Eugene\u2019s affectivity led him to be impulsive at times. When he realized that his words or gestures had hurt someone, he would be upset himself and he would immediately make amends.<\/p>\n
Yvon Beaudoin explains one of these incidents:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is evident from the letters of 1826, that Fr. Suzanne fell ill in June 1826. Although not recovered, he remained superior of the community at Calvaire. In January, 1827, it seems (REY, I, 421) that the Founder, displeased with the lack of regularity of the community, humiliated Suzanne by removing him from his post right in the middle of a Chapter of Faults. He was probably then sent to Aix where he would have stayed before accompanying Fr. Tempier to Nimes from the 8th to the 14th of February… It was on returning from Nimes, February 14, that Suzanne began to vomit blood, during a brief stop at Aix. He was forced to remain there. Fr. Tempier returned immediately to Marseilles to warn Fr. de Mazenod who came \u201cimmediately\u201d (REY, I, 423) to see the sick man. After the Chapter of Faults of January, a certain malaise existed between the father and the beloved son. This would explain the end of the paragraph in which the Founder seems to wish to excuse himself for having sent Fr. Suzanne to Nimes. He explains why he had not written at the beginning of the month (Fr. Court\u00e8s or others gave him news each day) and why he had not come, as was his custom, to visit the community, the first Friday of the month. He no doubt had not had the time nor had he deemed it opportune to give an explanation on this latter point during his lightning visit of the 14th, immediately after the haemorrhage of Fr. Suzanne.\u201d<\/em> (Footnote to EO VII n 263)<\/p>\n Writing to Marius Suzanne, during his convalescence, Eugene shows his relief tosee\u00a0\u00a0him recovering :<\/p>\n Letter to Marius Suzanne, February-March 1827, EO VII n 263<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThere is no such thing as emotional incompatibility. There are only misunderstandings and mistakes which can easily be set right if we have the will to do so.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 Dada Vaswani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eugene\u2019s affectivity led him to be impulsive at times. When he realized that his words or gestures had hurt someone, he would be upset himself and he would immediately make amends. Yvon Beaudoin explains one of these incidents: \u201cIt is … Continue reading \n
I was not worried about your health, of which news was given me almost every day, and as my thoughts were at rest on this score, I put off to the next day my letter, which was not easier for me than the evening before. If I did not go to see you on the first Friday of the month as I had planned, it was because I perceived it would upset my uncle a little too much; it is a sacrifice that I had to add to many others of the same kind …<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n