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THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR CRUCIFIED SAVIOR: BECAUSE HE GIVES DIRECTION WHEN WE ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING DIRECTION
Conversion and discernment are not once-off events. We have major moments of understanding and conversion and commitment to a life direction and lifestyle – but these have to be renewed on a constant basis. Each day we need to renew … Continue reading
WHY THE CROSS AS FOCUS? IT PRODUCES TRANSFORMATION INTO GOD
The style that Eugene uses to describe the highpoint of his conversion journey is reminiscent of the heart of St. Augustine’s well-known conversion experience described in his Confessions. Eugene described it in this way: How often in my past life … Continue reading
WHY THE CROSS AS FOCUS? IT PRODUCES A LASTING CHANGE FROM WAVERING TO COMMITMENT
How often in my past life had my wounded, tormented heart taken wings for God from whom it had turned away! … I could then, and also on some other instance, perceive the difference. Never was my soul more satisfied, … Continue reading
WHY THE CROSS AS FOCUS? IT REVEALS GOD’S PRODIGAL MERCY
Blessed, a thousand times blessed, that he, this good Father, notwithstanding my unworthiness, lavished on me all the richness of his mercy. Retreat Journal, December 1814, O.W. XV n.130 The sight of the cross, the realization of the loving embrace … Continue reading
ONE GOOD FRIDAY OF SORROW, JOY AND GRATITUDE
Eugene then narrates the moment when all the strands of his conversion journey came together in a peak moment of illumination. From this moment everything in his life would be interpreted through the lens of this experience. Here is the whole … Continue reading
I AM NOT YET IMMERSED IN GOD – I ALWAYS FIND SELF WHERE I SHOULD COUNT FOR NOTHING
At the time of his conversion, we find nothing in what we have of Eugene’s writings on this theme. It is only several years later, when he was in the seminary and after his priestly ordination that we have some … Continue reading
A GRADUAL CONVERSION FROM SELF-FOCUS TO GOD-FOCUS
Over the months I have been exploring the spiritual journey of the young Eugene de Mazenod. From the age of 9 in exile we saw him taking his first steps of commitment in his first communion and confirmation. Then in … Continue reading
A LIFE OBVIOUSLY MOVING TOWARDS SOMETHING
In his role as a director of the prison charity, Eugene became well known to the Archbishop of Aix and was treated by him as a son. Rey tells us how Eugene became a regular participant in the prayers and … Continue reading
AN INSTANTANEOUS GOOD FRIDAY CONVERSION – MYTH OR REALITY?
For most of us, the religious experience of a significant awareness of God’s presence that leads to personal conversion is a long and slow process – usually we are not even fully aware of the meaning of what has been … Continue reading
I FLED HIM, DOWN THE NIGHTS AND DOWN THE DAYS
“The decline of Eugene’s spiritual life first manifested itself in the form of mediocrity, becoming more pronounced in the form of an ever more pervasive lukewarmness and culminated in what Father de Mazenod would call ‘open desertion’.” In this way, … Continue reading