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A PAUSE FOR A FEW WEEKS

A Happy Easter to you. I have had some reactions to the reflections on the Oblate Constitutions and Rules that I have been doing for several weeks. Thank you for encouraging words. These reflections will be paused for a month … Continue reading

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EASTER: “WE ANNOUNCE THE LIBERATING PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE NEW WORLD BORN IN HIS RESURRECTION” Constitution 9

Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ (Matthew 28: 7) After journeying … Continue reading

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AFTER HAVING EXPERIENCED HIS LOVE ON GOOD FRIDAY (Constitution 59)

The description of the response of a new Oblate applies not only to a novice, but to each of us today as we renew our experience of God’s love on the Cross: The novice, having experienced the Father’s love in … Continue reading

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HOLY THURSDAY: THE UNRESERVED GIFT OF OBLATION (Constitution 2)

On this day when we recall the last supper and the self-giving of Jesus Christ in the institution of the Eucharist and the beginning of the passion, as members of the Oblate Family we are reminded of the response of … Continue reading

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE FACES OF THE POOR (Constitution 5)

Wherever we work, our mission is especially to those people whose condition cries out for salvation and for the hope which only Jesus Christ can fully bring. These are the poor with their many faces; we give them our preference. … Continue reading

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I AM A WITNESS OF MANY POOR PEOPLE IN VULNERABLE SITUATIONS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR GRATITUDE FOR OUR PRESENCE (Constitution 5)

Wherever we work, our mission is especially to those people whose condition cries out for salvation and for the hope which only Jesus Christ can fully bring. These are the poor with their many faces; we give them our preference. … Continue reading

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GREAT ACTS COMMENCE WITH SMALL DEEDS (Constitution 5)

Wherever we work, our mission is especially to those people whose condition cries out for salvation and for the hope which only Jesus Christ can fully bring. These are the poor with their many faces; we give them our preference. … Continue reading

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WE KNOW THAT THE OBLATES MAKE THIS THEIR SPECIALTY: IT IS AS GLORIOUS AS IT IS DIFFICULT. (Constitution 5)

We are a missionary Congregation. Our principal service in the Church is to proclaim Christ and his Kingdom to the most abandoned. We preach the Gospel among people who have not yet received it and help them see their own … Continue reading

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WE PREACH THE GOSPEL AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED IT (Constitution 5)

We are a missionary Congregation. Our principal service in the Church is to proclaim Christ and his Kingdom to the most abandoned. We preach the Gospel among people who have not yet received it and help them see their own … Continue reading

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IT IS OUR WITNESS AND OUR WORDS THAT ENABLE THE MOST ABANDONED TO SEE THE FACE OF JESUS (Constitution 5)

We are a missionary Congregation. Our principal service in the Church is to proclaim Christ and his Kingdom to the most abandoned. (Constitution 5) This says it all: it is the desired goal of every Oblate ministry. The test of … Continue reading

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