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TO TRY BY EVERY EFFORT OF MY ZEAL TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF LIFE BACK INTO A DEAD DIOCESE
The time of retreat had as its aim to help Eugene to strengthen his resources for the thankless ministry he was doing in the diocese. Even so in two days’ time I will find myself once more in contact with … Continue reading
BOOKS THAT TRANSFORM
In using his retreat to reflect on his ministry, Eugene used books to seek advice to better realize the principles. Blessed Liguori and Blessed Leonard of Port Maurice contributed most to these precious readings. I was consoled to go over … Continue reading
A PRIEST CANNOT PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL WITHOUT THE TANGIBLE WITNESS OF HIS LIFE
For 7 years Eugene had been in charge of the Missionaries, and now as Vicar General of Marseille, his main preoccupation was about the priests of the diocese, whose “model, stay and support” he tried to be. He realizes that … Continue reading
A LIFE-GIVING DESIRE FOR RENEWAL
The retreats for priests at the time of Eugene usually followed the Ignatian pattern of focusing the person on the realities of death and judgment and eternity as a means to lead the person to conversion and new life as … Continue reading
LET ME SEE MYSELF AS YOU SEE ME
Eugene wants his retreat to be a time of honest evaluation and conversion. He prays: Lord, make a ray of your heavenly light shine on me so that I may see myself as you see me; inspire my soul with … Continue reading
A REVIEW OF LIFE THROUGH THE FOCUS OF HOPE
As he begins his retreat, Eugene intends to make an exacting examination of his life and behaviour. It is interesting that he wants to do this through the eyes of hope – through the lens of what God’s love holds … Continue reading
I ENCOURAGE MY BROTHERS TO LOVE RATHER THAN BE AFRAID
As Eugene reflects on the necessity of focusing on hope in difficult times, he remembers how he constantly urges the Oblates to live in this spirit of hopeful confidence in the love of God. Addressing hope, he writes: You whom … Continue reading
A HYMN TO HOPE
Realizing that the demands of his work in Marseille had led him to spiritual luke-warmness, he did not despair. Ever since Eugene had been ravished by the experience of God’s love for him, it was the virtue of hope that … Continue reading
AWARENESS OF GOD IN THE WHIRLWIND OF BUSINESS MATTERS
Eugene had been thrown into such a “whirlwind of business matters” in Marseille that he feared that he had become lukewarm in his religious and spiritual life because he was not doing enough to nourish it. If people but knew … Continue reading
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I MUST GAIN SALVATION BY CONTINUING TO BUSY MYSELF WITH OTHERS
After our prolonged break for Easter, we resume our journey through the writings of Saint Eugene. The year is 1824. Nearly a year after being appointed Vicar General of Marseille diocese, he managed to get away for a few days … Continue reading