{"id":5273,"date":"2022-10-28T01:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2022-10-24T17:06:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:06:58","slug":"by-their-consecration-they-give-themselves-to-the-church-without-reservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5273","title":{"rendered":"BY THEIR CONSECRATION THEY GIVE THEMSELVES TO THE CHURCH WITHOUT RESERVATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

“God never said that the journey would be easy, but God did say that the arrival would be worthwhile” (Max Lucado)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Eugene’s charge to the Oblate novice master refers to the spirit of oblation, not only for the vowed Oblates, but for every lay person who embraces the spirituality given to us by Saint Eugene.<\/h3>\n

Do not fear these beginnings, even if they are a bit painful. What is essential is that they fully grasp the spirit of our Institute, which includes all that is needed for the formation of a religious man.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Keep repeating to the novices that by their consecration they give themselves to the Church without reservation, that they completely die to the world, to their families and to themselves;<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Santoni, Master of Novices at N.-D. de L\u2019Osier, 16 March 1846, EO X n 892<\/em><\/h3>\n

Our lay members of the Mazenodian Family obviously are not asked to ” die to the world, to their families” – but through the world and through their families to give themselves to the Savior, and his body, the Church. Dying to ourselves is the foundation of discipleship, so that we can say with John the Baptist: “He must increase and I must decrease” (John 3:30)<\/h3>\n

Today’s Oblate Constitutions and Rules put it this way:<\/h3>\n

Novitiate formation ends with a free and faith-filled commitment in the Oblate Congregation. The novice, having experienced the Father’s love in Jesus, dedicates his life to making that love visible. He entrusts his fidelity to the one whose Cross he shares, whose promises are his hope. (C59)<\/em><\/h3>\n

Many lay Oblates make “a free and faith-filled commitment” to God and the poor through the Mazenodian spirituality and way of life – “having experienced the Father’s love in Jesus, they dedicate their lives to making that love visible. They entrust their fidelity to the one whose Cross they share, whose promises are their hope.”<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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