{"id":6002,"date":"2025-03-12T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6002"},"modified":"2025-03-11T20:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T19:56:31","slug":"there-must-be-no-reservations-in-the-gift-of-ourselves-to-god-constitution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6002","title":{"rendered":"THERE MUST BE NO RESERVATIONS IN THE GIFT OF OURSELVES TO GOD (Constitution 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><strong>We strive to reproduce in ourselves the pattern of his life. Thus, we give ourselves to the Father in obedience even unto death and dedicate ourselves to God&#8217;s people in unselfish love. <\/strong><\/em>(Constitution 2)<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Eugene\u2019s words to young Brother Charles Baret, who had just professed his perpetual vows:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>Accustom yourself, my dear son, to have confidence in the Lord, without reservation whatsoever. We must become entirely generous toward our Father who is so good and, at the same time, both so great and so powerful. There must be no reservations in the gift of ourselves to him. He knows your needs, he knows the lawful desires of your heart: that\u2019s all that is needed. <\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Rightfully he wants us to consider ourselves so honored, so happy to be admitted into the intimacy of his privileged disciples, that in exchange and in gratitude we give ourselves to him without reserve and without conditions\u2026 <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Eugene&#8217;s letter to Brother Charles Baret, at Notre Dame de L\u2019Osier, 18 August 1843<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>Saint Eugene\u2019s words continue to be relevant for all of us in whichever situation we respond to the Saviour\u2019s love. In today\u2019s Charismatic Family, constituted around Eugene\u2019s charism, every act of dedication to God and service to neighbour is an act of oblation.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We strive to reproduce in ourselves the pattern of his life. Thus, we give ourselves to the Father in obedience even unto death and dedicate ourselves to God&#8217;s people in unselfish love. (Constitution 2) Eugene\u2019s words to young Brother Charles &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6002\">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-6002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002","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=6002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}