INSIST ON MAKING JESUS CHRIST KNOWN AND LOVED

Eugene’s instruction to every missionary:

Insist on making Jesus Christ known and loved. Speak often of this divine saviour and of all he has done to save mankind. Make them resolve never to spend a day without praying.

Letter to Fr. Jean Viala, 17 January 1849, EO IV n4

REFLECTION

From the very beginning of our missionary history, our goal has been: “teach who Jesus Christ is” (Preface). Today the same sentiment continues to be expressed in this way:

We will spare no effort to awaken or to reawaken the faith in the people to whom we are sent, and we will help them to discover “who Christ is”. (Constitution 7)

May this be our guiding light today in all our actions.

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1 Response to INSIST ON MAKING JESUS CHRIST KNOWN AND LOVED

  1. Eleanor Rabnett, Lay Oblate Associate says:

    “He has sent me to bring the Good News to the poor […]. The Good News is proclaimed to the poor” (Luke 4:18; Matthew 11:5)

    “In so doing, we risk finding ourselves among the marginalized of our community, our society and our church, taking our place among the poor and the powerless, walking with those who, like us, hold within themselves beauty, strength and gifts as well as weaknesses, brokenness and limitations, that together we may help one another experience the love of God, so we may be healed and give of ourselves in the service of the continuous unfolding of the reign of God within creation.” (from the OMI Lacombe Canada Province Mission Statement 2003)

    Not a one-time event but more truly an ongoing flow of God within us as we stand in the light as sons and daughters of St. Eugene.

    What does this look like in each of our lives?

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