{"id":5376,"date":"2023-02-16T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5376"},"modified":"2023-02-08T03:12:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T02:12:40","slug":"17-february-1826-the-church-recognizes-that-eugenes-missionary-family-is-a-god-given-charism-for-us-today-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5376","title":{"rendered":"17 FEBRUARY 1826: THE CHURCH RECOGNIZES THAT EUGENE\u2019S MISSIONARY FAMILY IS A GOD-GIVEN CHARISM FOR US TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eugene shared the wonderful news from Rome with his Oblate family in France:<\/h3>\n

My dear brothers, on February 17, 1826, yesterday evening, the Sovereign Pontiff Leo XII confirmed the decision of the congregation of Cardinals and specifically approved the Institute, the Rules and Constitutions of the Missionary Oblates of the Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary, and accompanied this solemn act of his pontifical power, with most admiring words for those who happily form this Society from which the head of the Church indeed expects the greatest good.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

The conclusion to be drawn from this, my dear friends and good brothers, is: we must work, with renewed ardour and still more total devotedness, to bring to God all the glory that stems from our efforts and, to the needy souls of our neighbours, salvation in all possible ways… \u00a0In the name of God, let us be saints.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to the Oblates, 18 February 1826, EO VII, n. 226<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

O God, we are filled with gratitude for your call to participate in the life and charism of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. This vocation, first inspired in Saint Eugene de Mazenod, is a gift for the life of the Church.<\/h3>\n

By this charism we have a special relationship with Jesus the Saviour, whose Cross reveals your unconditional love for all humanity, especially for the poor and most abandoned. Through the Mazenodian charism we also are brought into close communion with the poor, and we discover that we are evangelized by those to whom we have been sent.<\/h3>\n

We thank you for the grace of our vocation, praying that we live it in faithfulness and joy through the intercession of Mary Immaculate and in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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