{"id":5981,"date":"2025-02-19T01:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2025-02-19T01:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:58:58","slug":"do-this-and-you-will-live-as-pilgrims-of-hope-in-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5981","title":{"rendered":"DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE AS PILGRIMS OF HOPE IN COMMUNION"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>These are the words ringing in the ears of every newly professed Oblate as he receives the book of the OMI Constitutions and Rules. These are the words ringing out in the hearts of the lay members of the Oblate Charismatic Family as they make their commitment to live by the spirit and charism of St Eugene.<\/p>\n<p>Having just celebrated February 17, we now begin our journey of preparation to commemorate 200 years of the Church\u2019s approval of our Rule and the spirit and way of life it proposes. In these daily reflections I invite you to join me on this pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p>The Oblate Brothers and priests are bound to follow every prescription of this Rule, while the lay members of our Family are invited to live by its spirit and whatever is applicable to their way of life. Our approach as we reflect on the Rule is to let its pages speak to us as pilgrims on a common journey.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<em><strong>\u201cTeacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cWhat is written in the law? How do you read it?\u201d He said in reply, \u201cYou shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.\u201d He replied to him, \u201cYou have answered correctly; do this and you will live.\u201d <\/strong><\/em>(Luke 10, 25-28).<\/h3>\n<h3>Live the Gospel and you will live! The Constitutions and Rules are a reflection of the Gospel through the eyes of St. Eugene and our charism. They were recognized as such and approved by the Church in 1826.<\/h3>\n<h3>\nToday we read:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>The Constitutions and Rules set out a privileged means for each <\/strong>[member of the]<strong> Oblate <\/strong>[Charismatic Family]<strong> to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. They are inspired by the charism lived by the Founder and his first companions; also, they have received the approval of the Church.<\/strong> <\/em>(Constitution 163)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the words ringing in the ears of every newly professed Oblate as he receives the book of the OMI Constitutions and Rules. These are the words ringing out in the hearts of the lay members of the Oblate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5981\">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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5981","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=5981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}