{"id":5160,"date":"2022-08-08T02:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2022-07-24T20:42:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T18:42:58","slug":"to-honor-mary-meant-to-contemplate-in-her-the-life-of-jesus-and-to-see-to-it-that-jesus-lived-in-us-like-he-lived-in-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5160","title":{"rendered":"TO HONOR MARY MEANT TO CONTEMPLATE IN HER THE LIFE OF JESUS AND TO SEE TO IT THAT JESUS LIVED IN US LIKE HE LIVED IN MARY"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Holy Mary, Mirror of Justice, you reflect Jesus even more beautifully than the moon reflects the rays of the sun, pray for us that we too may be a mirror of your Son.” (St. John Henry Newman)<\/span><\/p>\n

On Eugene\u2019s spiritual formation, Fr. Lubowicki writes:<\/h3>\n

Jean-Jacques Olier, the founder of the seminary, developed a spirituality in which he stressed the fact that the priest is an\u00a0alter Christus\u00a0[ed. another Christ] ,and therefore someone who follows Christ in everything, including his relation to Mary.<\/em><\/h3>\n

One of the main driving forces that led Fr. Olier to a Marian devotion was \u201cthe desire of adopting the same sentiments as our Lord with regard to his Blessed Mother\u201d.<\/em><\/h3>\n

That is why the Sulpicians were vigilant to see that every priest whom they trained could say: \u201cI live now not with my own life but with the life of Christ who lives in me\u201d (Galatians 2:20).<\/em><\/h3>\n

Mary was given to them as a model of this attitude since Christ lived in her in the fullest sense of the word. As a result, in the seminary spirituality, \u201cto honor Mary\u201d meant to contemplate in her the life of Jesus and to see to it that Jesus lived in us like he lived in Mary. The best expression of this Christocentric Marian spirituality seems to be the prayer O Jesu vivens in Maria [ed. O Jesus, living in Mary] which was recited after meditation. We can say that the ideas which it contains constitute the essence of Sulpician Marian spirituality and this was the spirituality in which Eugene was formed.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Casimir Lubowicki, \u201cMary\u201d in the Dictionary of Oblate Values,\u00a0http:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/dictionary.asp?v=9&ID=1056&let=M&pag=4<\/a><\/h3>\n

Eugene wanted this prayer to be prayed each day by the Oblates, and it has become a part of our spiritual tradition:<\/h3>\n

O Jesus, living in Mary,
\ncome and live in your servants,
\nin the spirit of your holiness,
\nin the fullness of your power,
\nin the perfection of your ways,
\nin the truth of your virtues,
\nin the communion of your mysteries.
\nOvercome every hostile power in your Spirit,
\nfor the glory of the Father. Amen<\/h3>\n

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