The day before leaving for Rheims was Pentecost Sunday, and Eugene wrote to his mother:<\/p>\n
\nThe holy day of Pentecost was too appropriate a day not to take the opportunity to give the Holy Spirit to Caroline. My uncle celebrated Mass in her bedroom and administered the sacrament to her, as well as to another young person who had been prepared for this. Before confirming this child, it was appropriate that she make her first communion before. The uncle took care of this, and yesterday afternoon our beloved little one had the joy of receiving Communion for the first time; she was perfectly disposed for it and everything went well, to the edification of all.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to his mother, 22 May 1825, General Archives Rome, AGR MJ I-1<\/em><\/p>\n
As Caroline\u2019s health deteriorated, her mother wrote to her husband: “You can believe, my dear friend, that nothing is neglected to relieve her: medicines, remedies, prayers. What to more is there to do, only to throw oneself with trust into the arms of God? He is her Father, and ours; he thus knows better than us what is needed for the salvation of our souls. Let us adore his plans and cease to complain.<\/em><\/p>\n
My uncle and my brother have prolonged their stay in Paris out of compassion for me, because it appears that their business is completed. They cannot bear to leave me alone in my suffering. How I praise the good God every day that the King, in summoning them to himself, has made it possible for them to be here as my strength and consolation<\/em>.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Letter of Eugene\u2019s sister to her husband, Count Armand de Boisgelin, 19 June 1825, General Archives Rome, AGR MJ I-4<\/p>\n
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“God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to lead it. It is for Him alone to justify a life or to cast it away.”\u00a0\u00a0 Dietrich Bonhoeffer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The day before leaving for Rheims was Pentecost Sunday, and Eugene wrote to his mother: The holy day of Pentecost was too appropriate a day not to take the opportunity to give the Holy Spirit to Caroline. My uncle celebrated … Continue reading