Yesterday, we read Eugene de Mazenod’s description of how edified he was being with the contemplative Sisters. The entry continues:<\/p>\n
I returned home filled with these sweet thoughts.<\/strong><\/p>\n
On the way I met some poor unfortunates who were certainly not walking in the presence of God. This contrast produced in my soul a movement of indignation and disgust that I cannot express.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Seeing these nocturnal persons, the most abandoned in his understanding because they were so far from Jesus Christ, he experienced his helplessness in being able to help them.<\/p>\n
The inability to reach such a great number of souls like them, the pain of seeing them loosing themselves without being able to do anything to turn them away from vice and help them save themselves, causes me great pain and sorrow to be the pastor of a flock of which so many sheep are estranged from their bishop. One could say of them: \u201cThey do not belong to this fold.\u201d <\/strong>(ed. Jn 10:16)<\/em>. It is because they no longer belong to Jesus Christ. I only have prayer; I have no other way to fulfill my duty towards them.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 22 April 1839, EO XX<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, we read Eugene de Mazenod’s description of how edified he was being with the contemplative Sisters. The entry continues: I returned home filled with these sweet thoughts. On the way I met some poor unfortunates who were certainly not … Continue reading