{"id":4224,"date":"2020-06-04T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2020-06-03T14:45:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T12:45:51","slug":"the-dramatic-moments-in-the-preaching-of-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4224","title":{"rendered":"THE \u201cSIGNS AND WONDERS\u201d IN THE PREACHING OF MISSIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The central mission of each Oblate community was the preaching of missions in the Proven\u00e7al language. Since 1816, the format of these missions had been unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene \u00a0reminds the Oblates of the highlights of each mission. Every ceremony was meant to have a dramatic attention-grabbing quality through which a Gospel message could be proclaimed, understood and become a moment of encounter with God. These tangible signs and actions show the continuity between the approach and preaching of Jesus continued by his disciples over the centuries.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>What is prescribed in the Rule as for example:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/signs-and-wonders.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/signs-and-wonders.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/signs-and-wonders.png 362w, https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/signs-and-wonders-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>the entry of missionaries into a place they are going to evangelize\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>\u00a0consecration to the Blessed Virgin, <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>renewal of baptismal promises,<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>tpromulgation of the commadments,<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>procession of the Blessed Sacrament, <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>funeral service and the instruction after the Gospel of the<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>Requiem<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>High Mass <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>procession and absolution at the cemetery, <\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>the penitential procession, <\/em><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>\u00a0the act of contrition\u2026 <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>the general Communion<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><strong>are obligatory in all the missions.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Bruno Guigues, 5 November 1877, EO IX n 652<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished \u00a0through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed,\u00a0by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God\u2026 as it is written,\u201cThose who have never been told of him shall see,\u00a0and those who have never heard of him shall understand.\u201d (Romans 15: 18-21)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have dealt with these in detail in earlier entries, from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=591\">https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=591 \u00a0<\/a>to\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=836\">https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=836<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The central mission of each Oblate community was the preaching of missions in the Proven\u00e7al language. Since 1816, the format of these missions had been unchanged. Eugene \u00a0reminds the Oblates of the highlights of each mission. Every ceremony was meant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4224\">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-4224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224","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=4224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}