{"id":5476,"date":"2023-05-13T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T23:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2023-05-07T04:46:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T02:46:15","slug":"st-eugene-pilgrim-of-hope-in-charitable-and-zealous-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5476","title":{"rendered":"ST EUGENE: PILGRIM OF HOPE IN CHARITABLE AND ZEALOUS COMMUNITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Eugene’s fifth “road sign” for the pilgrim)<\/h3>\n

The characteristics of the Mazenodian pilgrim are found in St Eugene’s last testament to his missionary family:<\/h3>\n

\u00a0Among yourselves practice charity, charity, charity \u2013 and, outside, zeal for the salvation of souls.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

This was our distinguishing sign from the very beginning. After two weeks of the intensity of living the experience of doing a parish mission together for the first time \u2013 where they worked day and night practically non-stop, Eugene exclaimed:<\/h3>\n

Among us missionaries, we are what we should be, that is to say that we all have one heart, one spirit, and one thought; it is admirable! Our consolations, like our hardships, are unequalled.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Henri Tempier, 24 February 1816, EO VI n1 0<\/em><\/h3>\n

Community is not a geographical reality, but a way of life practiced comprising even distance and physical separation:<\/h3>\n

\u00a0This is the only way of reducing distances, to be at the same moment in our Lord\u2019s presence, it is so to speak like being side by side. We do not see each other, but we sense each other\u2019s presence, hear each other, lose ourselves in one and the same central point. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr. de l\u2019Hermite, January 10, 1852, EO XI n 1096<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”<\/span><\/h3>\n

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

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind\u2014 just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you…<\/span><\/h3>\n

Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose.<\/span><\/h3>\n

I Corinthians 1:2-6;10<\/span><\/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 become community in heart and mind.<\/h3>\n

May we ourselves grow in unity and bear witness before the world
\nthat Jesus lives in our midst
\nand unites us in order to send us to proclaim God\u2019s reign.<\/h3>\n

May we receive through the intercession of Saint Eugene
\nthe particular graces we ask for as pilgrims of hope.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Eugene’s fifth “road sign” for the pilgrim) The characteristics of the Mazenodian pilgrim are found in St Eugene’s last testament to his missionary family: \u00a0Among yourselves practice charity, charity, charity \u2013 and, outside, zeal for the salvation of souls. This … 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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476","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=5476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}