{"id":6342,"date":"2026-04-28T01:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:31:47","slug":"the-call-and-presence-of-the-lord-among-us-today-c3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6342","title":{"rendered":"THE CALL AND PRESENCE OF THE LORD AMONG US TODAY (C3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>The call and the presence of the Lord among us today bind us together in charity and obedience to create anew in our own lives the Apostles\u2019 unity with him and their common mission in his Spirit<\/strong>. (<\/em>Constitution 3)<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the model for our Oblate apostolic communities, and the ideal of our Oblate Family. Community exists to help us to focus together on the presence of the Savior who invites us to stay with him, and to share this experience with others.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eugene\u2019s mandate continues today in our Oblate Family\u2019s wonderful mission of making Jesus Christ known and extending his kingdom as we walk in the footsteps of the Apostles<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-left: 80px;\"><strong><em>By growing in unity of heart and mind, we bear witness before the world that Jesus lives in our midst and unites us in order to send us out to proclaim God\u2019s reign<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0(Constitutions and Rules, C37)<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardinal Martini\u2019s words sum it all up: \u201cEssentially, what are the disciples? They are Jesus himself who continues his actions. They are not the repeaters of what they have heard, but they are the actions of Jesus that increase and continue.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/C-3-for-EDM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1422\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/C-3-for-EDM.png 1422w, https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/C-3-for-EDM-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/C-3-for-EDM-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/C-3-for-EDM-768x365.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The call and the presence of the Lord among us today bind us together in charity and obedience to create anew in our own lives the Apostles\u2019 unity with him and their common mission in his Spirit. (Constitution 3) This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6342\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-6342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342","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=6342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}