Why all this insistence on imitating these virtues? Because Jesus is our founder. Because without him and the example of his relationship with the apostles, our life and baptismal vocation would have no meaning. Here is the foundation of our vocation as Mazenodian Family.<\/p>\n
\nWould one believe the Rule thinks there has been sufficient insistence on the indispensable necessity of imitating Jesus Christ? No. Here now it presents us with the Savior as the true founder of the Congregation, and the Apostles who were the first to follow in the footsteps of their Master as our first Fathers. Could anything bring greater pressure to bring us to imitate them!<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Jesus, our Founder, the Apostles, our forerunners, our first Fathers! And it is the Church that tells it to us, it is Peter through the mouth of [Pope] Leo who says it!<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Let us prostate ourselves, respectfully listen, wonder in silence.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Let us swear to be faithful, to become worthy of our great vocation: It has already been said that the missionaries ought, as far as human nature allows, to imitate in everything the example of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the CHIEF FOUNDER OF OUR SOCIETY, and that of his Apostles- OUR FIRST FATHERS.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Retreat notes, October 1831, EO XV n. 163<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why all this insistence on imitating these virtues? Because Jesus is our founder. Because without him and the example of his relationship with the apostles, our life and baptismal vocation would have no meaning. Here is the foundation of our … Continue reading