{"id":3350,"date":"2017-03-03T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T03:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3350"},"modified":"2017-03-02T02:55:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T00:55:32","slug":"the-crosses-of-deceased-oblates-are-to-be-passed-on-to-new-oblates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3350","title":{"rendered":"THE CROSSES OF DECEASED OBLATES ARE TO BE PASSED ON TO NEW OBLATES"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Their only distinctive mark will be the crucifix, which is proper to their ministry. They will always wear on their chest, inserted in the cincture and it hanging from a cord to which it is attached.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>1818 Rule, Part Two, Chapter One. Regarding other principal observances<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The most cherished possession of an Oblate is the Cross which we receive on the day of our lifetime commitment, our perpetual oblation. When Oblates died, Eugene gave precise instructions about the Cross:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>They must be passed on to the new Oblates who will profit from such a heritage. I wish to have proper care shown in this distribution.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, 8 March 1830, EO VII n 343<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today, \u201cour only distinctive sign is the Oblate cross\u201d (C64) because it was the only distinctive sign possible for Eugene:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>The Oblate cross which is received at perpetual profession is a constant reminder of the love of the Saviour who wishes to draw all hearts to himself and sends us out as his co-workers.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>CC&amp;RR, Constitution 63<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Their only distinctive mark will be the crucifix, which is proper to their ministry. They will always wear on their chest, inserted in the cincture and it hanging from a cord to which it is attached. 1818 Rule, Part Two, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3350\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}