{"id":5779,"date":"2024-06-17T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5779"},"modified":"2024-06-15T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T08:00:10","slug":"their-ambition-should-embrace-the-vast-expanse-of-the-whole-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5779","title":{"rendered":"THEIR AMBITION SHOULD EMBRACE THE VAST EXPANSE OF THE WHOLE EARTH."},"content":{"rendered":"

Eugene de Mazenod was a busy person! Superior General of many Oblates in France and elsewhere, Bishop of a large and demanding diocese, and also the power behind the Oblates breaking new ground in the foreign missions. Going through his writings chronologically can be confusing because they deal with all three of these areas at the same time. For the sake of clarity over these past months, I have been reflecting on the writings regarding France and the diocese of Marseilles. A lot was happening in the Oblate world outside of France at the same time, so this will be our focus now.<\/h3>\n

In 1818, Eugene had expressed his vision of the missionary congregation:<\/h3>\n

What more sublime purpose\u00a0than that of their Institute?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Their founder is Jesus Christ,\u00a0the very Son of God;<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

their first fathers are the Apostles.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

They are called to be the Saviour’s co-workers,\u00a0the co-redeemers of mankind;<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

and even though, because of their present small number and<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

the more urgent needs of the people around them,\u00a0they have to limit the scope of their zeal,\u00a0for the time being,\u00a0to the poor of our countryside and others,<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

their ambition should, in its holy aspirations,\u00a0embrace the vast expanse of the whole earth.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

1818 Rule<\/h3>\n

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

In 1818 the missionaries were few and focused on Provence but with a founder’s intuition, Eugene saw beyond his corner of the world. Thirty years later, in 1848, that prophetic vision was being fulfilled. The Oblates were in Corsica, England, Canada, the United States and Ceylon.<\/h3>\n

“True missionaries, who never cease to be disciples, know that Jesus walks with them, speaks to them, breathes with them, works with them.” \u2013 Pope Francis<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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