THE RULE AS A TEACHER THAT LEADS  US TO EMBRACE THE CROSS

Posted on February 26, 2025 by franksantucci

Can I ever forget the sight of the Cross on that Good Friday?

St Eugene de Mazenod

At the sight of the Cross Eugene understood that he was poor and needed the Savior. His years of “searching for happiness” finally found their meaning and their goal. The rest of his long and eventful life hinged on the sight of the cross and on working to bring everyone to its same saving vision.

The Oblate Rule becomes a teacher that leads of every member of our Charismatic Family to embrace the Cross and the salvation it offers. Whoever embraces it, automatically embraces the Savior. We wear it proudly and it spurs us to be transformed into this sign and means of salvation for others.

Every time I look at my Oblate Cross I am reminded of the statue of Jesus, whose arms were blown off in war and never replaced, and that has a plaque with the message: “I have no arms but yours.”

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One Response to THE RULE AS A TEACHER THAT LEADS  US TO EMBRACE THE CROSS

  1. Eleanor Rabnett, Oblate Associate says:
    February 26, 2025 at 14:03

    I have sat with this beautiful reflection from Frank for a while now and have written some words – yet now I discard them for those that Spirit inspires.

    The Cross for me is everything; it is the ultimate and ongoing response that we utter and allow to become our breathing in and breathing out. And the Oblate Rule of Life is nourishment for this life-long pilgrimage, leading us to others with starving hearts… Two sides of one coin.

    The Spirit-given Charism is incarnated in this beautiful OMI Rule of Life and the cross we wear: ultimate signs of our oblation to God, the Church and the congregation which dares to receive us., caress and kiss draws us in so as to allow our hearts to burst forth towards and with others.

    “Do this and you will live” applies to each member of our family. We receive and then step out to Dare…

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