{"id":3180,"date":"2016-08-16T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T03:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2016-08-12T01:18:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T23:18:25","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-allow-the-word-of-god-to-take-root-and-bear-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3180","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: ALLOW THE WORD OF GOD TO TAKE ROOT AND BEAR FRUIT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our mission puts us on constant call to respond to the most urgent needs of the Church through various forms of witness and ministry, but especially through proclaiming the Word of God which finds its fulfilment in the celebration of the sacraments and in service to others.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

The reason for our existence is the Word of God. Our vocation is to be permeated with the Word and to proclaim it to others \u2013 especially to those who are the furthest away from the love of the Savior and are abandoned.<\/p>\n

Eugene founded the Oblates to be mission preachers primarily and to go to the abandoned in the rural villages for periods of some five weeks of intense proclamation of the Word and of catechizing. Everything aimed at inviting the people to listen, with ears and heart, and to be transformed. This transformation was expressed in a deeper relationship with God in the sacraments and in service to one another.<\/p>\n

St. John Vianney, the renowned Cur\u00e9 of Ars, lived at exactly the same time and did the same ministry in France, but in a different context and different method. His missionary message and goal was the same as ours: “Open your heart so that the Word of God may enter it, take root in it, and bear fruit there for eternal life.” He preached the Word and then spent countless hours each day in the confessional, accompanying people in their conversion and transformation.<\/p>\n

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

“Open your heart so that the Word of God may enter it, take root in it, and bear fruit there for eternal life.” John Vianney<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Word is a lamp for my steps and a light for my path\u201d Psalm 118<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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