{"id":644,"date":"2011-04-13T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T03:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=644"},"modified":"2011-04-10T22:56:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T20:56:45","slug":"oblation-a-prayer-that-all-of-us-would-understand-the-value-of-oblation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"OBLATION: A PRAYER THAT ALL OF US WOULD UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF OBLATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

So convinced were they of the action of making these vows, that they wanted everyone to share in what they were experiencing. They prayed that their other companions would come to the same appreciation:<\/p>\n

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\u2026 and we prayed the divine Master that, if it were his holy will to bless our undertaking, to lead our present companions and those who would be associated with us in the future, to appreciate the full value of this oblation of one’s entire self to God, when one wanted to serve him unreservedly and to consecrate one’s life to the spread of his holy Gospel and the conversion of souls.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Rambert I, p. 187<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I find it touching that \u201cthose who would be associated with us in the future\u201d were prayed for on that night. That means that Eugene prayed for me and for every other person who has been associated with his dream as part of the wider Mazenodian family! The prayer of Eugene reflects the prayer of Jesus at the Last Supper: \u201cI ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one.\u201d (John 17:20)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So convinced were they of the action of making these vows, that they wanted everyone to share in what they were experiencing. They prayed that their other companions would come to the same appreciation: \u2026 and we prayed the divine … 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":[54],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-oblation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","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=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}