{"id":24,"date":"2010-05-02T15:41:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=24"},"modified":"2012-03-04T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T10:25:10","slug":"when-the-voice-of-significant-others-threatens-to-be-louder-than-gods-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"WHEN THE VOICE OF SIGNIFICANT OTHERS THREATENS TO BE LOUDER THAN GOD’S VOICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madame de Mazenod had ambitious plans for her 25 year old son. He consequently didn\u2019t have the guts to tell her face-to-face that he wanted to go to the seminary. So he chose a roundabout way and gets her cousin, Roze Joannis, his grandmother, and his sister to break the news and prepare the way for him. Here he writes to his sister, Ninette, on June 21, 1808:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t dare write yet to mother on the matter I asked uncle to speak to her about, until I know he has done so. Supposing as I presume that she knows about it when you get my letter,<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
I am asking you to play down anything she could construe as being over-harsh in this decision which is neither premature nor precipitate;<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
to begin with remind her we are all bound to submit to the Master\u2019s will and obey His voice,<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
then have her see that we are not talking about separation but only of an absence of eight or nine months; stress this point which is the exact truth and disposes without more ado of the distorted picture one gets when one sees everything from one single viewpoint.<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
I asked uncle not to speak about this matter except to mother and you. I am asking you the same thing; please, not a word about it in the house. When it has been looked at from all angles, and the moment comes, then will be the time to speak.<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
In the meantime let us speak about it only between ourselves and with God. I will say no more on this topic, we will talk at greater length and to better effect face to face.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(O.W. XIV n. 26)<\/span><\/p>\n

How often do the desires or strong opinions of others get in the way of the Master\u2019s will for me? In the short term it is a temptation to pussy-foot and be indirect. Surely if I believe in \u201cHis voice\u201d strongly enough, it is that conviction that will carry the day when I share it face-to-face and act on it?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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