Eugene spent one semester on the faculty of the seminary and then returned to Aix to begin his priestly ministry. Shortly after this he spent time doing a retreat so as to focus himself in his ministry. His focus was clearly on the Savior:<\/p>\n
\nI will take as model of this worship that I owe God, his adorable Son Jesus Christ our lovable Savior, for whom I will try to have the most sensitive of devotions and the most ardent love, having in my mind and even more so in my heart the memory of his generosity.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Each day he needed to consciously work at staying in communion with his Savior<\/p>\n
\nAnd recognizing too that I am as incapable as I am unworthy of loving him, I will ask him this grace every day at Mass and one hundred times each day with this spontaneous prayer: My Jesus, give me your love. Ah! The battle will be won if I have this devotion to J.C., one that should be predominantly that of a priest\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
All this, not as a self-centered devotion, but with a missionary intention:<\/p>\n
\nMy chief occupation will be to love him, my chief concern to make him loved. To this I will bend all my efforts, time, strength, and when after much work I have succeeded in winning from someone just a single act of love towards so good a Master, I will rightly consider myself very well rewarded.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Rule drawn up on my retreat in Aix, December 1812, EO XV n 109<\/em><\/p>\n
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\u201cWe cannot judge our prayer…by how we feel when we pray, but rather by how we are loving when we live.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Katherine Marie Dyckman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eugene spent one semester on the faculty of the seminary and then returned to Aix to begin his priestly ministry. Shortly after this he spent time doing a retreat so as to focus himself in his ministry. His focus was … Continue reading