{"id":3166,"date":"2016-08-04T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2016-07-22T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T14:29:42","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-helping-people-to-discover-the-meaning-jesus-gives-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3166","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: HELPING PEOPLE TO DISCOVER THE MEANING JESUS GIVES TO LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We will spare no effort to awaken or to reawaken the faith in the people to whom we are sent, and we will help them to discover \u201cwho Christ is”<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CC&RR, Constitution 7<\/em><\/p>\n

Before his conversion journey, Eugene intellectually knew \u201cwho Christ is\u201d \u2013 after 25 years of religious observance he knew his catechism. What happened at his conversion was that this knowledge became experiential. He entered into a relationship with Jesus Christ that would be the characteristic quality of the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

Conversion did not mean getting to know about Jesus, but getting to know Jesus in a relationship that he became passionate about. From now on he would \u201cact in everything and for everything\u201d only for him and he would love him \u201cabove all else.\u201d<\/p>\n

What he received was so powerful that he was impelled to share it with others \u2013 particularly those whose situation made it difficult to come to the same knowledge. These were the poor for Eugene.<\/p>\n

All who share in Eugene\u2019s charism participate in the same dynamic of working to lead others to the same experiential knowledge of the Savior. Each in our own way, and in our particular circumstances, has this mission of helping others in this process.<\/p>\n

It is noteworthy that the text says \u201cwe will help them to discover \u2018who Christ is\u2019.” Mission does not mean going to people to fill them with knowledge \u2013 it means journeying with them as they discover and deepen their understanding of the meaning of a relationship with Jesus. \u00a0Eugene\u2019s use of this phrase in the Preface speaks of helping people to understand that which Jesus Christ is for them (“ce que c’est que J\u00e9sus Christ”) \u2013 who he is in their lives and the meaning he gives.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Church is missionary by nature and her principal task is evangelization, which aims to proclaim and to witness to Christ and to promote his Gospel of peace and love in every environment and culture.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Pope Benedict XVI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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