{"id":5060,"date":"2022-03-08T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5060"},"modified":"2022-03-06T11:34:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T10:34:53","slug":"scholastics-are-religious-who-in-conscience-are-bound-to-walk-in-the-way-of-perfection-and-your-duty-is-to-be-firm-in-requiring-that-they-fulfil-their-obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5060","title":{"rendered":"SCHOLASTICS ARE RELIGIOUS WHO, IN CONSCIENCE, ARE BOUND TO WALK IN THE WAY OF PERFECTION; AND YOUR DUTY IS TO BE FIRM IN REQUIRING THAT THEY FULFIL THEIR OBLIGATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Eugene’s guiding principles when he founded the Missionaries was to bring the most abandoned to know Jesus Christ as their Savior. In order to achieve this goal it was necessary that the minsiters of the Gsopel be holy persons who knew and loved the Savior. For this reason, he insisted that those in the formation process be aware of their call to being as perfect as possible in their discipleship.<\/h3>\n

Keep telling them in my name that they are neither students nor ordinary Christians, nor even seminarians, but religious who, in conscience, are bound to walk in the way of perfection; and your duty is to be firm in requiring that they fulfil their obligations.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

You may read my letter to them. I will be glad if they know what I think and how dissatisfied I am with the little progress they have made in their spiritual life and with their many imperfections in which they stagnate.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I was going to ask you to instil into them self-denial, renouncement to their own will, obedience as it is understood by our Rules and observed in all good Congregations and Orders, zeal for their own perfection so as to deserve to work for the sanctification of others.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Charles Bellon, 30 August 1844, EO X n 853<\/em><\/h3>\n

Unless each member of the Mazenodian Family constantly works to come to a deeper relationship with Jesus as Savior, what do we have to offer to those around us?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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