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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
I looked for the Feast of the Interior Life of the Holy Virgin and discovered it was a Sulpician Feast and celebrated on October 22. The Sulpician Tradition is: “to live supremely for God in Christ Jesus our Lord, so much so that the inner life of God’s only Son should penetrate to the inmost depths of our heart…”
During the Oblate Studies Program we learned how many of Eugene’s foundations solidified and became an intimate part of his being. A great part of this was found in his Marian studies and natural devotion to her. The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception was not proclaimed until 1854, Eugene’s prayers and thoughts were nourished by this idea and way of being as we saw in yesterday’s prayer of Jesus, Living in Mary, Come and Live in Me, was already a part of Eugene’s life.
Like Eugene, many of us found ourselves with a humble devotion to Mary, but with our studies and immersion into living with the OMI Constitutions and Rules, we find that the first 10 Constitutions which states our mission in life are wrapped in Constitution 10. “We shall always look on her as our mother. In the joys and sorrows of our missionary life we feel close to her who is the Mother of Mercy. Wherever our ministry takes us, we will strive to instill genuine devotion to the Immaculate Virgin who prefigures God’s final victory over all evil.”
Be we religious or lay, these are just some of the foundations shared and passed on to each of us who are called to be members of the Oblate Family.
Let each of us shout with joy and gratitude for the Sulpician Feast of the Interior Life of the Holy Virgin, which has through Eugene been passed on to us.