{"id":6037,"date":"2025-04-07T03:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T01:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6037"},"modified":"2025-04-07T03:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T01:57:04","slug":"it-is-our-witness-and-our-words-that-enable-the-most-abandoned-to-see-the-face-of-jesus-constitution-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6037","title":{"rendered":"IT IS OUR WITNESS AND OUR WORDS THAT ENABLE THE MOST ABANDONED TO SEE THE FACE OF JESUS (Constitution 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are a missionary Congregation. Our principal service in the Church is to proclaim Christ and his Kingdom to the most abandoned.<\/em> (Constitution 5)<\/p>\n

This says it all: it is the desired goal of every Oblate ministry. The test of authenticity and fidelity to our God-given charism is this question: does the witness of my lifestyle and does my activity proclaim Christ and his Kingdom to the most abandoned? Do people see that my life would make no sense if Jesus Christ and his Kingdom were not a part of it?<\/p>\n

Constitution 5 reflects Eugene\u2019s conviction about our vocation:<\/p>\n

Will we ever have an adequate understanding of this sublime vocation! For that one would have to understand the excellence of our Institute\u2019s end, beyond argument the most perfect one could propose to oneself in this world, since the end of our Institute is the self-same end that the Son of God had in mind when he came down to earth. The glory of his heavenly Father and the salvation of souls. [\u2026] He was especially sent to evangelize the poor: Evangelizare pauperibus misit me. And we have been founded precisely to work for the conversion of souls and especially to evangelize the poor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Retreat of October 1831, EO XV n 163<\/em><\/p>\n

Pope Francis reminds us that it is through an unbroken chain of witnesses that we come to see the face of Jesus. Consequently, it is our witness and our words that enable the most abandoned to see the face of Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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