{"id":6038,"date":"2025-04-08T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6038"},"modified":"2025-04-07T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:41:00","slug":"we-preach-the-gospel-among-people-who-have-not-yet-received-it-constitution-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6038","title":{"rendered":"WE PREACH THE GOSPEL AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED IT (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. We preach the Gospel among people who have not yet received it and help them see their own values in its light.<\/em> (Constitution 5)<\/h3>\n

Thousands of Oblates have dedicated their lives to bringing people who did not know Gospel to the salvation Jesus Christ. In Eugene\u2019s lifetime alone, we find scores of young men in their early 20\u2019s setting out for North America, Africa, and Asia. Most of them knowing that they would never see the land of their birth and their families again \u2013 yet they set out with enthusiasm and courage. They gave all for the salvation of the souls who had never heard of the Gospel.<\/h3>\n

In 1853 Eugene had written:<\/h3>\n

Whoever wishes to become one of us must have an ardent desire for his own perfection, and be enflamed with love for our Lord Jesus Christ and his Church and a burning zeal for the salvation of souls.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

With hindsight we may be tempted to judge them by today\u2019s standards as we realize how many mistakes they made \u2013 but they were people of their time and gave their lives for the good of others with the best intentions. Today people in over 60 countries know the Gospel as a result of the seeds they sowed through their oblation.<\/h3>\n

We thank God for the witness of the men and women of our Oblate Family \u201cenflamed with love for our Lord Jesus Christ and his Church and a burning zeal for the salvation of souls.\u201d<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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