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THE GOD WHO DELIGHTS AND PLAYS
Continuing his reflection on creation as a place for experiencing the presence of God, Eugene quotes Proverbs 8:31 about God “at play everywhere on his earth, delighting to be with the children of men.” And the Christian, going deeper, emerges … Continue reading
NATURE TEACHES
Is there anything, in fact, more joyful than the countryside, or much richer than nature, especially when the soul, that is as religious as it is sensitive, discovers, in every leaf and on the wing of each atom, the great … Continue reading
THE ADVICE I AM GIVING IS NOT DIFFICULT, BUT EVEN IF YOU FIND IT HARD TO FOLLOW, I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE THE EFFORT
The 14 year-old Léon-Jules Saboulin, member of Eugene’s Youth Congregation, had written to Eugene, in September 1815, from where he had been spending the long summer away from Aix. The extract of the letter is interesting because it shows the … Continue reading
UNTIL THE TIME OF MY CONVERSION, MY SOLE PREOCCUPATION WAS TO DESTROY HIS WORK
Here, in the first meditation of the day, Eugene refers to a moment where his conversion took place. Interestingly, the very next retreat meditation, the second of the day, is the one in which he recalls his Good Friday experience! … Continue reading