{"id":6183,"date":"2025-11-04T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6183"},"modified":"2025-11-03T21:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:09:51","slug":"bearing-witness-is-not-comfortable-constitution-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6183","title":{"rendered":"BEARING WITNESS IS NOT COMFORTABLE (Constitution 9)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are members of the prophetic Church. While recognizing our own need for conversion, we bear witness to God\u2019s holiness and justice.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

( Constitution 9)<\/h3>\n

This statement reminds me of the words of Fr. Rossetti on the ministerial priesthood. These words apply equally to all members of the Oblate Charismatic Family:<\/h3>\n

\u201cIf you have been a priest for many years and you look back at decades of service and, after reviewing your ministry, cannot find one time when your preaching, ministry, or personal witness met with disapproval, you have to ask yourself if you really preached the Gospel. If our words and homilies have never been rejected by some people and if we have never been criticized for our public stance, then we have never fully preached the message of Jesus.\u201d<\/em> (The Joy of Priesthood, p.20)<\/h3>\n

The two centuries of our Oblate history are filled with the names of a multitude of Oblate missionaries whose ministry has been prophetic. In practically every country where we serve, prophetic voices have been raised against injustice, persecution, discrimination, and any other form of betrayal of the Gospel values of God\u2019s holiness and justice. The disapproval shown against some even led to their being put to death (Jozef Cebula, Mauricio Lefebvre, Michael Rodrigo, C\u00e1ndido Cast\u00e1n (layman, Pozuelo), Ludwig Wrodarczyk, Paul Thoj Xyooj lLay catechist Laos), Ben de Jesus \u2013 just to name a few).<\/h3>\n

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