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I NEED TO BE SMUGGLED IN AMONG GOOD VIRTUOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU
Exulting in the goodness and virtue of his Oblate sons, Eugene realizes his own lack of virtue in comparison with theirs. What virtue do you wish that I perceive in myself? Alas! I have no illusions! … since this tree only … Continue reading
THE APPROBATION OF THE OBLATES: KNOW YOUR DIGNITY IN THE CHURCH
Somewhat puny as we are, being weak and few in number, we nonetheless have an existence in the Church no less than that of the most celebrated congregations, the most holy societies. It is thus we are constituted. As small … Continue reading
THE GOODNESS OF A PERSON SPREADS IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Writing from Nice: I have already a priest who is willing to join but perhaps they will give him grudgingly as he is the director of the seminary; he is an angel of virtue and a charming man. Letter to … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: IT IS THE SAVIOUR HIMSELF WHO MUST SPEAK THROUGH HIS CO-OPERATORS
Today the members of the Mazenodian family are urged that it: is as missionaries that we worship, in the various ways the Spirit suggests to us. We come before him bearing with us the daily pressures of our anxiety for … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: WE CAN ONLY CONVERT IF WE ARE CONVERTED OURSELVES WITH WHAT WE TEACH
Listening to Eugene’s missionary heart speaking, makes me recall Pope Paul VI’s words “Contemporary man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, or if he listens to teachers, it is because they are witnesses” Discourse to members of the … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: ONLY INSOFAR AS THEY HAD IMBUED THEMSELVES WITH JESUS CHRIST, WERE THEY CAPABLE OF BEING SUCCESSFUL
Eugene’s letters to his Oblates concentrated largely on practical issues regarding the missions – since they were the communications of the superior keeping the ship on course – however, underlying every counsel and practical aspect, one finds the most important … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: THE EXEMPLARY LIFESTYLE OF THE MISSIONARIES AS THE KEY INGREDIENT OF THE MISSION
In order to achieve the goals of mission preaching, Eugene laid down the foundational principle: the preacher himself had to know the Saviour and imitate him. Just as Eugene’s own mission was a communication of his own experience of God, … Continue reading