{"id":3152,"date":"2016-07-21T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2016-07-18T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T13:40:58","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-communion-and-collaboration-with-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3152","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: COMMUNION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE CHURCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Our love for the Church inspires us to fulfil our mission in communion with the pastors whom the Lord has given to his people; we accept loyally, with an enlightened faith, the guidance and teachings of the successors of Peter and the Apostles.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CC&RR, Constitution 6<\/em><\/p>\n

Father Fernand Jett\u00e9 was Superior General during the lengthy period of discernment, preparation and dialogue that produced the Oblate Rule of Life that is our guide today. He was an influential figure in its production, and thus his commentary helps us to understand the spirit of the Rule. He writes:<\/p>\n

Eugene de Mazenod suffered for the Church and for the Pope; he also accepted to endure suffering that came from the Church and from the Pope. At the same time he manifested an indefectible fidelity to the Church and to the Pope.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some have understood his attachment to the Church of Rome and to the Pope as a reaction against Gallicanism, as an ultramontane attitude. But it was above all an attitude of faith and he has asked that we have the same attitude: that we be able to welcome the Church\u2019s teaching with a disposition of openness, trust and receptiveness. This does not mean an attitude that is simplistic and never voices any observations and suggestions, but one that is a manly attachment and of a deep, enlightened faith; and, should there be any criticism, that it be truly positive, such as is worthy of a child of the family.<\/em><\/p>\n

F. Jett\u00e9 OMI, The Apostolic Man<\/em>, p. 68<\/p>\n

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

\u201cThe ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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