{"id":2473,"date":"2014-01-23T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T03:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2014-01-22T03:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T01:09:00","slug":"the-good-god-aids-me-with-everything-in-such-a-tangible-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2473","title":{"rendered":"THE GOOD GOD AIDS ME WITH EVERYTHING IN SUCH A TANGIBLE WAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">What gave Eugene the inner strength to keep him going in the face of all the difficulties he was facing? As he reflected on the course of events which led him to where he was, he was aware of God\u2019s constant help in a noticeable manner \u2013 and hence of his own obligation to live in a state of receptivity to God\u2019s grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>I should add that since my departure from France and especially since I have been at Rome, the good God aids me with everything in such a tangible way that I cannot see how it would be possible not to keep in my soul a constant feeling of gratitude which prompts me to praise, to bless, to thank God, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and in due proportion the holy Virgin, the holy Angels and the Saints to whom I believe myself indebted for the protection and the consolations that are mine.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>That in no way prevents me from confessing twice a week and constantly finding greater or lesser reason for humbling myself before God &#8230;.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Henri Tempier, 10 January 1826, EO VII n 217<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.&#8221; \u00a0 \u00a0Frank Moore Colby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What gave Eugene the inner strength to keep him going in the face of all the difficulties he was facing? As he reflected on the course of events which led him to where he was, he was aware of God\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2473\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-2473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters","tag-trust-in-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}