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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
Eugene writes of the “triumphal entry” of the new cardinal and the sense of those words is one of conquering, heroic, something far removed and above the norm. Later Eugene puts it into a different perspective as it being a part of the vanity of things of the world and their ultimate unimportance. The cardinal’s special new red soutane which was perhaps meant to signify his importance became nothing more than a shroud which is used to cover the dead.
I think for a moment of another triumphant entry – that of Jesus into Jerusalem – on his way to the cross. So very different from the cardinal’s entry…
I cannot help but wonder what my own death will look like – for sure there will be no pomp or circumstance. I may be carried through the streets in a hearse and if I am really lucky someone seeing the hearse might say a quick prayer for the body it carries.
How we will be remembered? Will it be for our joy or our discontent?. Will people remark on our ready smiles, joy and willingness to serve with love in the true spirit of oblation? Will some or any remark on how readily we shared the many gifts that God gave to us, or will they remember only a certain reticence to give what was received from God and others?
Will we leave this world covered in a dark shroud, or a mantle painted with the colours of laughter and life?
Looking back I did not always make the right choices, and it took me a long time to grow up and try to live the adage “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. Now I tend to find myself looking at all that God has given to me. Any glory that has been spilled onto me is to be seen only as a very pale reflection of the glory of God.