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Monthly Archives: March 2018
TRANSFORM ALL OUR “DOING” AND “BEING” INTO GOD-TIME
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
LET US WONDER IN SILENCE AT OUR GREAT VOCATION
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
ONE MONTH AT A TIME
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
STRIVE… WALK… RENOUNCE… RENEW… WORK CONTINUALLY
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
BEING ABLE TO SAY: “BE IMITATORS OF ME, AS I AM OF CHRIST”
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
AN INVITATION TO BECOME AN ARTIST
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
DRAWING THE IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST IN OUR PERSONS
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
SHOW US THE BLESSED FRUIT OF YOUR WOMB
“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
WE HAVE AT HEART OUR SALVATION
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
ANCHOR CONNECTIONS
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