{"id":4142,"date":"2019-12-01T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T23:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2019-11-26T23:26:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T22:26:47","slug":"oraison-praying-with-the-mazenodian-family%e2%80%af-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4142","title":{"rendered":"ORAISON: PRAYING WITH THE MAZENODIAN FAMILY\u202f IN DECEMBER"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u202f\u201cIn the prolonged silent\u00a0prayer\u00a0we make each day, we let ourselves be molded by the Lord, and find in him the inspiration of our conduct\u201d<\/em>\u202f(OMI Rule of Life Constitution, 33).<\/p>\n

The practice of\u00a0Oraison\u00a0was an important part of St. Eugene\u2019s daily prayer during which he\u00a0entered into\u00a0communion with the members of his missionary family. While they were all in France it was easy for them to gather in prayer at approximately the same time. When Oblate missionaries started to be sent to different\u202fcontinents it was no longer possible to pray at the same time, yet each day there was a time when they stopped and prayed in union with one another \u2013 even though not at the same time.<\/p>\n

This is a practice that Eugene wanted the members of his religious family to maintain.\u00a0This is why\u00a0you are invited to take part in this practice of\u00a0Oraison\u00a0on Sunday, December 15, 2019<\/strong>, as we remember the feast of the\u00a0six\u00a0Oblate Martyrs of Laos<\/strong> and the\u00a0Oblate lay catechist on December 16th.<\/p>\n

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\nExcerpt from\u00a0Oblate Prayer Book\u00a0pg. 159.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the Indochina War, between the years 1954-1970, seventeen followers of Christ in Laos suffered martyrdom for the sake of His name. Among them were six Oblates of Mary Immaculate\u00a0who offered their lives in sacrifice so that the Gospel could be heard: Fr. Mario\u00a0Borzaga\u00a0OMI, Fr. Louis Leroy OMI, Fr. Michel\u00a0Coquelet\u00a0OMI, Fr. Vincent\u00a0L\u2019H\u00e9noret\u00a0OMI, Fr. Jean\u00a0Wauthier\u00a0OMI, Fr. Joseph\u00a0Boissel\u00a0OMI,\u00a0and one of their catechists, Paul\u00a0Thoj\u00a0Xyooj.\u00a0The Church in Laos recognizes these blessed as their founding fathers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John 12: 24-26\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.\u00a0Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blessed Louis Leroy OMI\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On April 18, 1961 Fr. Louis Leroy was praying in his poor church. A detachment of guerrilla soldiers came to get him. According to the villagers, he knew this was his final departure: he asked permission to put on his cassock, put his cross on and with his breviary under his arm said goodbye. Without a hat and barefooted he followed the soldiers. In the forest, a few shots and it was over…. His childhood dream of witnessing to Christ, even in martyrdom, was granted.
\nHe had written to the Superior General of the Oblates: “Before I knew the Oblates the missions in Asia attracted me, and I wanted to leave my work as a farmer for these missions…. The difficulties the Laos mission has had and perhaps will have again have only increased my desire for this country…. I would be very happy to receive my obedience for Laos if you feel it is good to send me there….”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blessed Mario\u00a0Borzaga\u00a0OMI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my prayer, I do not ask Jesus for joy or strength; I ask only to love him more and more\u2014to love him as the saints and martyrs loved him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

St. Eugene de Mazenod :<\/strong><\/p>\n

How happy they are to be able to sacrifice themselves for their brothers whom they are sanctifying, saving, placing in glory, at the price of their lives, like our Divine Master who died for the salvation of people! How admirable they are! But also, how fortunate, these dear martyrs of love! What a beautiful page in the history of our Congregation! (Letter to Bruno\u00a0Guigues, 1 August 1835, EO VIII n 529)\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For further reading we recommend the following article on the OMIWORLD website:\u00a0https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/our-charism\/our-saints\/oblate-causes\/the-6-blessed-oblate-martyrs-of-laos\/short-biographical-notes\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u202f\u201cIn the prolonged silent\u00a0prayer\u00a0we make each day, we let ourselves be molded by the Lord, and find in him the inspiration of our conduct\u201d\u202f(OMI Rule of Life Constitution, 33). The practice of\u00a0Oraison\u00a0was an important part of St. Eugene\u2019s daily prayer … Continue reading →<\/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-4142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142","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=4142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}