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NOTA BENE: HUMAN, CHRISTIAN, SAINT
How to make this ideal a reality in the lives of the people the Missionaries were serving? Their methodology had three steps: to make men reasonable then Christians and finally to help them become saints. 1818 Rule, Part One, Chapter … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: A HOSPITAL FOR SINNERS
The Rule was written in 1818 as an attempt to review the experiences that the Missionaries had lived for nearly three years and to draw out basic principles for the future. The Nota Bene continues Eugene’s description of the post-revolution … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: THE LITMUS TEST OF OBLATION
Why have a demanding program of personal and spiritual growth? The answer is provided in a threefold goal, which occurs hundreds of times in Eugene’s writings because he insists that it must be kept in mind constantly: “the glory of … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: DRESSING HIS MISSIONARIES FROM HEAD TO TOE
“It is only after having dressed his missionaries from head to foot in this solid armor of virtue that Bishop de Mazenod allows himself to say to them: then, full of confidence ….” YENVEUX, A. Les saintes Règles de la … Continue reading
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NOTA BENE: THE SCHOOL OF JESUS
In his Rule, Eugene shares his enthusiastic vision that embraces the whole world. The way to “become” this ideal is to do what Jesus did: In a word, put into practice the same means our Savior employed when he wanted … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: EXAMPLE IS LEADERSHIP
The remedy to the tragic situation of the Church – and specifically to the harm done by the “laziness, indifference and corruption among the priests” – proposed by Eugene is that of the good example of the priests. “Example is … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: ANALYSIS BEFORE ACTION
The Missionaries, dedicated to the process of rebuilding the post-revolution Church of France, dedicated their lives to bringing these abandoned victims of the revolution into the fullness of communion with Jesus Christ and the members of his Body. In order … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: A PAINFUL BETRAYAL
In her distress, the Church, portrayed as a mother, calls out for help. Who can the Church confidently turn to for help? Surely, the very persons that she can obviously rely on with unfailing confidence are her priests. In this … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: TWO SIDES OF THE PICTURE
One can touch the intensity of Eugene’s emotions! As he reflected on the situation of the Church in France he expressed his horror at the behavior of some of the priests who were not living up to the demands of … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: A “WOW” MOMENT!
Eugene is enthralled by the wonder of our vocation. It is made in heaven and is an invitation to enter into the realm of heaven by giving us the charge of being nothing less than the co-operators of the Savior! … Continue reading