{"id":5531,"date":"2023-08-18T02:01:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T00:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5531"},"modified":"2023-08-18T02:01:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T00:01:29","slug":"i-received-the-profession-of-the-brother-to-whom-i-gave-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5531","title":{"rendered":"I RECEIVED THE PROFESSION OF THE BROTHER TO WHOM I GAVE COMMUNION"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>Profession in my chapel of Brother Molinari. I was not able to say Mass, because I had committed myself to saying it elsewhere, but, after the Communion of the priest, I ascended to the altar and I took the holy ciborium in my hands. After a reflection corresponding to the situation, I received the profession of the Brother to whom I gave Communion and after him all the Oblates who were present<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 21 March 1847, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Here Eugene refers to the beautiful custom, now discontinued,\u00a0 in which Oblates used to profess their vows at the moment of Communion at Mass. They made their oblation by professing their vows and immediately were united with the One to whom they had given their lives by receiving the Eucharist.<\/h3>\n<h3>Each time we receive the Eucharist is an invitation to celebrate our communion with Jesus who gave everything for us and who invites to respond in generosity.<\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others.&#8221;\u00a0 (St. John Paul II)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profession in my chapel of Brother Molinari. I was not able to say Mass, because I had committed myself to saying it elsewhere, but, after the Communion of the priest, I ascended to the altar and I took the holy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5531\">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-5531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531","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=5531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}