Eugene continues his retreat meditation notes on the Oblate Rule of Life:<\/p>\n
\nBut how is one to go about bringing some remedy for such great ills, for it is not enough just to desire it.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
\u201cThey are convinced that if priests could be formed, afire with zeal for men’s salvation, priests not given to their own interests, solidly grounded in virtue – in a word, apostolic men deeply conscious of the need to reform themselves, who would labour with all the resources at their command to convert others – then there would be ample reason to believe that in a short while people who had gone astray might be brought back to their long-unrecognized responsibilities.\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n
There then we have what one has to be if one is to hope to succeed.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Retreat notes, October 1831, EO XV n. 163<\/em><\/p>\n
Let\u2019s substitute \u201cpriests\u201d with \u201cChristians\u201d and re-read the paragraph. There is much meditation material contained in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eugene continues his retreat meditation notes on the Oblate Rule of Life: But how is one to go about bringing some remedy for such great ills, for it is not enough just to desire it. \u201cThey are convinced that if … Continue reading