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Of course I had to read history of Fr. Augustin and his life in North America, so that I could somehow carry it with me as I entered into prayer. His life was one of being sent, of receiving and accepting the obediences he was given. It is God who chooses the time and way we are sent out.
I was so touched by how Gaudet shared with Eugene what the Rule of Life meant to him: “You shall therefore always be present with your son, I shall read it often and I shall often press it to my lips. It will be my refuge and my consolation in suffering. I am convinced that I shall sanctify myself by the Rule and that is through it that I shall sanctify souls. I swear fidelity to it and love forever…”
This beautiful Rule of Life which is most surely a gift of the incarnated and living expression of the Charism which has been shared with all of us in this Family. I open it often, to be reminded and renewed and when I am finished praying with it I bring it to my lips, just as I do with the Word of God in my morning prayers, and with my own small Oblate Cross upon putting it on and taking it off ( and those moments when I find myself caressing it with a touch and bringing it to my lips). Moments of an interior caress and kiss…
I do recognize my spirituality and mission in the charism and way of life expressed in the Oblate Constitutions and Rules. They have become foundational within myself and within many of my brothers and sisters. It is in the light of St. Eugene de Mazenod and his charism that we stand, allowing these to become a part of our beings, our breathing in and breathing out.
Moments and lives of oblation and communion…