WE ARE CALLED TO RECOGNIZE HIS CALL AND PRESENCE IN AN INTENTIONAL WAY (C3)

The call and the presence of the Lord among us today bind us together in charity and obedience to create anew in our own lives the Apostles’ unity with him and their common mission in his Spirit. (Constitution 3)

The model of Jesus and the disciples is the model of how the Church functions, and the local parish, and the family, and any intentional group that comes together to live the familiarity of Jesus and those closest to him  in any particular situation. What a gift!

I belong above all and principally to this family for which the Lord has given me so much love and which is for me constantly and so justly an object of admiration… I will therefore always live in spirit in the most intimate union with them.

Retreat notes, May 1824, EO XV n. 156

The vision of St Eugene draws us together to live this model in an intentional way. Through the eyes of our crucified Savior we are called to recognize His call and presence. He forms us in our times of prayer and through the people and events of our everyday life.

Our loving Savior invites us to be his companions and messengers. This is the vocation of the Oblate Family, which we make our own as Oblates, as associates, as co-workers, as supporters and benefactors – as we express the beauty of our fundamental baptismal calling of being companions and messengers.