It was customary in Marseilles to have a public procession in honor of the Sacred Heart. This year the local government had prohibited all public religious processions<\/p>\n
\nI stood in need of your consolation in my distress over the arbitrary prohibition on processions after everything was set to pay honour to Our Lord in a fitting manner. When you read La Gazette you will see our notice; it will give you some idea of our anger. They simply forgot to underline the quotation from the Prefect\u2019s letter and left out the last paragraph announcing what the Bishop would provide to make up for the forcible suppression of Friday\u2019s procession, the Feast of the Sacred Heart. That day he will say a low Mass at the Cathedral and all the faithful are invited to come and to go to Communion.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
To Henri Tempier, 25 June 1832, EO VIII n 426<\/em><\/p>\n
Despite the government\u2019s hostility, the religious fervor of the people of Marseilles could not be extinguished. Eugene gives a description:<\/p>\n
\nYou know how things went here but you could never get any idea from the papers of the beauty, emotion and divine quality of our celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart that took place on the day you celebrated the Feast of St. Peter at Rome. The Bishop was distributing communion for two and a quarter hours. Everyone in the Cathedral, and it was packed, went up for communion. It was a magnificent evening. Ah well, we did our best to make it up to Our Saviour for the insult offered him.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
To Henri Tempier, 9 July 1832, EO VIII n 427<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was customary in Marseilles to have a public procession in honor of the Sacred Heart. This year the local government had prohibited all public religious processions I stood in need of your consolation in my distress over the arbitrary … Continue reading