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IF THEY KNEW THE STRENGTH AND EXTENT OF THE AFFECTION I HAVE FOR YOURSELVES AND FOR THE SOULS OF THE YOUNG SO CRUELLY ABANDONED
As for the honours that it amuses them to say I am soliciting without being able to obtain them, they must know that I had only to stoop in order to make them mine; It is not honours that Eugene … Continue reading
LET US STAND TOGETHER, LET US BE FOR GOD ALONE, AND WE WILL BE STRONG
“Let us stand together, let us be for God alone, and we will be strong.” Hammered from all sides, Eugene reflects out loud to his closest companions on the situation facing them. He is convinced that God has called them … Continue reading
THE COMMUNITY IS WITH HIM ALL THE WAY
The community’s reply was sent to Eugene by Henri Tempier: in Aix the Missionaries were united with Eugene and encouraged him to accept what was happening in a spirit of being united with the humiliations of Jesus himself: Our Dear … Continue reading
COMMUNITY: YOU WILL BE MY STRENGTH
Totally humiliated and unsure as to what direction to take, Eugene now appeals to the community in Aix for advice. He needs their support and strength in order to go on: I beg you, my dear friends, to join in finding … Continue reading
THE NOMINATION OF FORTUNÉ DE MAZENOD AS BISHOP OF MARSEILLE – PERSUADING HIS UNCLE TO ACCEPT
Dear mother, you are the first to whom I tell the news of the nomination of my uncle, the Abbé, as Bishop of Marseille. I have not yet received the official letter, so please do not tell anyone, but it … Continue reading
I APPRECIATE AND PREFER THIS FAMILY OF MY CHOICE, TO EVERYTHING THE WORLD CAN OFFER
After God, it was the religious family of Missionaries he belonged to that was the most important focus of his life. Having spent six weeks in Paris, Eugene felt the separation even more acutely: Do you not know that I … Continue reading
THE COMMUNITY IS NOT A HOTEL
Eugene continues to reflect on community and how each member is to be committed to it. He uses the concept of “house” in the sense not of a physical building, but of the place where the community takes a form. … Continue reading
COMMUNITY: IF WE KNEW HOW TO PRAY BETTER, WE WOULD HAVE MORE COURAGE
While Eugene is in Paris to regulate the business of the Missionaries, he has time to look back and reflect on the 18 months of the life of the Missionaries of Provence. From the context of what he writes it … Continue reading
COMMUNITY IS MORE THAN JUST A GROUP OF PERSONS BEING NICE TO EACH OTHER
Insisting that Tempier and the community had to work to continue to “make of our home an earthly paradise” Eugene stressed some of the qualities necessary for this to be achieved. They were to avoid self-centredness, to be zealous for … Continue reading
THE FOUNDATION OF COMMUNITY: A TENDER, AFFECTIONATE, AND SINCERE CHARITY
Reflecting on the blessing of being part of a community with a healthy family spirit, Eugene now underlines the values necessary to maintain this spirit and allow it to grow. For the love of God never cease to inculcate and … Continue reading