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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
I am reminded of Paul’s 1st letter to the Corinthians, chapter 3: “For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings? What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.”
After some years away from the Church I returned with the help of some wonderful Franciscan priests, nourished with a specific taste and yet it was to and with the Oblates and the Mazenodian Family that I have ultimately been called and sent to serve and walk-with.
It is not to ourselves that we have been called and sent, but rather to serve in the “missio Dei”, God’s mission.
It takes immense humility, truth and courage to lives as we are called. “Let it be done unto me according to Your word.” My heart belongs to God and yet it is Mazenodian in the way that it beats and sends life to all parts of the Body of Christ.