{"id":5173,"date":"2022-08-17T02:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5173"},"modified":"2022-07-25T21:19:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:19:58","slug":"oblates-of-mary-immaculate-why-did-we-not-think-of-this-sooner-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5173","title":{"rendered":"OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE \u2013 WHY DID WE NOT THINK OF THIS SOONER?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Son of God became man for our salvation but only in Mary and through Mary.” (Saint Louis Marie de Montfort)<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1825 Eugene went to Rome to seek official Church recognition for the Missionaries and their Rule from the Pope. It was there that he was inspired to change our name to Oblates of Mary Immaculate.<\/h3>\n

Once the decision had been made, and Eugene had officially requested this new name, he was filled with joy at having done the right thing.<\/p>\n

Oblates of the Immaculate Mary. But this is a passport to heaven! How have we not thought of it sooner?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Henri Tempier, 22 December 1825, EO VI n 213<\/em><\/h3>\n

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Why had he not thought of it before?<\/h3>\n

Eugene \u201cseems to become aware of the fact that, even if he had always loved Mary, he had not yet understood the essential role she played in the plan of Redemption. In searching for the patron who best expressed the goal of his Congregation \u2013 that is a person walking in the footsteps of Christ, committed to the apostolate of service and to the instruction of the poor \u2013 he had not thought of Mary. While in Rome, he understood who Mary really was. The title of the Congregation was thus born from a discovery that, in order to respond in an authentic way to the urgent needs of the Church, its members should identify with Mary Immaculate \u201cto offer themselves\u201d to the service of God\u2019s plan of salvation like she did.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0Casimir Lubowicki, \u201cMary\u201d in the Dictionary of Oblate Values,\u00a0https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/lemma\/mary\/<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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