{"id":5772,"date":"2024-06-07T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5772"},"modified":"2024-06-04T20:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:58:45","slug":"being-oblate-is-a-journey-of-becoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5772","title":{"rendered":"BEING OBLATE IS A JOURNEY OF BECOMING"},"content":{"rendered":"

The OMI’s usually renewed their vows on November 1 during the Founder’s lifetime. Because there were 30 Oblate seminarians at the Major Seminary (studying and living with the diocesan students) the ceremony was held at the Seminary.<\/h3>\n

Customary attendance at the morning Mass of the Major Seminary, after which our Fathers and Brothers renew their vows. Never had the assembly been so numerous; besides the Fathers, about thirty Oblates were present. After the customary address, four priests individually made their renewal, then the Oblates five at a time, finally the two Coadjutor Brothers. This assembly has been among the most touching. It’s self-explanatory.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod’s Diary, 4 November 1848, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

When Eugene referred to the OMI scholastics in formation, he always called them “the Oblates” as opposed to the “Fathers and Brothers” who were the ones who had completed their formation. There is something touching about this usage because it gives the impression of a person on a journey of becoming. All of us in the Mazenodian Family are on a journey of becoming what God wants each of us to be each day- accompanied by the example and intercession of Mary Immaculate and Eugene.<\/h3>\n

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“Forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead, I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God\u2019s upward calling, in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The OMI’s usually renewed their vows on November 1 during the Founder’s lifetime. Because there were 30 Oblate seminarians at the Major Seminary (studying and living with the diocesan students) the ceremony was held at the Seminary. Customary attendance at … 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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772","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=5772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}