Just days before his episcopal consecration, Eugene gives a glimpse of the close relationship he enjoys with God \u2013 and with each Person of the Trinity \u2013 something he had experienced since his childhood.<\/p>\n
\nI invoke that Spirit as you can imagine in my present situation, with diligence and persistence, I dare not say with fervour.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Thus, whether my thoughts go to the immensity of God\u2019s goodness that he has accompanied me from childhood and led me to perform the various tasks that he has confided to me in the course of my life,<\/strong><\/h5>\n
or whether I meditate on the interior workings of grace, all of a kind to arouse my gratitude and love,<\/strong><\/h5>\n
or whether I reflect on my sins, my innumerable infidelities, which would make the very stones cry out against me and make me the first of my accusers,<\/strong><\/h5>\n
I know all the time that it is my Father who is in heaven I am dealing with, who has at his right hand his Son Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who is our advocate, our mediator, who never ceases to make intercession for us, with that powerful prayer which has the right to be heard and which is in actual fact always heard if we put no obstacle in its way. It is precisely on this point that the power of the Holy Spirit draws me to dwell and it is the fruit that I want and hope for from my retreat.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Henri Tempier, 10 October 1832, EO VIII n 436<\/em><\/p>\n
How can we describe the pattern of our relationship with God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just days before his episcopal consecration, Eugene gives a glimpse of the close relationship he enjoys with God \u2013 and with each Person of the Trinity \u2013 something he had experienced since his childhood. I invoke that Spirit as you … Continue reading