{"id":3118,"date":"2016-05-10T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2016-05-06T18:11:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:11:18","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-focus-on-seeing-what-is-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3118","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: FOCUS ON SEEING WHAT IS ESSENTIAL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Through the eyes of our crucified Saviour we see the world which he redeemed with his blood, desiring that those in whom he continues to suffer will know also the power of his resurrection (cf. Phil 3: 10).<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CC&RR, Constitution 4<\/em><\/p>\n

Fr. Jett\u00e9 reflects: \u201cwe are invited to contemplate the cross, Christ\u2019s suffering not only within ourselves but also in others. Our desire is \u2018that those in whom he continues to suffer will know also the power of his resurrection.\u2019 This brings to mind Pascal\u2019s reflection: \u2018Jesus will be in agony until the end of the world; we must not sleep during this time\u2019 (Pensees, no. 736, in Oeuvres completes, coll. La Pleiade, 1962, p. 1313)\u201d \u00a0(F. Jett\u00e9, The Apostolic Man, p.58-59)<\/p>\n

Eugene\u2019s first recorded homily, in the Madeleine Church, put this view into practice:<\/p>\n

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Lift yourselves towards heaven where your minds should be set, our citizenship is in heaven (Phil. 3:20), let your eyes see for once beneath the rags that cover you, there is within you an immortal soul made in the image of God whom it is destined to possess one day, a soul ransomed at the price of the blood of Jesus Christ, more precious in the eyes of God than all earth\u2019s riches, than all the kingdoms of the earth, a soul of which he is more jealous than of the government of the entire universe.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Christians, know then your dignity, with St. Leo I will call you sharers in the divine nature, etc.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Notes for the first instruction in the Church of the Madeleine, 1813, \u00a0EO XV n. 114<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cAnd now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Antoine de Saint-Exupery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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