We have seen how the spark that lit Eugene\u2019s fire also led him into struggle and confusion. Fr. Magy\u2019s advice was realistic: “For the rest, entrust yourself blindly to God. Nor should you count on the sweet consolations that it pleased God\u2019s fatherly goodness to have you experience to give you support and encouragement. It is especially in abandonment, darkness, and temptations that fidelity becomes evident. Your moods fluctuate. God is always the same and deserves to be served with the same quality of zeal. On foggy days, remember the sunny days.<\/em><\/p>\n The truth that has seized upon you is not revealed to you by the senses which cannot seize it; it is a heavenly beam. This beam of light no longer shines, but the truth remains.<\/em>” Letter from Father Magy to Eugene, August 1808, quoted in Rey I, p. 88<\/p>\n \u201cOn foggy days, remember the sunny days\u201d was the invitation of Jesus to the disciples who had experienced his transfiguration and needed to remember the light in the darkness of Gethsemane and Calvary. It is the invitation that continues today, that in moments of darkness and lack of consolation, we must never lose sight of the\u00a0 spark that gave us light \u2013 and continues to do so. This is where our spirituality begins.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Pope Francis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Father Magy accompanied Eugene in his vocational discernment, he expressed the heart of all spirituality: it is a lifelong response to what God has done in a person\u2019s life. In the life of each of us there is a … Continue reading ![\"200\"](\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/200.png\")
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