{"id":2533,"date":"2014-04-07T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T03:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2014-04-04T03:25:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T01:25:34","slug":"the-approbation-of-the-oblates-changed-for-ever-in-how-we-experience-life-and-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2533","title":{"rendered":"THE APPROBATION OF THE OBLATES: CHANGED FOR EVER IN HOW WE EXPERIENCE LIFE AND THE WORLD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Rejoicing with the Oblates on the meaning of the approbation of our Congregation, Eugene points out that we have become \u201cnew persons\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>For the rest, what I ask of God, is that he choose for us and send us the people we need to do his work. You are quite right in saying that you all seem to have become new persons: this is truly so. May we understand well what we are!<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Henri Tempier, 20 March 1826, EO VII n 231<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em><strong>May we understand well what we are!<\/strong><\/em>\u201d In the \u201cPreface\u201d Eugene had spelt this out clearly:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>But it is not enough for them simply to be convinced of the sublime nature of the ministry to which they have been called. The example of the saints and reason itself make it amply clear that the success of such a holy undertaking as well as the maintenance of discipline in any society make certain rules of life absolutely necessary for unity of thought and action among the members. Such unity is a body&#8217;s strength, keeping up its fervor and insuring that it lasts.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>1818 Rule, Part One, Chapter One, \u00a73. Nota Bene. Missions, 78 (1951) p. 16<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.\u201d John Milton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rejoicing with the Oblates on the meaning of the approbation of our Congregation, Eugene points out that we have become \u201cnew persons\u201d: For the rest, what I ask of God, is that he choose for us and send us the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2533\">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":[39,53],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-2533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters","category-rule","tag-approbation-of-congregation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533","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=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}