{"id":6018,"date":"2025-03-31T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6018"},"modified":"2025-03-30T23:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:23:36","slug":"6018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6018","title":{"rendered":"THE RULE OF THE OBLATE FAMILY: A MAP"},"content":{"rendered":"

On our journey of reflection on the Constitutions and Rules<\/em>, it is important to have a \u201cmap\u201d that we can consult from time to time to situate us \u2013 this is especially the case for the lay members of our Family who live the spirituality of St Eugene which is expressed in the Oblate Rule.<\/p>\n

Constitution 1<\/strong> lays the foundation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Constitution 2<\/strong> focuses on how we FOLLOW<\/strong> the Savior:<\/p>\n

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All this is summed up in one word: OBLATION \u00a0– <\/strong>“The Cross of Jesus Christ is central to our mission.” (Constitution 4)<\/p>\n

What I have presented above is only half the picture because I have concentrated on what Eugene’s charism expects us to BE. All this, however, is focused on mission. As Constitution 1 points out: ” The call of Jesus Christ, heard within the Church through people’s need for salvation<\/strong>, draws us together…”<\/p>\n

These first Constitutions tell us what we must BE in order to respond to “people’s need for salvation.”<\/p>\n

The rest of the Rule is a directory of how the members of the Oblate Family put all this into practice.<\/p>\n

Before we begin to explore our mission, an invitation for you to look back on our reflections over recent days (from https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5978<\/a> onwards) and to consider how to live these key elements in the diagram above.<\/p>\n

REFLECTION – MY <\/strong>RESPONSE TO CONSTITUTIONS ONE AND TWO<\/p>\n

“The call of Jesus Christ, heard within the Church through people’s need for salvation, draws me<\/strong> into the \u00a0Family of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Christ thus invites m<\/strong>e to follow him and to share in his mission through my<\/strong> words and my<\/strong> work.<\/p>\n

As part of an apostolic community of Priests, Brothers and Laypersons I commit myself<\/strong> to cooperate with the Saviour and imitate his example, \u00a0principally to evangelize those who have most need of the presence of Jesus the Savior in their lives.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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