TO SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE (C 11)

Our mission is to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to seek it before all else (cf. Mt 6: 33).

We fulfil this mission in community; and our communities are a sign that, in Jesus, God is everything for us.

Together we await Christ’s coming in the fullness of his justice so that God may be all in all (cf. 1 Cor 15: 28).

Growing in faith, hope and love, we commit ourselves to be a leaven of the Beatitudes at the heart of the world.

Constitution 11

Father Jetté (Superior General 1974-1986) wrote:

Article 11 of the Constitutions is very important. It is the link between our mission and our form of life. Its central element is the Kingdom of God: we have the mission of proclaiming this Kingdom and we ourselves are looking for this Kingdom before all else. In the preceding section we saw how the Oblate understands proclaiming God’s Kingdom; now we shall see how he strives to live its values.

These two aspects are inseparable: we are not credible if we do not live what we preach. As Paul VI asserted: “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses” (Evangelii nuntiandi, no. 41).

(O.M.I. The Apostolic Man, p. 121)

An invitation to give thanks for the gift of the witness of all the members of our Oblate Family and our invitation to be teachers through our commitment to the Kingdom