENTIAL TO BENEFIT & BLESS US!

14. Magnificat & Spiritual Warfare Keep Your Spiritual Armor On
Ordinary Demonic Tactics: Deception, Diversion, Discouragement, Division
Ephesians 6: 11-17: (NIV) 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

15. Magnificat & Spiritual Warfare Five Things to Know
4. We are not alone: God is with us as we endure trials. We are more than conquerors in Christ (Romans 8:37). 5. Prayer, sacraments, fasting, sacramentals & scripture are effective means of remaining closely united to God & resisting temptation, which is the most common tactic of the devil in Spiritual Warfare. PS: The Magnificat prayer is used in Deliverance/Exorcism & does great violence to the evil one.
1. Spiritual warfare refers to the daily battle between good & evil.
2. Jesus won victory over Satan, but our battle is not over. Satan is defeated but not destroyed. He is angry with the Woman & makes war on her offspring (CCC 2853).
3. Satan’s power is not infinite like God’s. He may cause spiritual injury but only as permitted by God (CCC 395).

16. Thank You For Your YES! Your YES is grace Your YES is appreciated
Your YES is necessary
Your YES matters
Your YES bears fruit
Your YES blesses others
Your YES is sacrificial