{"id":4805,"date":"2021-07-15T02:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2021-06-20T23:45:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T21:45:57","slug":"i-recognize-my-powerlessness-to-create-and-i-remain-at-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4805","title":{"rendered":"I RECOGNIZE MY POWERLESSNESS TO CREATE AND I REMAIN AT PEACE."},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1842-1843, the ten scholastics who were theology students and had been living at the Seminary of Marseilles until then, were sent to N.-D. de L\u2019Osier. Father Guigues, the community superior was very unhappy because he needed more Oblates to help him to care for the influx of students. Eugene responded:<\/h3>\n
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You are wrong in troubling yourself so much about what will happen as a result of my decision concerning your house. Your conscience should be perfectly at ease after what I told you. You are only repeating to me what I knew as well as you did, I don\u2019t have to change my decision. I don\u2019t have the time nor the will to disprove your reasons. Let it suffice you to know that it cannot be otherwise.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The commitments of the Oblates in France, Canada and England did not permit Eugene to send more personnel to help Fr Guigues.<\/h3>\n
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Once and for all know how to accept your lot with a good grace and not aggravate my anxieties through demands which you should understand that I am unable to grant… I beg each one of you to stop complaining and murmuring. Your duty is to suppress this disorder which occasions so much evil. Do what is laid down for you without so much groaning which is heard in the house and outside. Make a virtue out of necessity and God will help you.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Eugene, with his typical dry sense of humor, exasperatedly adds that he does not have the power to create people out of nothing:<\/h3>\n
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As for myself. I recognize my powerlessness to create and I remain at peace.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Fr Eugene Guigues, 27 September 1842, EO IX n 777<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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