{"id":4091,"date":"2019-10-21T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T03:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2019-10-03T21:26:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T19:26:43","slug":"in-times-of-deep-grief-one-needs-the-heart-of-someone-one-loves-to-lean-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4091","title":{"rendered":"IN TIMES OF DEEP GRIEF ONE NEEDS THE HEART OF SOMEONE ONE LOVES TO LEAN ON"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eugene, as the father-figure of his Oblate family, suffered with his family in their suffering. Humanly he needed support – especially at the moment of the death of Father Pons. Here he responds to a letter of support from one of his Oblates<\/p>\n

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My dear Son, I was telling Father Court\u00e8s that your letter and his did me a lot of good, because in times of deep grief one needs the heart of someone one loves to lean on. God\u2019s decrees are inscrutable. They bring to nought each and every scheme that a most pure zeal for the glory of his holy name could devise. God opens up a vast field before us, he summons us to harvest it because it is ripe, we hasten to obey his voice. He proceeds to take the scythe from our hands, blessed be his holy name.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Casimir Aubert, 20 September 1836, EO VIII n 587<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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