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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 think of those early Oblates who came to our lands and who were obedient to the Bishop; some of whom ignored the Oblate Rule of Life that they were bound to. I begin to have an inkling of why they were obedient to these bishops and their assistants.
We must never forget that it is to God and his Church that we offer our obedience, no matter if we see the whole picture or not. “Through him, and with him and in him, O God…” Not just some idle words for the priest to say during Mass, but rather a declaration of who we are and how we live. Which is why we are invited to join in the great Amen.
This particular segment of the Rule of Life is not tied up with chains of steel, but rather it is melded as one in love. Pronouns belong in this physical world and we are in so many ways bound by them. But “through him and with him and in him…” frees us in more ways that we have words to describe.
The Church and Jesus are a part of the Trinity, a melding and swirling; totally one with the other, even as they appear to be fully distinct. We are invited to step into the heart of the Church, into the presence of Jesus our crucified Saviour.
Indeed, we who are members of this Charismatic Family are invited to recognize Jesus’s We are invited to recognize Jesus’s living presence in the Church today.