Eugene was happiest when he was with the poorer people of his diocese. Gathering people from four villages, he wrote:<\/p>\n
October 16: Visit to Caillols. The children from St-Julien, from Paume and from Olives had all gathered there. For me it is a real consolation to instruct and catechize these good souls from the countryside.\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n
I always have occasion to be satisfied with the attention of my audience and to congratulate myself on the unmistakable method I have adopted for myself of always speaking to the people in their own language. I was told today that when the people of the village heard my instruction, they said among themselves: it is a pleasure to see that our bishop speaks our language\u2026 <\/strong>
\nHow happy I would be to be able to reach their hearts and make them love the divine Master whom I am preaching to them as simply as I can!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nEugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 14 October 1838, EO XIX<\/em><\/p>\n
Eugene\u2019s conviction, born of personal experience, was:<\/p>\n
\n“God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.”
\n“We love because God first loved us” (I John 4: 16,19)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nHe was so full of this conviction, that it overflowed in his ministry to those most in need of God’s love.
\nWhat does my life overflow with today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eugene was happiest when he was with the poorer people of his diocese. Gathering people from four villages, he wrote: October 16: Visit to Caillols. The children from St-Julien, from Paume and from Olives had all gathered there. For me … Continue reading