{"id":5180,"date":"2022-08-19T02:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2022-07-26T01:44:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T23:44:21","slug":"we-ask-your-holiness-to-give-us-the-name-of-oblates-of-mary-immaculate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5180","title":{"rendered":"WE ASK YOUR HOLINESS TO GIVE US THE NAME OF OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

“But what took place most singularly in the Virgin Mary also takes place within us, spiritually, when we receive the word of God with a good and sincere heart and put it into practice. It is as if God takes flesh within us; he comes to dwell in us, for he dwells in all who love him and keep his word. It is not easy to understand this, but really, it is easy to feel it in our heart.” (Pope Francis)<\/span><\/p>\n

Having decided to change the name of our Congregation, Eugene now asked the Pope to give us this name officially. When this request was eventually granted, Eugene was able to proclaim everywhere that it was \u201cthe name that the Pope has given us.\u201d<\/h3>\n

At the same time, we ask Your Holiness that, in the Brief of Approval which the Missionaries request, you give them the name of Oblates of the Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary<\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n

\u201cAs Father Fernand Jett\u00e9 stated, the title of a religious family usually expresses its nature, essence and function. It really seems that the choice of the title Missionary Oblates of the Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary must have been the culmination of a new and deeper insight into the mission of the Congregation on the part of Father de Mazenod. He discovered Mary as the person who was the most committed to the service of Christ, the poor and the Church and saw her as the most comprehensive model of apostolic life as required by his Congregation.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Casimir Lubowicki, \u201cMary\u201d in the Dictionary of Oblate Values,\u00a0https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/lemma\/mary\/<\/a><\/h3>\n
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“Today the Church gives thanks to God for Saint Eugene de Mazenod, an apostle of his time, who, clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, spent his life in service to the Gospel of God. We give thanks to God for the great transformation accomplished through the work of this bishop. His influence is not limited to the era in which he lived, but continues to act on our time as well. For the good accomplished by virtue of the Holy Spirit does not perish, but endures in every ‘hour’ of history.” Pope John Paul II at the canonization of St Eugene<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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