{"id":5283,"date":"2022-11-03T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5283"},"modified":"2022-11-02T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:31:48","slug":"may-they-be-rekindled-may-they-light-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5283","title":{"rendered":"MAY THEY BE REKINDLED, MAY THEY LIGHT THE WAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Education is the movement from darkness to light.”\u00a0 (Allan Bloom)<\/span><\/h3>\n

On July 19, Eugene had written in his diary:<\/h3>\n

I do not at all want any smoking wicks in the Society, may they burn, may they burn, may they be rekindled, may they light the way or leave.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 19 July 1846, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

In order to rekindle the spiritual knowledge and missionary zeal of the young Oblates, the Founder took practical steps. Yvon Beaudoin explains:<\/h3>\n

Fr. Rey presents this text in this way: \u201cThe Founder did not lose sight of the formation of his missionaries. This year he instituted a course of high studies which he entrusted to the experience of Fr. Vincens. Several young Fathers were named to follow it for several months. Religious formation was not at all neglected. A superior, requesting indulgence in favor of a religious whose conduct left something to be desired, told the Founder that it was necessary not to extinguish the wick which still was smoking.\u201d This superior was without doubt Fr. Vincens whom Bishop de Mazenod accused of being too condescending towards the less obedient and less fervent religious.<\/em><\/h3>\n

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All of us, whatever our state of life, need ongoing formation in the way of discipleship. I am never too old to learn how to deepen my relationship with God. How much time and effort can I dedicate to this?<\/h3>\n

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