{"id":4097,"date":"2019-10-29T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2019-10-03T21:44:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T19:44:38","slug":"the-personal-anguish-and-faith-of-eugene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4097","title":{"rendered":"THE PERSONAL ANGUISH AND FAITH OF EUGENE"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his personal journal, Eugene reveals the depth of his anguish at the sudden tragic death of the 32 year-old Father Joseph Richaud, and his reliance on God to cope with the blow.<\/p>\n

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The details of that catastrophe are heart-rending. The fall was followed almost immediately by death. Within a few hours this good priest expired surrounded by his grief-stricken Brothers and the whole seminary. The bitterness of our grief is indescribable! My God! Better contain oneself in the resigned silence that You alone can give, for our human nature is prostrate under the redoubled blows of Your stern leading. I hasten to repeat: Thy holy will be done over us, enlighten our journey through this great mystery of your Providence. May nothing discourage us in this way that is incomprehensible to our feeble lights. You call us to work from all parts in your vineyard, we respond to your voice, everyone one gets to work and makes every effort to do the work of two, for the work exceeds our numbers. Blessings follow, good is done prodigiously. Suddenly, and in rapid succession, You take from us the means to continue your work, and only we can take it on. Mystery, mystery: I adore You, O my God, under this veil, as I adore your Trinity in your Unity, as I adore You and love You hidden under the veils which hide you from my eyes in the sacrament of the Eucharist. But Lord, if indeed I was the obstacle to the accomplishment of your designs, You know that I have not waited until today to beg you to remove it. How many times have I not said to You and I repeat it afresh: do with me what You will \u201cmy destiny is in your hands\u201d<\/strong> [ed. Psalm 31:16].<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 14 January 1837, EO XVIII<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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