Saint Eugene recalled:<\/p>\n Eugene de Mazenod, Retreat Journal, December 1814, EO\u00a0XV n.130<\/em><\/p>\n “How could we get deeper into this salvatorian spirituality of ours? Let me mention three ways. \u00a0\u00a0First. \u00a0Someone inspired by St. Eugene will not be afraid of the cross. As true Oblates we will look openly into the face of the suffering and crucified Christ. This is done not so much by pictures and movies as by reading the Scriptures, experiencing Christ\u2019s presence in the sacraments and looking into the face of the poorest of our brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n W. Steckling OMI, OMI Information<\/em> n 462, Rome, February 2007.<\/p>\n Pope Francis,\u00a0The Joy of the Gospel<\/em>, 270.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The pandemic does not make it possible for us to participate physically in the Holy Week liturgies and the sacraments. What an experience of the Cross it is, and what an invitation to see things in a new light! From … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crosses-several.jpg\")
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Can I forget the bitter tears that the sight of the cross brought streaming from my eyes one Good Friday?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/a>“Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord\u2019s wounds at arm\u2019s length. Yet Jesus wants us to touch human misery, to touch the suffering flesh of others. He hopes that we will stop looking for those personal or communal niches which shelter us from the maelstrom of human misfortune and instead enter into the reality of other people\u2019s lives and know the power of tenderness. Whenever we do so, our lives become wonderfully complicated and we experience intensely what it is to be a people, to be part of a people.”<\/p>\n