{"id":5862,"date":"2024-10-04T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5862"},"modified":"2024-10-01T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:04:31","slug":"they-are-leaving-for-that-mission-which-is-so-unattractive-humanly-speaking-with-a-holy-joy-and-an-astonishing-zeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5862","title":{"rendered":"THEY ARE LEAVING FOR THAT MISSION, WHICH IS SO UNATTRACTIVE, HUMANLY SPEAKING, WITH A HOLY JOY AND AN ASTONISHING ZEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have spent eleven consecutive hours at my desk writing to all our Fathers in Oregon and drawing up instructions both for them and for Fr. d’Herbomez who, together with two Brothers, is going to join them by way of California… I have spoken of Fr. d’Herbomez and Brothers Surel and Janin who are setting sail today on the interminable journey to Oregon, passing by Cape Horn. Ah, how admirable are these courageous children! They are leaving for that mission, which is so unattractive, humanly speaking, with a holy joy and an astonishing zeal. Everybody is very edified and the eighty passengers have proclaimed their great joy at having them, especially the priest, as travelling companions. I hope that it will be useful for their souls during this long journey which lasts no less than six or seven or even eight months.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod’s Diary, 19 November 1849, EO XXII<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

It is hard for us to imagine these young men leaving on a journey by sea and overland that would take 6 to 8 months. They were aware that hardships awaited them in Oregon, and that they would probably never see France again. Yet they set out with joy to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people who had never heard it. All three missionaries spent the rest of their lives in Canada, with Louis D’Herbomez becoming Vicar Apostolic of British Columbia in 1863.<\/h3>\n

Today our Oblate Rule of Life continues to hold out this ideal: “we give ourselves to the Father in obedience even unto death and dedicate ourselves to God’s people in unselfish love. Our apostolic zeal is sustained by the unreserved gift we make of ourselves in our oblation, an offering constantly renewed by the challenges of our mission<\/em>.” Constitution 2<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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