{"id":5663,"date":"2024-01-22T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2024-01-21T00:42:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T23:42:43","slug":"your-wonderful-mission-of-making-jesus-christ-known-and-extending-his-kingdom-as-you-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-the-apostles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5663","title":{"rendered":"YOUR WONDERFUL MISSION OF MAKING JESUS CHRIST KNOWN AND EXTENDING HIS KINGDOM AS YOU WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE APOSTLES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing to the first four Oblate Missionaries in Jaffna, Eugene stressed what the foundation of their mission had to be.<\/h3>\n

Not being able to write to you individually, I address myself to all of you, my dear sons, who have been called by God to such a wonderful mission. Do honour to your ministry by practising all the religious virtues. Be faithful in observance of your holy Rule, live in the most perfect union, and conduct yourselves always in accord with obedience…<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Do not allow yourselves to be weakened by the heat of the climate. God must be served everywhere with fervour. If I could believe that you would degenerate in that land which you are to soak with the sweat of your brows to recall some to their duties, and to bring the light to others who do not know the true God, I would declare you unworthy of your great vocation and I would regret having chosen you in preference to so many others for your wonderful mission of making Jesus Christ known and extending his kingdom as you walk in the footsteps of the Apostles.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

But no, you will never cause me that pain. On the contrary, I will have only to congratulate myself on having entrusted to you the glory of God and the honour of our<\/strong> dear Congregation. So I bless you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and place you under the motherly protection of Mary Immaculate.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Etienne Semeria and the pioneer Oblates in Ceylon, 25 January 1848, EO IV (Ceylon) n 2<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Eugene’s mandate continues today in the Mazenodian Family’s wonderful mission of making Jesus Christ known and extending his kingdom as we walk in the footsteps of the Apostles<\/h3>\n

“By growing in unity of heart and mind, we bear witness before the world that Jesus lives in our midst and unites us in order to send us out to proclaim God’s reign.”<\/em> (Constitutions and Rules, C37)<\/h3>\n

“Whoever wishes to become one of us must have an ardent desire for his own perfection, and be enflamed with love for our Lord Jesus Christ and his Church and a burning zeal for the salvation of souls.”<\/em> (Eugene de Mazenod 1853)<\/h3>\n

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