Yvon Beaudoin narrates:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the crucial point in this difficult episode of Bishop de Mazenod\u2019s life. The faithful \u201cRoman\u201d appears abandoned by the Curia, at a time when the police are free to expel him from France whenever they like and so separate him from all his loved ones: his uncle Fortun\u00e9, Tempier, the Oblates, etc. With good reason Rey writes that the year 1834 was a year of anguish for the Founder.\u201d (EO 8 pages XXV-XXVI)<\/p>\n
We pick up his anguish in this sentence from his letter to the Vatican:<\/p>\n
\nI wish I had a less sensitive heart, I would love less, be less tied up in a host of things which affect me very deeply within and I would be happy.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Bishop Frezza, Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Affairs at the\u00a0 Vatican, 28 November 1834, EO XV n 175<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yvon Beaudoin narrates: \u201cIt is the crucial point in this difficult episode of Bishop de Mazenod\u2019s life. The faithful \u201cRoman\u201d appears abandoned by the Curia, at a time when the police are free to expel him from France whenever they … Continue reading