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Quote of the day
Abandonment to the will of God.
St. Eugene de Mazenod
Reflection of the day
May 9 – Oblation
Consider oblation as we have described it, an ardent and absolute engagement in the service of Divine Love, in the service of the Church and of the most abandoned souls; reflect upon it and you will realize that we cannot truly make such an oblation of ourselves, nor live up to it, nor perfect it, unless we live in closest union with Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer, Love and Mercy personified. And we will be equally powerless, if we do not live in closest union with Mary Immaculate, whom we must always look up to as « our beloved Mother » and the « Queen of our Congregation.
Leo Deschâtelets OMI
Weekly anecdote
How dare you hit the Black Robe!
British Columbia has seen plenty of Missionary Oblates. Among the most renown we should mention the ethnologist Adrien Morice, the polyglot Jean-Marie Lejeune, the valiant heart of Casimir Chirouse, and the impetuous Charles Pandosy. One of the last, but not the least is François-Marie Thomas, an apostle dedicated entirely to serving the Chilcotin amerindians in the Cariboo district. (more…)
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“A SABBATH MONTH”
“St Eugene Speaks” is going silent until early June. [There are, however, 3115 reflections dating back to May 2010 that you can access in the “Archives” section of the home page.] May is the end of the academic year at … Continue reading
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