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Monthly Archives: October 2013
WE WERE INCONSIDERATE IN REGARD TO OUR MOTHER
Oblates of the Immaculate Mary. But this is a passport to heaven! How have we not thought of it sooner? The entries of the past days have taken a look back at the place of Mary in the life of … Continue reading
A YOUTH MINISTRY IN WHICH THE MOTHER MUST NEVER BE SEPARATED FROM HER SON
Fr. Lubowicki continues to show young Father Eugene’s youth ministry aimed at developing a Marian attitude in the young people in their approach to God and the expressions of their faith. He studies the Rule written by Eugene for the … Continue reading
A YOUTH MINISTRY SHAPED BY MARY AS MODEL OF FAITH
Fr. Lubowicki shows how the early ministry of the young priest with the youth was conscious of the presence of Mary. On April 25, 1813, Eugene founded the Association for Christian Youth, sixteen months after his ordination. The rules and … Continue reading
ONE THOUSAND ENTRIES AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT OF SAINT EUGENE WHICH ANIMATES OUR MAZENODIAN FAMILY IN 66 COUNTRIES
This is the one thousandth entry of “Eugene de Mazenod speaks to us”! What started as a simple private daily reflection has now grown into a daily blog in English, French and Spanish with 369 persons who receive it each … Continue reading
LET ME LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS YOUR HOLY MOTHER LOVED AND LOVES YOU
Eugene became a priest as a response to his awareness of God’s indescribable love for him. Here, in his retreat in preparation for his priestly ordination he prays to be able to make his priestly ministry a response of total … Continue reading
AS I GET NEARER TO THE PRIESTHOOD I BEG MARY TO TAKE ME UNDER HER PROTECTION
The last step before his ordination to the priesthood was ordination as a deacon. In his time of prayer before receiving diaconate, mindful of his unworthiness, he invited Mary to accompany him and intercede for him. As far as possible, … Continue reading
THE GRACE OF OBLATION AT THE VERY MOMENT THAT MARY PRESENTS THE WORLD WITH ITS SAVIOR
On 23 December 1809 Eugene made a definitive commitment towards the priesthood by being being ordained to the sub-diaconate. In a conference on that day he linked the commitment to give himself totally to the service of the People of … Continue reading
GROWTH WITHOUT A RELATIONSHIP TO MARY IS IMPOSSIBLE
After a year as seminarian in St Sulpice in Paris, Eugene reflects in his journal on the place of Mary in his spirituality: But devotion to the Blessed Virgin must excel all others; for the glorious Mother of God is … Continue reading
JESUS, LIVING IN MARY, COME AND LIVE IN ME
On Eugene’s spiritual formation, Lubowicki writes: Jean-Jacques Olier, the founder of the seminary, developed a spirituality in which he stressed the fact that the priest is an alter Christus [ed. anotherChrist},and therefore someone who follows Christ in everything, including his … Continue reading
STUDYING WHO MARY IS
Regarding Eugene’s studies at the seminary, Lubowicki writes (http://www.omiworld.org/dictionary.asp?v=9&ID=1056&let=M&pag=4): “We possess 1373 pages of Eugene’s class notes in his courses of Holy Scripture, Dogma, Moral Theology and Canon Law. The name of Mary appears in the treatise of the New … Continue reading