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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
“…despite his mistakes he was still a loved member of the missionary family.” I think of how that statement applies to each with all of our weaknesses and strength and how we are loved by God. There is no rating or measuring of how deeply we are loved.
St. Eugene who was very ‘human’ tried to love as he experienced God loving him. Jesus was sent by the Father, and we know of Eugene’s way of asking first how Jesus would do something, how Jesus loved.
If we truly see through the eyes of the crucified Saviour, then we will see through eyes of love, and we begin to love as we are loved:and our response is that of oblation. “Evangelizare pauperibus misit me: Pauperes evangelizantur.” (We are sent to share the Good News with the poor: the poor are evangelized.) It is not just ‘the other’ who is evangelized – is through our experience of being loved that we share and so become evangelized by the other.
The both/and…
St. Eugene shares his charism, his gift of the Holy Spirit with all of his sons and daughters: he shares with us his way of loving, how he learned to stand firm in goodness, and to be with us all in our efforts. He calls through God and invites to allow ourselves to be sent. This is how we journey through life, becoming one with them in God. This is how we become pilgrims of hope in communion.
Oops – St. Eugene continue to guide, pray and intercede for us.