{"id":6154,"date":"2025-10-09T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:03:43","slug":"being-close-to-the-people-as-the-way-of-living-our-oblation-for-them-constitution-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6154","title":{"rendered":"BEING CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE AS THE WAY OF LIVING OUR OBLATION FOR THEM (Constitution 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We will always be close to the people with whom we work, taking into account their values and aspirations.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Constitution 8<\/em><\/h3>\n

When Eugene became Bishop of Marseilles in 1837 he made a statement that was to sum up the next 24 years of his episcopacy. It was his commitment to live his ministry as bishop always close to the people of Marseille:<\/h3>\n

However, I must attach myself to this people as a father to his child ren. My existence, my life, all my being must be consecrated to it, I must have no thought but for its good, no fears other than I have not done enough for its welfare and sanctification, no other solicitude than that which must include all its spiritual interests and even in a certain way its temporal welfare.<\/strong><\/em>
\nI must in a word consume myself for it, be ready to sacrifice my leisure, my desire, rest, life itself for it.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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

\u201cI must attach myself to this people as a father to his children!\u201d How much closer to his people was it possible to come? Following the example of the closeness of Jesus, his Savior, Bishop Eugene was prepared to give everything for his people, to consume himself, to be ready to sacrifice even life itself. Here the diocesan bishop\u2019s Oblate heart shines through: being close to the people meant living a life of oblation for them. \u201cI must in a word consume myself for it, be ready to sacrifice my leisure, my desire, rest, life itself for it.”<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We will always be close to the people with whom we work, taking into account their values and aspirations. Constitution 8 When Eugene became Bishop of Marseilles in 1837 he made a statement that was to sum up the next … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}