CONSECRATED TO HER IN A SPECIAL MANNER AND TO BEAR HER NAME (C10)

Open to the Spirit, she consecrated herself totally as lowly handmaid to the person and work of the Saviour. (Constitution 10)

Eugene’s vision for the Oblates:

My consistent thought has always been that our little family should consecrate itself to God and to the service of the Church through the vows of religion.

Rambert, I p. 187

Mary is the model and accompanier of our consecration

May we truly understand who we are! I hope that the Lord will grant us this grace, with the assistance and protection of our holy Mother, the Immaculate Mary, to whom we must have great devotion in our Congregation. Does it not seem to you that it is a sign of predestination to bear the name of Oblates of Mary, that is, consecrated to God under the patronages of Mary, whose name the Congregation bears, like a family name shared with the most holy and Immaculate Mother of God?

To Fr. Tempier in Marseilles, 20 March 1826, EO VII n. 231

As we are guided by the charism and try to live our lives in its spirit, we are never alone.

Admit that it will be as glorious as it will be consoling for us to be consecrated to her in a special manner and to bear her name.

The Oblates of Mary!

This name satisfies the heart and the ear.

Letter to Henri Tempier, 22 December 1825, EO VI n 213