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OUR RESPONSE TO CRITICISM IS TO DO AS MUCH GOOD AS WE CAN
The ministry of the young Father de Mazenod in Aix from 1813 onwards and as founder of the Missionaries of Provence from 1816 onwards had repercussions on the local church. Some of the diocesan priests saw a conflict of interests … Continue reading
HOW WILL YOU MAKE YOUR EXCUSES FOR NOT HAVING PRACTICED WHAT YOU KNEW WELL ENOUGH TO SAY TO OTHERS?
Still meditating on the theme of death in his retreat, Eugene reflects on his priesthood in the face of death and draws on the principle of the necessity to practise what one preaches. And those neglected means of salvation. Those … Continue reading
I MUST BE HOLY, VERY HOLY, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT IT WOULD BE OF NO AVAIL TO TRY TO CONVERT ANYONE
Having reflected on his own conversion experience, Eugene’s retreat meditation moves to his priesthood and the necessity of leading others to the same conversion through the quality of his priesthood But to work for the salvation of souls, I must … Continue reading
THE TRUE REASONS BEHIND EUGENE’S VOCATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD
Having expressed his annoyance at the interpretation that the gossips gave to his vocation, Eugene now explains the real reasons to his father. The break of communications caused by the war had made it impossible for Eugene to tell his … Continue reading
ANNOYANCE AT BEING MISJUDGED BY SOCIAL GOSSIP
At the time of Eugene’s decision to go to the seminary, the war between Napoleon and Britain had prevented communications between France and Palermo. Eugene’s father was thus not aware that his son had studied to be a priest and … Continue reading
WHAT HOPE FOR THE FUTURE!
Continuing his narration of his early priestly ministry in Aix en Provence, Eugene told his friend, Father Forbin-Janson: “Next, I go twice a month to the seminary and try, by the example of my conduct, to bring no dishonour to … Continue reading
MY VOCATION TO BE THE SERVANT AND PRIEST OF THE POOR TO WHOSE SERVICE I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DEVOTE MY WHOLE LIFE
Four weeks later, Eugene begins his Sunday Lenten sermon to the poor in the Church of the Madeleine with a heartfelt expression of gratitude to his listeners for the way in which they have been receptive to the message he … Continue reading
CALLED TO DEVOTE MYSELF TO THE SERVICE AND TO THE HAPPINESS OF MY NEIGHBOUR WHOM I LOVED WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST FOR MEN
Twenty eight years after his priestly ordination, Eugene reflects on the event and on the spirit with which he began to live his priestly vocation. He reads it always in the light of his conversion experience when he became aware … Continue reading
MY CHIEF OCCUPATION WILL BE TO LOVE HIM, MY CHIEF CONCERN TO MAKE HIM LOVED
After his return to Aix as a young priest, Eugene lived in his mother’s house, together with Brother Maur (Trappist monk whose monastery the revolution had detroyed). A couple of months after his arrival, he did his annual retreat. As … Continue reading
A NEGATIVE FRAME TO HIGHLIGHT A POSITIVE VOCATION
Eugene was not content to remain sighing about the state of the clergy – in founding our Congregation he envisaged a concrete response to the situation. Part 3 of our first Rule (1818) dealing with the aims of the Oblates … Continue reading