Monthly Archives: March 2018

Our Mazenodian vocation is to live the life of Jesus and the apostles. It is to do their ministry: to make Jesus Christ present in our everyday activities. It is the practice the virtues of Jesus as he taught them … Continue reading →

Why all this insistence on imitating these virtues? Because Jesus is our founder. Because without him and the example of his relationship with the apostles, our life and baptismal vocation would have no meaning. Here is the foundation of our … Continue reading →

Always the obligation to retrace Jesus Christ in our persons: We will meditate especially …on the virtues of our Lord Jesus Christ, for these should be obvious in the life of our members. Retreat notes, October 1831, EO XV n. … Continue reading →

Paul tells us: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things” (Philippians 4:8). Eugene tells us: Always the … Continue reading →

Always the obligation to retrace Jesus Christ in our persons: We will meditate especially …on the virtues of our Lord Jesus Christ, for these should be obvious in the life of our members. Retreat notes, October 1831, EO XV n. … Continue reading →

Always the obligation to retrace Jesus Christ in our persons: We will meditate especially …on the virtues of our Lord Jesus Christ, for these should be obvious in the life of our members. Retreat notes, October 1831, EO XV n. … Continue reading →

Eugene emphasizes the centrality of Jesus Christ by using the image of drawing: placing tracing paper over an image and then tracing its outlines. We are called to be like that tracing paper and to draw Jesus in our lives … Continue reading →

“They will always regard her as mother” Eugene had written when we officially became Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate after our papal approbation in 1826. He asked us to have a “tender and filial devotion.” Throughout his whole life he … Continue reading →

Remember the context of these particular daily reflections: Eugene is meditating on the Oblate Constitutions and Rules each day during his annual retreat in 1831. This is the focus through which he looks at his life – and that of … Continue reading →

Eugene’s retreat on the Rule leads him to reflect on the observance of the Rule itself. Take good note of the N.B. of paragraph 1 from ch. 2. It certainly does not say: if anyone finds these Rules too hard, … Continue reading →