{"id":3466,"date":"2017-08-09T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T03:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3466"},"modified":"2017-08-09T02:32:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T00:32:04","slug":"now-it-remains-to-know-what-happened-where-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3466","title":{"rendered":"NOW IT REMAINS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHERE YOU ARE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday at last, the “Constitutionnel” of the 31st informed us of the state of affairs, by what it said and by what it omitted. Some letters, addressed to Swiss families, whose heads are in the service of France, confirmed in part the accounts of the journalist. Now it remains to know what happened where you are. Whatever they may tell me here, if you think at Marseilles that it would be necessary that I return, you are to send for me. My ailment is not one of those that a change of air can cure; my heart left me rather tired during the course of yesterday; I am well otherwise.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Henri Tempier, 4 August 1830, EO VII n. 352<\/em><\/p>\n

The news had reached Eugene in Switzerland. There had been riots in Paris, and looting and destruction in the residence of the Archbishop, in the church of St. Germain l\u2019Auxerrois, in the Jesuit novitiate and the destruction of public mission crosses. Was this the signal of a new persecution of the Church as the events of 1789 and the Reign of Terror had been? Was the alliance between the \u201cThrone and the Altar\u201d that the Bourbon kings had restored going to be destroyed again? Were the Oblates going to be persecuted?<\/p>\n

The convalescing Eugene\u2019s frustration at being far away is evident. Unrealistically he wanted to return to France yet, realistically, he continued to experience the physical symptoms of a \u201ctired heart.\u201d Like our patron saint, we also often struggle between unrealistic ideals and the realism of our situation. He remained focus on God, and inspires us to do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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