Looking at potential leadership in the Oblates, Eugene identifies the qualities of \u201cbeing\u201d which result in \u201cdoing\u201d: availability, regularity in living by the Rule of Life, detachment and generosity.<\/p>\n
\nBut I\u2019m easily upset when I\u2019m faced with men who render themselves unavailable for various positions of trust that I would like to give them, whether because of a lack of virtue or because they don\u2019t give a sufficient assurance of wisdom in their conduct. At the present moment you have two men who could give satisfaction in the most pressing of needs, but what are they like when it comes to regularity, are they living according to the spirit of their holy state of life? Are they detached, available for any task? I sent them to Laus as being an easier way to get them up to the level that every member of the Congregation should achieve. Where are my hopes now? Is it such a difficult thing to be equal to one\u2019s duties? I am saddened in spite of myself when I consider how small some men\u2019s generosity is.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Goodbye, my dear Father Mille, my blessing on you and all the community.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Jean Baptiste Mille, 23 August 1836, EO VIII n 579<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Looking at potential leadership in the Oblates, Eugene identifies the qualities of \u201cbeing\u201d which result in \u201cdoing\u201d: availability, regularity in living by the Rule of Life, detachment and generosity. But I\u2019m easily upset when I\u2019m faced with men who render … Continue reading