{"id":6172,"date":"2025-10-23T01:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:19:15","slug":"as-pilgrims-we-begin-a-journey-without-knowing-what-the-end-of-the-road-looks-like-trusting-that-god-is-guiding-us-constitution-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6172","title":{"rendered":"AS PILGRIMS, WE BEGIN A JOURNEY WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE END OF THE ROAD LOOKS LIKE, TRUSTING THAT GOD IS GUIDING US (Constitution 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"

To seek out new ways for the Word of God to reach their hearts often calls for daring; to present Gospel demands in all clarity should never intimidate us.<\/strong><\/em> (Constitution 8)<\/h3>\n

The representatives of the Oblate Charismatic Family who gathered at the General Chapter in 2022, addressed these words to us:<\/h3>\n

As a Chapter we invite Oblates to respond to the call of Pope Francis to recognize that we are first and foremost a people advancing on its pilgrim way towards God (Evangelii Gaudium 111). As pilgrims, we are people who begin a journey without knowing what the end of the road looks like, trusting that God is guiding us.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Consider that two senses balance our pilgrimage. <\/em><\/h3>\n

The first is that we begin with an idea of who we are and understanding where we came from;<\/em><\/h3>\n

the second is the realization that as we walk the path, we are transformed as we encounter the other.<\/em><\/h3>\n

What we thought we understood takes on new meanings, and how we understand ourselves changes as we encounter Jesus. Recall the two disciples who walked along the way to Emmaus (Lk. 24:13-35). They thought they knew the end of the events that occurred in Jerusalem, but their understanding of the things which they thought they knew changed when they arrived at Emmaus. Their hearts were burning as they walked. Their identities also have changed, and now they identify themselves as evangelizers who go to announce the Good News\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n

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To seek out new ways for the Word of God to reach their hearts often calls for daring; to present Gospel demands in all clarity should never intimidate us. (Constitution 8) The representatives of the Oblate Charismatic Family who gathered … 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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172","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=6172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}