{"id":4415,"date":"2020-06-19T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4415"},"modified":"2020-06-13T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T14:52:10","slug":"friend-in-heaven-and-friend-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4415","title":{"rendered":"FRIEND IN HEAVEN AND FRIEND ON EARTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friendship was always an important and necessary aspect of Eugene\u2019s life. It is thus easy to understand his special relationship with Lazarus, the Gospel friend of Jesus. It was a relationship that he translated into everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Tradition had it that Lazarus, Martha and Mary came to Provence, and that Lazarus was the first \u201cBishop of Marseilles\u201d &#8211; a tradition that Eugene obviously held dear. It was important for him to have a church dedicated to St Lazarus in his city and he took steps to ensure this. (including getting his wealthy mother to contribute financially to the project).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Municipal Council yesterday unanimously adopted the findings of the commission regarding the recognition of St.-Lazare parish. Now a matter of great importance has been concluded, in a short time and by mutual agreement; it was necessary that our great patron get a little involved from the heights of heaven where he is still the friend of his Divine Master, Our Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 13 February 1838, EO XIX<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lazarus-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lazarus-1-242x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lazarus-1-242x300.png 242w, https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lazarus-1.png 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>So the sisters sent word to him, saying, \u201cMaster, the one you love is ill.\u201d<\/em> (John 11:3)<\/p>\n<p><em>And Jesus wept. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So the Jews said, \u201cSee how he loved him.\u201d<\/em> (John 11:35-36)<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the Diocese of Marseilles used to celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection of Lazarus\u201d on March 30.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friendship was always an important and necessary aspect of Eugene\u2019s life. It is thus easy to understand his special relationship with Lazarus, the Gospel friend of Jesus. It was a relationship that he translated into everyday life. Tradition had it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4415\">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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4415","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=4415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}