Our Effort in Our Lady's army

Chapter 6, article 4, titled " Intensity of effort in Mary's service"

A soldier in protecting the integrity of his country,puts in his best. So too, a legionary of Mary is to put in his best in our Lady's service. Our work in the apostolate of the Church is not easy i must confess, but it takes self-sacrifice and total dependence on our Lady to succeed. Just as the body needs air to survive, so too do the legionary need to depend on her to make meaningful success in our work. That is not a yardstick not to try our best in the service. Factly speaking, Mary our commander wishes to convert the world to Christ but she needs us to help her in doing so, hence our best is what should be the other of the day. Just as the teacher and the students cooperate to enhance success in impacting knowledge, so does this cooperation relates to Our Lady and the legionary. Let relaxation be far from our service because like Jesus said the harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few. When our Lady sees how we put in our best in her service, she will then complement our effort and together we shall record success. Meanwhile, in putting all our effort, the legionary shouldn't put into his mind when he records success that he was so powerful that conversion was made. That will amount to pride and as we know pride goes before a fall just like it happened to the devil. We are to know that our effort is just like planting the crop, while it is the part of the Holy Spirit to water that crop that we have planted to grow in the minds of our contact.
We are to put up the attitude of St Paul whenever we carry out our assignment, that 'it is no longer I that lives but it is now Christ that lives'. That way, claiming God's glory will not be our portion.

Legionaries must know that they do not work directly for result,but that they are only to make an effort and our Lady will make that little effort to be very mighty. This is not to say that the legionary is to do the work half-hazardly. No. He must try his best, no matter how small it may seem. Remember that it is in the measure that we work that we shall be rewarded.