{"id":1031,"date":"2011-10-12T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2011-10-11T20:50:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T18:50:38","slug":"rules-as-a-compelling-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=1031","title":{"rendered":"RULES AS A COMPELLING FORCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Statuts<\/em> were 82 pages long and were a very detailed guide to practically every aspect of the young man\u2019s life. As demanding as they were, no one was obliged to remain a member of the Youth Congregation. The fact that there were nearly 300 members who freely chose to commit themselves to living them proves that they found these rules a useful compelling force in their lives.<\/p>\n

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Art. 28. The Congregation has provided for the needs of its members by a special regulation that they are required to observe.<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Art. 29. This regulation covers all of their duties; It embraces all the activities of their day and of their lives. If they are loyal to it, they can regard their salvation as certain.<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Art. 30. It not only establishes religious exercises and the duties of devotion that they must fulfill, but it also includes everything connected with their study or their work.<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0“Statuts de la Congr\u00e9gation”, Missions<\/em> 145 (1899), p.\u00a0 25-107-<\/p>\n

Eugene was training these young men to become good disciples of Jesus and, once they were transformed as persons and as Christians, to become a corps of apostles to others, a leaven in the world.<\/p>\n

The length, organization and details of these Regulations show that Eugene had a capability for organizing people, and this experience of directing the youth was to be beneficial when it came to composing the Rule for his Missionaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cA law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.\u201d <\/em>Chaim Weizmann, Zionist leader (1874 – 1952)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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