DURING OUR PAUSE WILL YOU CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO SAINT EUGENE DE MAZENOD AS HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO US IN THESE REFLECTIONS FOR THIRTEEN YEARS?

Thirteen years of reflections continue to be available on the website – a treasure-chest of material to invite us to encounter Saint Eugene in the often-flawed humanity that God used to make him a saint, his charism, his mission and spirituality. This is the reason why I produce the daily reflection.

      • You can consult these through the “Archives” section on the main page.
      • Better still, put in a word or concept in the “Search” label at the top of the main page, and all the published texts with that word or theme will appear.
      • Through the search engine you can also find that over the years I have explored themes (e.g. our foundation, the bicentenary, the Youth Association, the 1818 Rule to mention just a few)

More important than having access to the material is to allow the words of Eugene to guide you in your own daily life. Sure, they were written between 206 and 161 years ago in a world totally different from our own – but human nature has not changed that much, and the heart of what he is saying remains relevant to any disciple today, lay or religious. So, I invite you to apply his words to your own situation.

Finally, if you are one of those who receives this material by email, then please occasionally go to the website itself (https://www.eugenedemazenod.net) because the email does not always reproduce any pictures I may have used. There also is the possibility to read some of the responses to what has been written.

 

 

 

 

Finally, my gratitude to all who have been loyal readers and supporters of this service – it is a labor of love which I hope that many find beneficial.

Frank Santucci OMI
Kusenberger Chair of Oblate Studies.
Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio TX

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1 Response to DURING OUR PAUSE WILL YOU CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO SAINT EUGENE DE MAZENOD AS HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO US IN THESE REFLECTIONS FOR THIRTEEN YEARS?

  1. Eleanor Rabnett, Lay Oblate says:

    This place is a part of my Morning Prayer, for it is here that Eugene fills my heart and sheds the light of his Charism upon me in my daily life. It is an invitation to get to know him and this Mazenodian Oblate Family, allowing us to situate ourselves through out our days in the many ways we are called to love as sons and daughters of St. Eugene.

    This morning I am led to the Rule of Life, which Eugene wrote and which continues to be renewed and enlivened some 200 years later. “We achieve unity in our life only in and through Jesus Christ. Our ministry involves us in a variety of tasks, yet each act in life is an occasion for personal encounter with the Lord, who through us gives himself to others and through others gives himself to us.” (The enlivenment of Evangelizare pauperibus misit me… Pauperes evangelizantur.- the theme of the 36th General Chapter.)

    “While maintaining within ourselves an atmosphere of silence and inner peace, we seek his presence in the hearts of the people and in the events of daily life as well as the Word of God, in the sacraments and in prayer. We are pilgrims, walking with Jesus in faith, hope and love.” (The enlivenment continues as expressed in the theme of the 37th General Chapter – Pilgrims of Hope in Communion…)

    Thank you Frank for shedding the light of St. Eugene and Mary Immaculate upon each of us – your labor of love becoming fruit for all of us.

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