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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 … Continue reading
I AM NOT YET IMMERSED IN GOD – I ALWAYS FIND SELF WHERE I SHOULD COUNT FOR NOTHING
At the time of his conversion, we find nothing in what we have of Eugene’s writings on this theme. It is only several years later, when he was in the seminary and after his priestly ordination that we have some … Continue reading
A GRADUAL CONVERSION FROM SELF-FOCUS TO GOD-FOCUS
Over the months I have been exploring the spiritual journey of the young Eugene de Mazenod. From the age of 9 in exile we saw him taking his first steps of commitment in his first communion and confirmation. Then in … Continue reading
A LIFE OBVIOUSLY MOVING TOWARDS SOMETHING
In his role as a director of the prison charity, Eugene became well known to the Archbishop of Aix and was treated by him as a son. Rey tells us how Eugene became a regular participant in the prayers and … Continue reading
A SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
Since his return to Aix, Eugene was in continual contact with his mother’s cousin, François Joseph Roze (Joannis), to whom she was very attached and whom Eugene always referred to as “my uncle.” Roze was an educated man with a … Continue reading
I FLED HIM, DOWN THE NIGHTS AND DOWN THE DAYS
“The decline of Eugene’s spiritual life first manifested itself in the form of mediocrity, becoming more pronounced in the form of an ever more pervasive lukewarmness and culminated in what Father de Mazenod would call ‘open desertion’.” In this way, … Continue reading
HUMAN, CHRISTIAN, SAINT: FROM EXPERIENCE TO CONVICTION AND A WAY OF LIFE
Can I ever thank God sufficiently for getting for me, out of his infinite goodness, help such as this precisely at the most difficult time of life, a decisive time for me, in which were planted by a man of … Continue reading
INSPIRED BY A MISSIONARY WHO FOUND GOD IN ALL THINGS
I was only twelve years old when God aroused in my heart the first and very efficacious desires to dedicate myself to the mission, to work for the salvation of souls. Letter to Ambroise Tamburini, EO XI n 1292. Bishop … Continue reading
FROM ROUTINE TO A WAY OF LIFE
Throughout his life, Eugene’s retreat notes and diaries are filled with programs and timetables for a disciplined spiritual routine. He produced spiritual programs for himself as a priest, missionary and bishop. He produced programs for the youth congregation and for … Continue reading
A DOOR OPENING INTO THE FUTURE
On the journey to accompany his mother and sister as they left for France, the diary of the exile narrates two incidents in the 13 year-old Eugene’s life that indicated a future direction. During this journey, Eugene demonstrated what grace … Continue reading