{"id":5448,"date":"2023-04-12T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5448"},"modified":"2023-04-03T03:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T01:36:38","slug":"wednesday-in-the-octave-of-easter-he-and-his-missionaries-wanted-the-hearts-of-all-those-who-listened-to-burn-within-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5448","title":{"rendered":"WEDNESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER: He and his missionaries wanted the hearts of all those who listened to burn within them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Then they said to each other,
\n<\/span>\u201cWere not our hearts burning within us
\n<\/span>while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

Luke 24: 32<\/span><\/h3>\n

During Easter we are invited to spend time with Scripture. Like the disciples let us let him explain his Word to us and set our hearts on fire in our everyday existence.<\/h3>\n

Saint Eugene\u2019s life was dedicated to explaining the Good News of salvation to those who were most in need. He and his missionaries wanted the hearts of all those who listened to burn within them. The invitation he wrote in the Rule of 1818 continues today:<\/h3>\n

Our one and only aim should be to instruct people\u2026<\/strong><\/em>
\nnot only to break the bread of the Word for them but to chew it for them as well;<\/strong><\/em>
\nin a word, to ensure that when our discourses are over,<\/strong><\/em>
\nthey are not tempted to heap foolish praise on what they have not understood,<\/strong><\/em>
\nbut, instead, that they go back home edified, touched, instructed, able to repeat in their own family circle what they have learned from our mouth.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

At times we feel like those disciples who wanted to shut themselves into their own isolation in Emmaus. Let\u2019s open our eyes to recognize the presence of the Risen Jesus alongside us.\u00a0 Let us spend some time with his Gospel. As we break the bread of the Word, he helps us to chew it \u2013 and our hearts will burn within us.<\/h3>\n

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Then they said to each other, \u201cWere not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?\u201d Luke 24: 32 During Easter we are invited to spend time with Scripture. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}