Letter from Father Guigues. The Theys mission that he is currently giving, with his colleagues from the house of N. D. de l\u2019Osier, is going wonderfully. The missionaries are in the confessional from morning to evening.<\/p>\n
\nThey have it is true had the disagreeable experience of seeing some very badly disposed bourgeois families indulging in giving scandal, creating a kind of provocative uproar, but public indignation and the missionaries\u2019 silence soon settled that, \u2026 and several of the youth who had let themselves be influenced presented themselves for confession.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
On this point, Father Guigues asks me if it would not be proper to refuse outright giving communion to these young people whom he admits were seduced into going to that unseemly event and had no hostile design.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\u2026 May God grant that this unhappy idea, due to inexperience, won\u2019t have led the missionaries to receive these sinners coldly, when they should be welcomed with the most moving kindness, first to console them in doing something which is always difficult to nature, and also to enable them to encourage others who still hesitate.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 19 February 1837, EO XVIII<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Letter from Father Guigues. The Theys mission that he is currently giving, with his colleagues from the house of N. D. de l\u2019Osier, is going wonderfully. The missionaries are in the confessional from morning to evening. They have it is … Continue reading