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Monthly Archives: November 2011
THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS
Art. 37. All this material care lavished on the sick congregants indicates with what zeal the Congregation will pay close attention to provide them with an infinitely higher form of care. Statuts XIV, §2 Envers les congréganistes malades The Youth … Continue reading
THE PRACTICAL FACE OF CARING
Art. 35. In the case of the sick person not having sufficient money to pay for the expenses which are incurred through the illness, the Council [ed. the leadership executive of the Youth Congregation], becoming aware of the situation, will … Continue reading
THE SHORTEST ANSWER IS DOING
In seeing how these young people of the Youth Congregation grew into a closely bonded family, we can understand the level of concern when one of them became ill. It was an invitation to put their love for one another … Continue reading
SURROUNDING THE SICK WITH AFFECTION
Art. 23. As soon as the Director has been informed of the illness of one of the congregants he will go and visit him immediately. Art. 24. He will inform the infirmarians of the illness of the congregant and of … Continue reading
THE PRAYER OF FAITH WILL SAVE THE ONE WHO IS SICK
Art 46. If, after the third day of fever, the illness takes on an alarming quality, the sick congregant will ask for the sacraments of the Church. He will make this demand in a way that those around him will … Continue reading
BE ALERT
When one bears in mind the high mortality rate at the time of Eugene – where, for example, one in four persons died of tuberculosis – it is easy to understand his reminder to the young people of the possibility … Continue reading
I WAS SICK AND YOU CARED FOR ME
Eugene’s ideal of forming the youth to live the love of Jesus Christ had to be put into practice in real situations. We have seen how he did this in the question of their relationships with each other. Now Eugene … Continue reading
BY THIS ALL WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES
Eugene teaches the youth to put into practice the words of Paul: “Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” (Colossians 3:14) Art 24. Thus the love of Jesus Christ, which is the unbreakable bond … Continue reading
LOVE AS THE PIVOT OF OUR EXISTENCE
“Among yourselves, charity, charity, charity.” This death-bed wish of Eugene for his Oblate family reflected his lifetime of insistence that “Charity is the pivot on which our whole existence turns.” Some 50 years earlier, we see him insisting on the … Continue reading
A SPIRIT OF RECONCILIATION MUST BE AT THE HEART OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Accompanying the formation of a group of some 250 young men who gathered twice a week in Aix was a major undertaking for Eugene. His concern for the human and Christian development of each one is clear on every page … Continue reading