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PARISH MISSIONS: PREACHING TO BE PREPARED IN PRAYER
It was the Saviour who had to speak through his co-operator, as Eugene wrote in his Rule: The missionary – lest his preaching be in vain – will pray and get others to pray to the Divine Master of hearts, … Continue reading
EUGENE AS MISSION PREACHER: SHARING HIS EXPERTISE WITH THE OBLATES
As a gifted speaker Eugene tried throughout his life to share his expertise with his Oblates so as to improve their presentation and consequently achieve the most benefit. The better the preaching of the Oblates, the more effective would be … Continue reading
EUGENE AS MISSION PREACHER: COMMUNICATING HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Marius Suzanne describes Eugene’s preaching on Good Friday of 1820 during the Aix mission. He who had been captivated as a young man by Jesus the Saviour on that Good Friday more than twenty years before, truly showed himself to … Continue reading
EUGENE AS MISSION PREACHER: HIS SECRET OF SUCCESS WAS HIS OWN INTIMATE EXPERIENCE OF GOD
Make it evident that we are penetrated with what we teach, and that we have begun to practice, before attempting to instruct others 1818 Rule Part 1, chapter 3, §1 That Eugene was preaching from his own intimate experience and … Continue reading
EUGENE AS MISSION PREACHER: HIS AIM WAS TO LEAD OTHERS TO THE LOVE OF GOD
My chief occupation will be to love him, my chief concern to make him loved. To this I will bend all my efforts, time, strength, and when after much toil I have succeeded in winning but a single act of … Continue reading
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EUGENE AS MISSION PREACHER: A SIMPLE STYLE OF COMMUNICATION
Eugene’s biographer, Rey, describes the 1826 jubilee preaching at the Calvaire in Marseilles, which lasted twenty one days (REY, Histoire I, p. 419-420). Eugene preached on the Our Father each morning in Provencal, and then later in the day in … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: NEVER LOSE ANY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTRUCT THE PEOPLE
No opportunities were neglected to instruct. At some of the Sunday Masses one of the missionaries in the pulpit prayed aloud in the style of a meditation following the priest’s actions. Every occasion was used to catechise – in this … Continue reading
COMMUNION IN DEATH
The moment that the members of the Youth Congregation became aware of the death of one of its members, they each had a responsibility to accompany him in prayer. ART. 55. The Prefect informs all members of the Congregation. The … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: AIMING AT CONVERSION BASED ON THE INSTRUCTION RECEIVED
It is not enough to assemble a lot of people in the church, one must instruct them, one must move them in a manner that they will be converted. Letter to Jean-Baptiste Honorat, 27 January 1824 in O.W. VI n. … Continue reading