{"id":6047,"date":"2025-04-17T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6047"},"modified":"2025-04-16T18:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:50:54","slug":"holy-thursday-the-unreserved-gift-of-oblation-constitution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6047","title":{"rendered":"HOLY THURSDAY: THE UNRESERVED GIFT OF OBLATION (Constitution 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this day when we recall the last supper and the self-giving of Jesus Christ in the institution of the Eucharist and the beginning of the passion, as members of the Oblate Family we are reminded of the response of Eugene to the oblation of Jesus Christ in April 1816:<\/h3>\n

Briefly put. Father Tempier and I felt that we should not delay any longer, and on Holy Thursday (April 11, 1816), when both of us had taken our place under the structure of the beautiful repository we had erected over the main altar of the Mission church, in the night of that holy day, we pronounced our vows with an indescribable joy. We enjoyed our happiness throughout this beautiful night, in the presence of Our Lord, at the foot of the magnificent throne where we had placed Him for the Mass of the Pre-sanctified the following day.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

\u00a0Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s M\u00e9moires in Rambert I, p. 187<\/em><\/h3>\n

Our present Rule of Life reflects the \u201cwe pronounced our vows with an indescribable joy\u201d of our Founder and invites each of us the members of his Oblate Family, according to our state in life, to renewing our desire to<\/h3>\n

\u2026 give ourselves to the Father in obedience even unto death and dedicate ourselves to God’s people in unselfish love. Our apostolic zeal is sustained by the unreserved gift we make of ourselves in our oblation, an offering constantly renewed by the challenges of our mission.<\/em> (Constitution 2)<\/h3>\n

May the \u201cindescribable joy\u201d of the oblation of Jesus Christ, and our response in oblation, be ours this Holy Thursday.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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