{"id":3313,"date":"2017-01-23T05:12:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T03:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2017-01-23T00:14:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T22:14:44","slug":"i-love-this-dear-brother-too-much-not-to-be-most-keenly-concerned-in-his-regard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3313","title":{"rendered":"I LOVE THIS DEAR BROTHER TOO MUCH, NOT TO BE MOST KEENLY CONCERNED IN HIS REGARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"720\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"243\">Eugene\u2019s formal instructions to Tempier, as he set out to visit the Oblates were backed up with a personal letter in which he discussed his concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Writing about one of the young Oblates in the formation process we see Eugene\u2019s loving concern for the welfare and growth of the scholastic, but also practical areas where a correction is necessary in order to become a holy missionary.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>I advise him to dawdle less in the sacristy, in the tailor\u2019s shop and in the parlour. I do not believe it advantageous for him to be always with his mother who makes him waste a lot of time discussing useless things; once a week would appear to me quite sufficient otherwise let him not think he will ever acquire the spirit of his state.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>I love this dear brother too much, who is continually present in my thoughts, not to be most keenly concerned in his regard, obliged as I am to live far from him. I would wish that he study more, as duty demands, inasmuch of course as his state may permit. In a word, insist in all essential matters that he sanctify himself according to his vocation.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Henri Tempier, 16 July 1829, EO VII n 333<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eugene\u2019s goal for each Oblate: to sanctify himself according to his vocation through everything that he does.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene\u2019s formal instructions to Tempier, as he set out to visit the Oblates were backed up with a personal letter in which he discussed his concerns. Writing about one of the young Oblates in the formation process we see Eugene\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3313\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}