{"id":4842,"date":"2021-08-10T03:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2021-08-10T02:20:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T00:20:03","slug":"what-is-essential-is-to-have-confidence-in-the-lord-and-to-ask-him-for-his-light-in-favour-of-the-one-who-must-govern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4842","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD AND TO ASK HIM FOR HIS LIGHT IN FAVOUR OF THE ONE WHO MUST GOVERN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Letter from Fr.Guigues. Always stubborn in the reflections which he presents in favor of his house at l\u2019Osier. Quite far from agreeing to release from this house the person who would be needed elsewhere, he has the nerve to request two more of them. Uniquely occupied with the prosperity of the establishment at whose head he finds himself, he reprimands Father Aubert for having dared to undertake the formation of two of them in England and in Ireland.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 18 February 1843, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene responded to him immediately that for the future good of the new missions that were opening up in Canada, England and Ireland, it was essential for the Oblates in France to make sacrifices. It was essential that the new missions be soldily founded, and then they would grow by themselves when local candidates joined the Oblates.<\/h3>\n
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I realize that I am not fortunate enough to have you share my views. No matter what I say, you continue to consider matters only from the point of view of your current surroundings.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

According to you, everything must give way to the local interest which you feel called upon to defend…<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Thus, while recognizing that it would be advantageous to be able to furnish all our houses with an abundant staff, I believe that, rather than lose the present opportunity that opens for our Congregation the doors to three large kingdoms, it is better to leave them shorthanded for a spell, convinced as I am that there is not a single member of our Society who would not wish to somehow multiply himself to bring such a gain to our Society and to enlarge the sphere of the immense good it is called to accomplish. This is a short-term effort for which we will be quite compensated when very soon these far-distant countries will be able to take care of their own needs.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I therefore do not want you to blame Father Aubert who is fulfilling his task with intelligence and dedication. There are always painful moments in the stages of a Congregation\u2019s life as there are in the usual course of any life. What is essential is to have confidence in the Lord and to ask him for his light in favour of the one who must govern, without ever putting shackles on those solutions which he must take for the general good, even though something is taken away from the good of such and such a locality.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Father Eugene Guigues (at Notre Dame de L’Osier in France), 18 February 1843, EO X n 789<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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