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NOTA BENE: TWO SIDES OF THE PICTURE
One can touch the intensity of Eugene’s emotions! As he reflected on the situation of the Church in France he expressed his horror at the behavior of some of the priests who were not living up to the demands of … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: A “WOW” MOMENT!
Eugene is enthralled by the wonder of our vocation. It is made in heaven and is an invitation to enter into the realm of heaven by giving us the charge of being nothing less than the co-operators of the Savior! … Continue reading
NOTA BENE – TAKE NOTE!
Having reflected on the damage caused to the Church by bad priests, Eugene dipped his quill into the inkwell and launched into an impassioned reflection of the vocation of the Missionary. NOTA BENE, he writes: take note! The text that … Continue reading
FAULTY INSTRUMENTS
So far we have seen that in the Rule, Eugene specified that the main aim of the Missionaries was to preach the Gospel to the most abandoned. Then he began to list the secondary aims, starting with that of making … Continue reading
A NEGATIVE FRAME TO HIGHLIGHT A POSITIVE VOCATION
Eugene was not content to remain sighing about the state of the clergy – in founding our Congregation he envisaged a concrete response to the situation. Part 3 of our first Rule (1818) dealing with the aims of the Oblates … Continue reading
EUGENE CONTINUES TO REFLECT ON HOW TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF BAD PRIESTS
“The Church, that glorious inheritance purchased by the Saviour at the cost of all his blood, has in our days been cruelly ravaged… … The truth of the matter is that for a century already, through devilish tactics, an effort … Continue reading
EUGENE GIVES HOPE TO A CHURCH RAVAGED BY THE BAD BEHAVIOUR OF SOME PRIESTS
Because of the Year of the Priest I have jumped ahead to the Rule of 1818, where Eugene expresses his ideals of priesthood for the Oblates within the context of the suffering of the Church aggravated by bad priests. ” … Continue reading