{"id":6123,"date":"2025-08-27T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6123"},"modified":"2025-08-26T21:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:40:53","slug":"you-show-me-the-way-i-should-follow-and-give-me-the-desire-to-follow-it-c7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6123","title":{"rendered":"YOU SHOW ME THE WAY I SHOULD FOLLOW, AND GIVE ME THE DESIRE TO FOLLOW IT (C7)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our mission puts us on constant call to respond to the most urgent needs of the Church through various forms of witness and ministry, but especially through proclaiming the Word of God\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Constitution 7<\/h3>\n

The very first two constitutions are so important because they give the sense of direction for all the Constitutions and Rules that follow. Constitutions 1 and 2 remind us very clearly that everything that we do is to be done as a cooperator of Jesus Christ. He has called us, he sends us, and it is his mission that we fulfill wherever we find ourselves and in whatever state of life.<\/h3>\n

All\u00a0 the Constitutions and Rules that follow build on this reality. Constitution 7 emphasizes that our main ministry is to witness to and proclaim the Word of God. To do this effectively, we are drawn \u201cto know him more deeply, to identify with him, to let him live in us\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (Constitution 2).<\/h3>\n

The way to know him is through the Scriptures, and this is why, as we preach the Word of God, we have to be soaked in it. Our message has to come through our relationship with him, because it is he who speaks to us.<\/h3>\n

Eugene was constantly aware of this role of Scripture in his life as he wrote at the age of 55:<\/h3>\n

I give you thanks, O Lord, for having made shine forth this light from the sacred deposit of your Holy Scriptures. As you show me the way I should follow, and give me the desire to follow it, you will also give me the powerful help of your grace.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Retreat preparatory to taking possession of the episcopal see of Marseilles,<\/em>
\nMay 1837, EO XV n. 185<\/em><\/h3>\n

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May we have the grace to make these words our own.<\/h3>\n

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