Today the members of the Mazenodian family are urged that it:<\/p>\n
\nis as missionaries that we worship, in the various ways the Spirit suggests to us. We come before him bearing with us the daily pressures of our anxiety for those to whom he sends us (cf. 2 Cor 11:28). Our life in all its dimensions is a prayer that, in us and through us, God’s kingdom come.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Constitution 32<\/em><\/p>\n
We find the source of this in Eugene\u2019s writings that it was\u00a0clearly the Saviour who had to speak through his co-operators, and they had to be aware of it at all times and put it into practice.<\/p>\n
The 1818 Rule specified that from the moment that the Oblates were assigned to a particular mission, they had to begin to pray for the salvation of the inhabitants of that town. The day before their departure was to be a retreat day, and their journey to the town was to be done in a spirit of recollection, aware that they were imitating Jesus on his journeys throughout Galilee. Each day during the mission they were bound to pray together at certain times.<\/p>\n
\nThey will make all their exercises of piety in common. They will try to celebrate Mass every day. If it is absolutely impossible for all of them to celebrate every day, at least one of them will have the joy of doing so, and the others will receive communion at this Mass\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n
The missionaries will get up at four o\u2019clock and will take only fifteen minutes to get dressed. They will make a half-hour meditation in common\u2026 They will say their office kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Immediately after the noon meal they will do a few minutes\u2019 of particular examen, which will be followed by the litanies in use during the mission, and the Angelus. When it was impossible to make the morning meditation because of the circumstances or the crowd of people, one will never be dispensed from making it before the particular examen by leaving the confessional early\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
1818 Rule Part 1, Chapter 2, \u00a72<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today the members of the Mazenodian family are urged that it: is as missionaries that we worship, in the various ways the Spirit suggests to us. We come before him bearing with us the daily pressures of our anxiety for … Continue reading