{"id":4845,"date":"2021-08-13T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2021-08-10T23:46:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T21:46:52","slug":"our-men-continue-to-be-the-instruments-of-gods-mercy-in-these-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4845","title":{"rendered":"OUR MEN CONTINUE TO BE THE INSTRUMENTS OF GOD’S MERCY IN THESE REGIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The major ministry of the Oblates in France was the preaching of parish missions. At the end of each one, a report was sent to Eugene. After 27 years of this ministry, Eugene’s sense of wonder never diminished at how God used the missionaries as instruments of mercy.<\/h3>\n

Father Vincens sent me a letter from Father Burfin who narrates the blessings of God poured out on the mission he has just given with Father Lavigne in the diocese of Grenoble. Our men continue to be the instruments of God’s mercy in these regions. Is there not something to be thankful for in being chosen to do so much good in the Church of God?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Why not write a summary of it? Everyone will be amazed; and it would be a record of which the Congregation could be rightfully proud.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 13 March 1843, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

Writing to Father Guigues, Eugene continued to enthuse:<\/h3>\n

Tell me just where our Congregation is not doing good things? Thanks be to God, we are working wonders. The dioceses of Aix, Avignon, Marseilles, Fr\u00e9jus, Ajaccio, Valence and Grenoble: all are witnesses. Let them show me anywhere in France a Congregation which is present in so many places and is granted so many blessings by the Lord. Let us thank the Lord and ask Him as a reward that He set us to doing even more by sending us a goodly number of candidates fit for the holy work that His Church has confided to us.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Eugene Guigues, 12 April 1843, EO X n 792<\/em><\/h3>\n

An invitation to us to maintain our sense of wonder at God ‘s ongoing work through people around us.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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