{"id":2452,"date":"2013-12-13T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T03:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2013-12-12T04:01:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T02:01:28","slug":"our-rule-of-life-has-taken-on-a-more-authoritative-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2452","title":{"rendered":"OUR RULE OF LIFE HAS TAKEN ON A MORE AUTHORITATIVE CHARACTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in his letter, Eugene had exclaimed,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Have you understood, dear friend, and may all of our dear Brothers grasp, the worth of this word uttered by the mouth of the Head of the Church of Jesus Christ!<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now he draws a clear conclusion from this moment: the responsibility of each Oblate to consider the Oblate Rule with a new vision and a new sense of responsibility.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Let all of you redouble your fervour and faithfulness for the observance of the Rules. You know that today they have taken on a more authoritative character. Try to respond to the expectations of the supreme Head of the Church, this is the means to draw down upon us and upon our holy ministry new blessings.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Henri Tempier, 22 December 1825, EO VI n 213<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.\u201d \u00a0 +Jimmy Carter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in his letter, Eugene had exclaimed, Have you understood, dear friend, and may all of our dear Brothers grasp, the worth of this word uttered by the mouth of the Head of the Church of Jesus Christ! Now he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2452\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters","tag-omi-rule"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}