{"id":3083,"date":"2016-04-07T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T03:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2016-04-04T03:37:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T01:37:39","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-ready-to-leave-everything-to-be-disciples-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3083","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: READY TO LEAVE EVERYTHING TO BE DISCIPLES OF JESUS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are men \u201cset apart for the Gospel\u201d (Rom 1: 1), men ready to leave everything to be disciples of Jesus.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CC&RR Constitution 2<\/em><\/p>\n

\"lay\"<\/a>Does the call of Jesus to discipleship in the Gospels refer only to religious and priests? Most certainly not! The Church teaches that there is a universal call to holiness, and that all are called to discipleship. Some \u201cleave everything\u201d to embrace a particular way of life through vows, but that is a tiny percentage of Christians. For the vast majority it is the call to focus on what is essential in our relationship with Jesus the Savior, and to \u201cleave everything\u201d aside that does not contribute to that relationship.<\/p>\n

The Savior who calls us to be disciples, who gives us a specific vocation in the Mazenodian Family, lovingly draws us to enter into an ever-deepening relationship with him:<\/p>\n

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The desire to co-operate with him draws us to know him more deeply, to identify with him, to let him live in us.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
We strive to reproduce in ourselves the pattern of his life.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CC&RR Constitution 2<\/em><\/p>\n

This was the vision and dream of Eugene, and it became the vision and dream of all who follow his way:<\/p>\n

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I will meditate on Jesus my love in his incarnation, his hidden life, his mission, his passion and death; but especially in his Sacrament and Sacrifice. My chief occupation will be to love him, my chief concern to make him loved. To this I will bend all my efforts, time, strength, and when after much labor I have succeeded in leading only one person to make an act of love towards so good a Master, I will rightly consider myself very well paid.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Retreat notes, December 1812, EO XV n. 109<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"omi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to others, every help given them, is as a gift to God, whose chief concern is the welfare of his children. Every gentle deed to our neighbor, every kindness to the poor and suffering, is a gift to the Lord, before whom all mankind are equal.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 John Andreas Widtsoe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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