{"id":6381,"date":"2026-06-04T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:26:14","slug":"act-in-this-not-for-the-sake-of-human-interest-but-for-a-more-perfect-and-higher-end-c-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6381","title":{"rendered":"ACT IN THIS NOT FOR THE SAKE OF HUMAN INTEREST, BUT FOR A MORE PERFECT AND HIGHER END (C 11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our mission is to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to seek it before all else (cf. Mt 6: 33).<\/strong> Constitution 11<\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene\u2019s lifelong commitment to seeking and preaching the Kingdom was also communicated to the laity of his diocese as a Lenten ideal.<\/h3>\n

Contribute, then, with all your means, our dearest brethren, to this return of minds to religion, and to this end let each one begin with himself, so that from this holy season of Lent, each of you may be inflamed with a true zeal for your own sanctification, whether you need to rekindle in your soul a faith that is nearly extinguished, or whether you need only to reform or perfect your morals; <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

set a good example in all sincerity, perform good works with generosity; comfort the afflicted with a fraternal love for the poor, and act in this not for the sake of human interest, but for a more perfect and higher end: \u201cSeek first the kingdom of Heaven and its righteousness, and all these things will be given to you in addition\u201d (Mt 6:33).<\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n

Bishop Eugene\u2019s Lenten Pastoral Letter to the people of Marseilles, 1849.<\/em><\/h3>\n

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Our mission is to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to seek it before all else (cf. Mt 6: 33). Constitution 11 Eugene\u2019s lifelong commitment to seeking and preaching the Kingdom was also communicated to the laity of his diocese … 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-6381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381","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=6381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}