{"id":5519,"date":"2023-08-11T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5519"},"modified":"2023-08-04T02:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T00:24:03","slug":"remember-that-wherever-you-are-you-must-always-be-what-you-are-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5519","title":{"rendered":"REMEMBER THAT WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU MUST ALWAYS BE WHAT YOU ARE."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Father Aubert and Tach\u00e9 were the pioneer Oblates in this part of Canada, some 2000 miles away from the nearest Oblate community, with letters taking over two months to reach their destination. For this reason the small community of two Oblates needed to ensure that they remained united by living according to the spirit and practices of the Oblate Rule.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>As of now, you only form quite a small community. No matter. Conform yourselves to the Rule as much as you possibly can. Although you are only two, nothing prevents you from doing several things in common: your morning and evening meditations, your office, your examen. You will thereby accomplish a duty and those who live in the house of the Bishop will be edified. Remember that wherever you are, you must always be what you are.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Fr Pierre Aubert in St Boniface Canada, 21 February 1846, EO I n 61<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we are supposed to be and embracing who we are.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3>The choice of and commitment to our specific way of life invites each member of the Mazenodian Family to &#8220;always be what we are&#8221; in whatever circumstances we find ourselves each day &#8211; and to set aside time each day to reflect on our vocation.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Aubert and Tach\u00e9 were the pioneer Oblates in this part of Canada, some 2000 miles away from the nearest Oblate community, with letters taking over two months to reach their destination. For this reason the small community of two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5519\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-5519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5519","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=5519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}