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LIVING HOLY WEEK WITH SAINT EUGENE: CAN I FORGET THE SIGHT OF THE CROSS?
Can I forget the bitter tears that the sight of the cross brought streaming from my eyes one Good Friday? Retreat Journal, December 1814, O.W. XV n.130 “Can I forget … the sight of the cross?” asks Eugene? Every action … Continue reading
GOOD FRIDAY: THAT MOMENT WHEN HIS EYES MET MINE, THE MOMENT WHEN HE MADE ME REALIZE THAT HE LOVED ME
Can I forget the bitter tears that the sight of the cross brought streaming from my eyes one Good Friday? “Can I forget … the sight of the cross?” asks Eugene, and the peace that flowed into his life as … Continue reading
LIVING HOLY WEEK WITH SAINT EUGENE: THE JOY OF OBLATION ON HOLY THURSDAY
… we pronounced our vows with an indescribable joy. We savoured our happiness throughout this beautiful night, in the presence of Our Lord, at the foot of the magnificent throne where we had placed Him for the Mass of the Pre-sanctified … Continue reading
LIVING HOLY WEEK WITH SAINT EUGENE: HOLY THURSDAY AS AN INVITATION TO RENEW OUR “YES” TO GOD
Less than three months after Eugene and his first companions had come to live in community, two of them felt the need to make a more definitive consecration of themselves to God. Eugene recalled: Briefly put. Father Tempier and I … Continue reading
LIVING HOLY WEEK WITH SAINT EUGENE: HOLY THURSDAY AND THE INVITATION TO OUR UPPER ROOM
The Oblate community was Eugene’s constant point of reference, and he missed it whenever he was separated from it. His model for our religious missionary life was that of Jesus and the apostles. For him our communities were meant to … Continue reading
LIVING HOLY WEEK WITH SAINT EUGENE: HOLY THURSDAY AND THE EUCHARIST
Eugene had made his first communion on Holy Thursday at the College of Nobles in Turin. It was always an important moment for him to recall the joy of this important event. Antoine Ricard, who had been a diocesan seminarian … Continue reading
AN INVITATION TO RENEW OURSELVES AS DISCIPLES
Eugene concludes his retreat by saying that all that is written in the Rule, all that he has meditated on, is there to “maintain the spirit of our vocation.” In other words, whatever is our Rule of Life, its purpose … Continue reading
SUBMITTING WITH HUMILITY TO THE ONE CHOSEN AMONG THEIR BROTHERS TO REPRESENT JESUS CHRIST
Quoting from the Rule, Eugene’s retreat meditations lead him to comment on some of the areas of relationship with the Savior which are lived out in everyday activities. The ministry they are doing brings them gratitude, praise and acclaim. It … Continue reading
NO SULKING, NO SIGNS OF INDIFFERENCE OR COLDNESS
“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you” (John 15,12). Eugene’s retreat meditation continues: Intimately united with Jesus Christ, their head, they will be as one among themselves, his children, most closely united by the bonds of … Continue reading
THEY WILL TRY TO BECOME OTHER JESUS CHRISTS BY SPREADING EVERYWHERE THE FRAGRANCE OF HIS LOVABLE VIRTUES
Eugene concludes his meditation on the virtues by summing up the goal and the means to put the Gospel into practice “Love the Lord your God with all your mind, with all your heart , with all your soul, and … Continue reading