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Monthly Archives: July 2014
ORAISON: COMMUNION WITH ALL LOVED ONES IN THE LOVING PRESENCE OF JESUS
On pilgrimage in Loreto, we see Eugene’s normal other-centered style of prayer in action. Throughout his life he always tried to be aware of the presence of God in his heart in everything that he did – and he carried … Continue reading
ONE WELCOMES THE MOMENT WHEN OUR LORD COMES AGAIN INTO THE HOUSE IN WHICH HE LIVED ON THIS EARTH
Writing from Loreto to Tempier in France: Without being yet much closer to you, I am nevertheless at 172 miles from Rome which I left on Ascension Day at half past one in the cab of the stage coach. The … Continue reading
LIMPING OUT OF ROME
Had dinner with the teologo Lanteri. Reserved a place in the carriage for Sunday the 30th, to return to France, by way of Loreto, Milan and Turin. Roman Diary, 22 April 1826, EO XVII The weather was cold and damp; … Continue reading
THE FAREWELL AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE
Eugene shares the details of his papal audience with Henri Tempier. But how is it I have come to tell you all that, without preparing you with my usual historical narration? It just so happened that the matter escaped me. … Continue reading
IF YOU HAD SEEN THE POPE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HE GRANTED ME YESTERDAY, YOU WOULD HAVE WEPT WITH JOY
If you had seen the Pope in the audience of a good half hour that he granted me yesterday, you would have wept with joy. With what goodness he spoke to me, with what grace he smiled at the things … Continue reading
THE GOOD GOD WAS PLEASED TO PREPARE THE WAY FOR ME AND OPEN ALL HEARTS TO ME
As Eugene finally prepares to leave Rome, he looks back at God’s presence and blessing in all that he achieved in the city. If I were not intimately convinced that the good God was pleased to prepare the way for … Continue reading
THE OBEDIENCE OF OBLATE PRIESTS IS FIRST TO THE CONGREGATION AND THEN TO THE LOCAL BISHOP
Eugene spoke of us as being the men of the bishops and he tried to assure that our ministry and presence in the diocese be in communion with the ministry and spirit of the bishop. However, because of the papal … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PONTIFICALLY APPROVED RELIGIOUS SOCIETY
Fr. Tempier asked, at the beginning of 1826, for dimissorials for the ordination of Brothers Martin and Richaud. Bishop Arbaud replied, in the month of March, that these persons, native of Gap, ought to take the engagement of returning to … Continue reading
DEATH AS A TIME OF NEW COMMUNION
My morning has been employed in having young ladies of the French convent of Saint Denis make their first communion; think of my sorrow when I had to speak to these young people of the age of our poor Caroline … Continue reading
OBLATE VOCATIONS: NO EARTHLY TREASURES WILL RAIN ON THEM
Let us work truly for God, I say this once more concerning our Jubilee at Aix. Let them keep instructing and converting and, if possible, to take some means in view of perseverance. For that it would be necessary that … Continue reading