{"id":6013,"date":"2025-03-25T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6013"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:19:55","slug":"through-the-eyes-of-the-saviour-the-whole-human-family-shares-in-his-blood-constitution-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6013","title":{"rendered":"THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SAVIOUR THE WHOLE HUMAN FAMILY SHARES IN HIS BLOOD (Constitution 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through the eyes of our crucified Saviour we see the world which he redeemed with his blood, desiring that those in whom he continues to suffer will know also the power of his resurrection (cf. Phil 3: 10). (<\/em>Constitution 4)<\/em><\/h3>\n

The potato famine massacred the population of Ireland. Bishop Eugene wrote a pastoral letter to his diocese asking people to help the Irish financially. In it we find the foundation of his Oblate mission: his conversion experience at the foot of the Cross and his realization that he had been redeemed by the blood of the Savior. His mission was to bring others to the same realization.<\/h3>\n

The reason for helping the Irish Catholics went deeper than charity:<\/h3>\n

Let it not be said they belong to an empire other than ours. That would be completely unworthy of Christian charity for we are all, as long as people dwell on earth, children of our Father in heaven and neighbours to each other; and moreover, the Irish belong like us to the great Catholic family.<\/strong><\/em>
\nNot only is the blood of the same human family common to us but the blood of our Redeemer in which we share as recipients of the same grace and the same sacraments.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Bishop Eugene\u2019s Circular Letter to the people of Marseilles, 24 February 1847, EO III Circular n 2.<\/em><\/h3>\n

This profound conviction that the blood of the Redeemer is common to all formed the foundation of Eugene\u2019s understanding of the Church primarily as the Body of Christ.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through the eyes of our crucified Saviour we see the world which he redeemed with his blood, desiring that those in whom he continues to suffer will know also the power of his resurrection (cf. Phil 3: 10). (Constitution 4) … Continue reading →<\/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-6013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013","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=6013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}