Category Archives: WRITINGS

As a Mazenodian Family, let’s try to set aside some time each day to pray (oraison) in solidarity with all the members of the Mazenodian Family throughout the world. Recent entries of this daily reflection have been dealing with the … Continue reading →

As the cholera epidemic was lessening, so did the awareness of the misery it had caused. But misery is being felt on all sides, and we do not dare to hope that the collections taken up so ostentatiously in the … Continue reading →

“In the prolonged silent prayer we make each day, we let ourselves be molded by the Lord, and find in him the inspiration of our conduct” (OMI Rule of Life, 33).     The practice of Oraison was an important part of St. Eugene’s daily prayer during … Continue reading →

Eugene reacts, in his private diary, to those who think only with their heads and not their hearts. He knew and loved Scripture, and in this text we see him freely using texts from the First Letter of John, chapters … Continue reading →

Continuing to refect on his grief at Dauphin’s death by cholera, Eugene reveals the role of the love of Jesus, represented in the Sacred Heart, in his own life and ministry: People will understand from this that I am far … Continue reading →

Eugene’s outpouring of his personal grief, in his private journal, at the suffering and death of Dauphin who had been a domestic servant at the Bishop’s house in Marseilles. Although he had stopped working there for a number of years, … Continue reading →

Eugene’s personal journal continues to give us glimpses into how he handled suffering. The occasion was his former servant, Dauphin, dying of cholera. Dauphin is still alive, but is steadily becoming worse, I just said Mass for him. Father Tempier … Continue reading →

God’s protection for the ministers of mercy was evident:  The priests are doing their duty well, none of our priests has had the slightest sickness to date. I hope the good Lord will preserve them as he has done at … Continue reading →

Fr. Mille, who was from Marseilles, had expressed concern about the Oblates and his family to Eugene. This gave him the opportunity to describe the heroic actions of the Oblates during the misery caused by the epidemic. My dear Father … Continue reading →

Since cholera was daily more ravaging, I thought that religion had to take the initiative as regards some relief that it would be fitting to procure for the poor sick people. So, I called a meeting at the Bishop’s house … Continue reading →