{"id":2740,"date":"2015-01-13T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T03:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2015-01-12T15:14:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T13:14:43","slug":"counting-gods-blessings-and-recording-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2740","title":{"rendered":"COUNTING GOD\u2019S BLESSINGS \u2013 AND RECORDING THEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Eugene had asked each Oblate to recall and write his memories of the life of the Society. Father Suzanne had written something on the history of the Oblates in Marseille. Reading what he had written, Eugene stressed the importance of recording history<\/p>\n
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Remember that you were present when we took possession of the Calvary; so it is not simply the arrival of the Bishop at Marseilles that you ought to concentrate on. To help you in seeking out the facts that are no longer present to your mind or which have not come to your knowledge, you will request on my behalf that these good men of ours at Laus put in writing all they know and all that happened in the course of their missions. I am going to order them to do this as a duty.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
This operation would be finished if the orders that I sent to the Society from Rome had been transmitted to them. Each will devote to this work the equivalent of two hours per week. It is totally ridiculous that we do not yet have any Memoirs of the Society; such is not the case anywhere else\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was not just a matter of recalling events, but had a practical purpose in reminding the Oblates of various decisions and customs that had been agreed on for more successful ministry<\/p>\n

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There is no recording of customs anywhere; hence all the things that you and Fr. Dupuy established at the Calvary have fallen into disuse.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Marius Suzanne, 23 September 1827, EO VII n 279<\/em><\/p>\n

He repeated this to Father Court\u00e8s, superior of the Aix community.<\/p>\n

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I reiterate the precept that all employ at least an hour each week to put in writing everything you have done since you have been in the Society and all that you remember of what has been achieved in your time, or even before by others. The events, the vicissitudes, the consolations, the persecutions, the grief, apostasies, all in a word without omitting anything, making as you go portraits of the different personages, friends or enemies, who have played a part in our affairs. Each will hand over to me this work which will be done on separate sheets, numbered and with half a margin; no excuse for exempting oneself from this work.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, 27 November 1827, EO VII n 287<\/em><\/p>\n

On receiving what Father Honorat had written, Eugene exclaimed:<\/p>\n

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… All that you add completes the picture of these fine missions and increases my gratitude.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Jean Baptiste Honorat, 12 December 1827, EO VII n 288<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cGratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Nathaniel Parker Willis<\/p>\n

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