{"id":6369,"date":"2026-05-21T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6369"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:34:12","slug":"may-21-at-the-words-o-sweet-virgin-mary-he-breathed-his-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6369","title":{"rendered":"MAY 21: AT THE WORDS \u201cO SWEET VIRGIN MARY,\u201d HE BREATHED HIS LAST"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wherever our ministry takes us, we will strive to instil genuine devotion to the Immaculate Virgin who prefigures God\u2019s final victory over all evil. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Constitution 10)<\/h3>\n

\u201cThey will always regard her as mother\u201d Eugene had written when we officially became Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate after our papal approbation in 1826. He asked us to have a \u201ctender and filial devotion.\u201d Throughout his life he was accompanied by Mary to the point of his least breath as all were reciting the Salve Regina prayer.<\/h3>\n

Eugene died during the praying of the Salve Regina, at these words: \u201cTurn then, most gracious Advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us, , show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!\u201d<\/h3>\n

Father Fabre describes the scene:<\/h3>\n

We recited the entire Salve Regina, which our well-loved Father understood and followed fully. At the words: <\/em>\u201dand after this our exile show us,\u201d he opened his eyes slightly; at each invocation: \u201c O clement, o loving\u201d, he made a slight movement; at the third: \u201cO sweet Virgin Mary\u201d, \u00a0he breathed his last. His beautiful soul was in the presence of God. <\/em><\/h3>\n

Circular Letter to the Congregation 26 May 1861<\/h3>\n

Because of his life-long closeness to Mary, she did indeed accompany him to the fruit of her womb: Jesus. May we learn to look on her as mother and as our faithful faith-companion on our Christian journey to be shown the fruit of her womb at its fulfilment in our own death.<\/h3>\n

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