{"id":3598,"date":"2018-01-24T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T03:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2018-01-24T00:12:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T22:12:53","slug":"i-will-make-the-sacrifice-of-my-obstacles-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3598","title":{"rendered":"I WILL MAKE THE SACRIFICE OF MY OBSTACLES TO GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>13. Once I have identified something as an obstacle to my end, I will make the sacrifice of it to God, cost what it may, and taking the resolutions necessary to walk in the spirit of my vocation, I will be faithful thereto with the help of grace.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Retreat resolutions, October 1831, EO XV n 162<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quite a thought! Usually we try to overcome and destroy the obstacles that prevent us from loving God and one another. Eugene uses another tactic \u2013 he offers it to God and relies on receiving the inspirations and graces necessary to change. Weaknesses, failings and obstacles become an opportunity to encounter God\u2019s grace. A thought-provoking approach to oblation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13. Once I have identified something as an obstacle to my end, I will make the sacrifice of it to God, cost what it may, and taking the resolutions necessary to walk in the spirit of my vocation, I will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3598\">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-3598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598","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=3598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}