{"id":3765,"date":"2018-09-27T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3765"},"modified":"2018-09-26T03:11:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T01:11:45","slug":"200-years-ago-the-constitutions-and-rules-set-out-a-privileged-means-for-each-oblate-to-follow-in-the-footsteps-of-jesus-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3765","title":{"rendered":"200 YEARS AGO: \u00a0THE CONSTITUTIONS AND RULES SET OUT A PRIVILEGED MEANS FOR EACH OBLATE TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS CHRIST."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the Rule Eugene aimed at communicating that which imbued him to act and the attitude that was particular to this group of missionaries. By means of the Rule as a guide and instrument of formation he aimed at communicating the spirit that was to imbue their life and ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Constitution 163 invites the members of the Mazenodian family to continue being inspired by Eugene\u2019s spirit as enshrined in the Constitutions and Rules:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>The Constitutions and Rules set out a privileged means for each Oblate to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. They are inspired by the charism lived by the Founder and his first companions; also, they have received the approval of the Church. Thus, they allow each Oblate to evaluate the quality of his response to his vocation and to become a saint.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the Rule Eugene aimed at communicating that which imbued him to act and the attitude that was particular to this group of missionaries. By means of the Rule as a guide and instrument of formation he aimed at communicating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3765\">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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765","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=3765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}