{"id":5985,"date":"2025-02-24T03:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T02:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2025-02-24T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T02:25:25","slug":"the-oblate-rule-is-a-shrine-that-keeps-alive-our-ideal-of-preaching-the-good-news-to-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5985","title":{"rendered":"THE OBLATE RULE IS A SHRINE THAT KEEPS ALIVE OUR IDEAL OF PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Jesus began his public ministry, he announced: \u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring the Good News to the poor\u201d (Luke 4, 18)<\/p>\n

One Good Friday when the young and directionless Eugene looked at the Cross, he realized that he was poor, he was a sinner who had wandered away from God:<\/h3>\n

I looked for happiness outside of God and for too long with resulting unhappiness.<\/strong><\/em>
\nHow often in my past life had my wounded, tormented heart taken wings for God from whom it had turned away!<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

…Can I forget the bitter tears that the sight of the cross brought streaming from my eyes one Good Friday? \u2026 they welled up from the heart, there was no checking them, they were too abundant I was in a state of mortal sin and it was precisely this that made me grieve.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

He realized that he was poor and that Jesus had brought him the good news of salvation:<\/h3>\n

Blessed, a thousand times blessed, that he, this good Father, notwithstanding my unworthiness, lavished on me all the richness of his mercy.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Retreat Journal, December 1814, EO XV n.130<\/em><\/h3>\n

\nHe founded the missionary Oblates in 1816 because he understood what it meant to be poor and in need of salvation, and wanted to bring the Good News to the poor who did not know God\u2019s mercy and love.<\/p>\n

We can thus say that our Oblate Rule is a shrine that preserves this ideal and helps us to live it as redeemed sinners: we recognize our poverty and allow ourselves to be transformed by God\u2019s love and mercy.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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