{"id":5125,"date":"2022-09-09T02:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5125"},"modified":"2022-07-28T15:52:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:52:17","slug":"your-pastor-cannot-himself-take-care-of-all-the-needs-of-the-flock-but-it-is-these-good-workers-who-help-me-to-look-after-you-in-this-field-of-the-father-of-the-family-they-sow-and-reap-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5125","title":{"rendered":"YOUR PASTOR CANNOT HIMSELF TAKE CARE OF ALL THE NEEDS OF THE FLOCK, BUT IT IS THESE GOOD WORKERS WHO HELP ME TO LOOK AFTER YOU IN THIS FIELD OF THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY, THEY SOW AND REAP WITH ME"},"content":{"rendered":"

“What more sublime purpose than that of their Institute!\u00a0Their founder is Jesus Christ, the very Son of God;\u00a0their first fathers are the Apostles.\u00a0They are called to be the Saviour\u2019s co-workers, the co-redeemers of mankind” (Eugene de Mazenod 1818 Rule)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In this beautiful passage, Rey gives us an insight into Eugene\u2019s joy at the end of the day of celebration and retreat with the women who worked in the market. The ideal of being “cooperators of the Savior” was what Eugene desired for all the members of his missionary family – here we see it being put into practice by the lay members of his diocese: cooperators of the Savior.<\/h3>\n

When the ceremony and the songs were over, Bishop de Mazenod came forward to address the assembly: “It is in our beautiful Proven\u00e7al language that we will speak to you,” said the Prelate, “in that language which is despised only by those who do not know it.”<\/em><\/h3>\n

And indeed, once again a Missionary of the people, he spoke in his former language and with the best Proven\u00e7al accent he thanked the ladies of the market and all the congregation for the happiness they had just given to their Chief Pastor. If they valued his presence among them on this happy day, it was for him, rather, it was for his heart as a bishop, he said, to express the emotion of gratitude: an entire assembly rising to approach the Holy Table, eight hundred communions and running out of hosts for this universal reconciliation, the need to celebrate a second Mass to provide sufficient.<\/em><\/h3>\n

In the evening again the same eagerness and such beautiful testimonies of faith, this was what had moved him deeply. He proposed, he added, to close the meeting with some good advice, but before that he said, ” mai loit predicatour me leis a leva de la bonco ” (Provencal for: the preacher took the words out of my mouth”). And the assembly shared the Prelate’s amusement. This preacher has left me with only one thing to say to you, and that is my satisfaction for all the good that he and his worthy collaborators are doing: it is my esteem and my veneration for their character, it is my entire confidence in them. Your Pastor cannot himself take care of all the needs of the flock, but it is these good workers who help me to look after you in this field of the Father of the family, they sow and reap with me.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Rey p.204<\/h3>\n

My call is to be to be a cooperator of the Savior<\/span> and to assist those in my faith community who are dedicated to be and do the same.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“What more sublime purpose than that of their Institute!\u00a0Their founder is Jesus Christ, the very Son of God;\u00a0their first fathers are the Apostles.\u00a0They are called to be the Saviour\u2019s co-workers, the co-redeemers of mankind” (Eugene de Mazenod 1818 Rule) In … 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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5125","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=5125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}