{"id":3299,"date":"2017-01-12T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T03:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3299"},"modified":"2017-01-12T01:05:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T23:05:55","slug":"begging-a-cure-at-all-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3299","title":{"rendered":"BEGGING A CURE AT ALL COSTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
An invitation to reflect on witnessing the sufferings of those close to us.<\/p>\n

The Oblates in the four communities were not impassive onlookers. Like Eugene they had suffered the pain and death of Marius Suzanne, the suffering and near-death of Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, and now they helplessly looked on as Eugene himself began to struggle between life and death.<\/p>\n

The biographer Rey takes up the story:<\/p>\n

“Those of the House of Aix, witnessing the progress of the illness, never ceased to address to God the most ardent prayers for the healing of their beloved Father.<\/p>\n

In Marseilles, when the seriousness of the Superior General\u2019s health was known, their pain was no less lively. At this serious news, some wept in a heart-rending manner, others went to pray before the Blessed Sacrament. Several, like three of them had done for Father Suzanne, offered their lives in the place of their beloved Founder. All offered wishes of the most filial piety. They asked permission to expose the Blessed Sacrament in the interior chapel for eight days, to implore the divine mercy so necessary to the tiny Society.<\/p>\n

They did not confine themselves only to this; they vowed to go as a community to Notre Dame de la Garde, walking barefoot from the bottom of the hill, and they fulfilled the vow on that same day. They resolved to fast every Wednesday for a whole year. Other penances and exercises of piety were also practiced, each according to the movement of his fervor.<\/p>\n

\u2026Nonetheless, it was believed for a few days that these ardent supplications had been granted, and that the imminent danger had passed. They rejoiced and applauded the Founder, who, in the opinion of the doctors, regarded himself as freed from his violent illness.”<\/p>\n

Rey I p. 469<\/p>\n

As we will see, it was to be a temporary respite for Eugene\u2019s health, and more serious illness was to follow. Looking at the reactions of the young Oblates touches a chord for us. How often, when faced with the sufferings of someone we love, have we offered so much to God in exchange for a favor or grace for that person? There is something beautiful and powerful in these acts of oblation for others.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n

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