{"id":5449,"date":"2023-04-11T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2023-04-03T03:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T01:59:33","slug":"tuesday-in-the-octave-of-easter-i-have-seen-the-lord-he-is-risen-and-alive-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5449","title":{"rendered":"TUESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER: I have seen the Lord! He is risen and alive for me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary went and announced to the disciples,
\n<\/span>\u201cI have seen the Lord,\u201d
\n<\/span>and then reported what he had told her.<\/span><\/h3>\n

John 20:18<\/span><\/h3>\n

As a result of the French Revolution the people of the countryside of France were locked in their ignorance of their faith. Eugene de Mazenod had recognized the presence of the Risen Jesus in his life, and he dedicated his life to proclaiming \u201cI have seen the Lord!\u201d to those who were the most needy of coming to know the Risen Lord.<\/h3>\n

Inviting others to enter into his life of proclamation, he founded the Missionary Oblates, and insisted that their time be divided between \u201cseeing the Lord\u201d in prayer, reading and reflection and the proclamation, \u201cI have seen the Lord!\u201d whom they had encountered in this way:<\/h3>\n

The Missionaries will divide their group in such a way that while some strive in community to acquire the virtues and knowledge proper to a good missionary, others are travelling in the rural areas proclaiming the Word of God.<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u00a0When their apostolic journeys are over, they will return to the community to rest from their labours by exercising a ministry that is less demanding<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Request to the Capitular Vicars of Aix, 25 January 1816, EO XIII n.2<\/em><\/h3>\n

In these days, let us use this time in a similar way so that each day we too can proclaim \u201cI have seen the Lord! He is risen and alive for me!\u201d<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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