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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
Had Eugene not insisted that the spirit and charism of the Oblates that he was sending out, then I doubt that we as a Mazenodian Family would still be in existence today, at least in North America. Our vocation is not given to us by the local bishops where we reside; rather our vocation is given to us by God – it is God who calls us – it is God who continues to breathe life into us…
It is not about if we work for a living or volunteer, our vocation becomes centered on sharing our experience of God with those that we meet, according to how we have been called – and for us members of the Mazenodian Family we serve with a bias for those who have been rejected and abandoned by the world. And if we as a family see the world through the eyes of our crucified Saviour then that is how we will lovingly serve God, the Church, and all those that the Spirit leads and introduces us to – it is about love…
It is in this way that we make and live our oblation – be it serving in the role of a religious or as lay persons, single or married…
This who God has created us to be and there is a contentment and joy within us when we are able to live as we have been called… it is here that we recognize and discover our belonging…