{"id":1510,"date":"2012-06-22T05:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2012-06-21T09:59:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T07:59:17","slug":"the-identity-of-the-mazenodian-family-a-shining-example-of-a-life-that-speaks-for-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=1510","title":{"rendered":"THE IDENTITY OF THE MAZENODIAN FAMILY: A SHINING EXAMPLE OF A LIFE THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If we wish to achieve the same results as the Apostles and the first followers of the Gospel, we must use the same means as they, and this all the more because we do not have the power to perform miracles and so we must bring back those who have gone astray by the splendor of our virtues.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Eugene notes one difference between the apostles and the Missionaries: the ability to perform physical miracles to support and confirm their preaching. Thus they have to support and confirm their preaching through the quality of their lives \u2013 through the \u201csplendor of our virtues.\u201d The example of their lives had to shine and speak by itself.<\/p>\n

The word \u201cvirtue\u201d can be dangerous because it could denote an unhealthy introspection. In popular understanding today, \u201cvirtue\u201d can have the connotation that it is only through my efforts that I make myself good. Yet the spirit that the Missionaries found in the Gospels and in the apostles was that of \u201cbeing\u201d so that God could be allowed to do the work. Miracles of salvation are produced by God, and not by my efforts.<\/p>\n

The example of countless Oblate Missionaries who put their lives and talents at the service of God is proof that the \u201csplendor of their virtues\u201d is a missionary characteristic: Saint Eugene, Blessed Joseph Gerard, Joseph Cebula and the Spanish Martyrs have been officially recognized for their allowing God to work through them. The list is long and includes thousands of names like Grandin, Charlebois, Brother Anthony, Maronic, Hurley, Jett\u00e9, Mauricio Lefebvre, Borzaga etc. The list is long, and it inspires us to be active and generous missionaries.<\/p>\n

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I am embarrassed as I pen these lines. Alas! No one understands better than I do that it is easier to teach by word than by example<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to M. Arbaud, Vicar General of Digne, January 1819, O.W. XIII n.2<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cPray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.\u201d<\/em> St. Augustine<\/p>\n

\u201cPray as if everything depends upon yourself; work as though everything depends on God.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St Ignatius of Loyola\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (cf. http:\/\/www.countrymonks.us\/?p=1615)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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