Eugene\u2019s letter to the 27 year-old diocesan priest, Henri Tempier, is an essential foundation document for us. It contains the seeds of what is essential in our vocation. For this reason I am breaking it up into smaller sections to highlight its central ideas.<\/p>\n
The letter shows the fundamental starting point of the vocation of any member of the Mazenodian family: it has to flow from an experience of the love of God on the Cross. \u201cRead this letter at the foot of your crucifix\u201d is not a pious thought \u2013 but it is a necessary attitude: Eugene experienced God\u2019s love for him and understood his vocation at the foot of the Crucifix. Anyone who feels called to journey with Eugene needs to have as a starting point and as a point of focus the fact of God\u2019s love expressed on the Cross.<\/p>\n
In his desire to live \u201call for God\u201d Tempier must listen to where the voice of God is calling him to move for the glory of God and for the salvation of the abandoned people of Provence.<\/p>\n
\nMy dear friend, read this letter at the foot of your crucifix
\nwith the desire to listen only to God
\nregarding what the good of his glory
\nand the salvation of souls
\ndemand from a priest like yourself.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\nLetter to Henri Tempier, 9 October 1815 O.W. VI n 4<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eugene\u2019s letter to the 27 year-old diocesan priest, Henri Tempier, is an essential foundation document for us. It contains the seeds of what is essential in our vocation. For this reason I am breaking it up into smaller sections to … Continue reading