{"id":4183,"date":"2020-02-19T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T04:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2020-02-01T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T11:37:16","slug":"after-first-allowing-nature-to-express-itself-one-must-learn-to-calm-oneself-and-see-things-ultimately-with-the-eyes-of-faith-in-a-supernatural-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4183","title":{"rendered":"AFTER FIRST ALLOWING NATURE TO EXPRESS ITSELF, ONE MUST LEARN TO CALM ONESELF AND SEE THINGS ULTIMATELY WITH THE EYES OF FAITH, IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>A letter from my mother in desolation over her grandson. A letter from my sister filled with resignation. A letter from Father Flayol telling me how edified he was with the piety of my nephew, Eugene de Boigelin\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 22 July 1837, EO XVIII<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Madame de Mazenod was unhappy that Louis had chosen the Jesuits and not the Oblates. Eugene was disappointed too, but saw the bigger picture of the decision as a response to God\u2019s call.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>Nothing more natural, my dear mother, than the feelings Louis\u2019 decision had brought on you. I understand your upset, and up to a point I share it; but pardon me for saying they are excessive in your case.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>After first allowing nature to express itself, one must learn to calm oneself and see things ultimately with the eyes of faith, in a supernatural way.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>All things considered is it then a misfortune for us that Louis consecrate himself to the religious life? \u2026But it is not for you or us to decide things like that. To God alone belongs the right to call each one where he will and as he wills. Louis is a wise and reflective person; he is not taking this step without having pondered it in his heart.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>\u2026 So all this should be an encouragement to you, my darling mother, not to upset yourself as you are doing. Your health must suffer as a result, and that would be sheer futility, as God in his goodness would take no notice and inexorably his will will be done. Let us wait patiently for the explanations Louis gives us, and submit ourselves in advance to a sacrifice that will have its compensations even in this world. Goodbye, darling mother. Do not come to Marseilles before the second week of August. Tender and affectionate greetings.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to his mother, 26 July 1837 EO XV n 188<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A letter from my mother in desolation over her grandson. A letter from my sister filled with resignation. A letter from Father Flayol telling me how edified he was with the piety of my nephew, Eugene de Boigelin\u2026 Eugene de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4183\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}