Hippolyte Guibert had been an Oblate priest for a year, and Jeancard for 3 years and were both in their mid-twenties. Eugene followed the missionary adventures of these young men with pride and interest. As they enjoyed successes and also fumbled along in their difficulties he reminds them that all that is important is that they never lose sight of the Oblate life-giving ideal: \u201cseek only God and the souls which his Son Jesus Christ has redeemed with his blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
As I get pulled into countless different directions in the activities of each day, Eugene invites me to identify what my real focus should be in every activity, and to do my best to maintain that life-giving desire at all times.<\/p>\n
\nBelieve me, my dear friends, that I am just as impatient to write you as you can be to receive my news; those you have given me in your two letters give me the greatest hope; the contradictions that Fr. Jeancard tells me about have no more disquieted me than they have shaken his courage which has become virile and truly worthy of an Oblate of Mary who counts on the protection of this powerful Mother and on the help of God which she never fails to obtain for those who put their confidence in her. The beginning of success that Fr. Guibert takes pleasure in writing me about has consoled me as well as him, but has not surprised me. You had to expect all the precautions that have been taken, however strange they may be.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
What does it matter, after all, you will not do any less good provided that you never lose from sight the true spirit of the Society and that you seek only God and the souls which his Son Jesus Christ has redeemed with his blood.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Fathers Mie, Jeancard and Guibert, 21 November 1826, EO VII n. 259<\/em><\/p>\n
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\u201cThe key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Tracy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hippolyte Guibert had been an Oblate priest for a year, and Jeancard for 3 years and were both in their mid-twenties. Eugene followed the missionary adventures of these young men with pride and interest. As they enjoyed successes and also … Continue reading