{"id":5471,"date":"2023-05-08T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2023-05-01T03:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T01:46:52","slug":"an-invitation-to-prepare-for-the-feast-of-st-eugene-pilgrim-of-hope-in-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5471","title":{"rendered":"AN INVITATION TO PREPARE FOR THE FEAST OF ST EUGENE, PILGRIM OF HOPE IN COMMUNION"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pilgrim is “a person who makes a trip, often a long and difficult one, to a special place for religious reasons.” This dictionary definition certainly fits St Eugene de Mazenod as a “Pilgrim of Hope in Communion.” His entire life can be expressed as a long and challenging pilgrimage not to a physical place (like Jerusalem or Compostella for example) but to the “special place” of his ongoing encounter and dedication to his Savior.<\/h3>\n

Eugene was always on the move, leading and accompanying the members of his Mazenodian Apostolic Family to be witnesses of hope to the most abandoned. This journey is beautifully expressed in the Oblate Rule: ” Through the eyes of our crucified Saviour we see the world which he redeemed with his blood, desiring that those in whom he continues to suffer will know also the power of his resurrection.” (C4)<\/h3>\n

In preparation to celebrate Eugene’s feast on May 21, I invite you to participate in some days of prayerful reflection on nine of the “road signs” of his personal journey which we make our own as members of his Missionary Family. Through “the eyes of the crucified Savior” these become the signposts or stepping-stones that he holds out to us on our pilgrimage.<\/h3>\n

WORD OF GOD<\/strong><\/h3>\n

St. Paul wrote:<\/h3>\n

“I am bringing all my energies to bear on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, \u00a0I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us up to heaven because of what Christ Jesus did for us”<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Philippians 3:13-14<\/h3>\n

With Saint Eugene, let us intentionally be pilgrims of hope and run with him to the power of the Cross and Resurrection of the Savior.<\/h3>\n

PRAYER<\/strong><\/h3>\n

God our Father,
\nby the grace of the Holy Spirit,
\nyou called St. Eugene de Mazenod
\nto gather a missionary family
\nto announce the Gospel
\nespecially among the poor and most abandoned.
\nMay we ourselves be inflamed with his zeal
\nfor announcing and witnessing to the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Savior
\nand receive through his intercession
\nthe particular graces we ask for as pilgrims of hope.<\/h3>\n

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