{"id":4860,"date":"2021-08-25T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4860"},"modified":"2021-08-22T23:35:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T21:35:49","slug":"the-efforts-he-makes-to-renew-himself-in-the-spirit-of-his-vocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4860","title":{"rendered":"THE EFFORTS HE MAKES TO RENEW HIMSELF IN THE SPIRIT OF HIS VOCATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young Father Lucien Lagier was 27 years old when he arrived in Canada. He was impressionable and had been unduly influenced by the negativity of Fr. Baudrand. Now that the latter had been removed, Lagier was able to come to terms with his shortcomings and mistakes.<\/h3>\n

Eugene wrote to Father Honorat, his superior in Canada:<\/h3>\n

In thus agreeing amongst yourselves, in esteeming each other, in loving one another as you ought, you will inevitably lead the young Father Lagier, who needs it, in the right direction with this good example. Father Telmon can be very useful to him in correcting his compositions which the latter should submit to him with simplicity and gratitude for to give him this family training is to render him great service. I have always thought that this youngster would not be so unruly as he has been in his letters and presumably as he has shown himself in conversation, had he not before his eyes the aberrations of Father Baudrand.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Neglect nothing to put him back on the right path but, to the efforts he makes to renew himself in the spirit of his vocation, let him join a serious application to study. Persuade him that it is not given to everyone to have the talent of Father Telmon and that so far from being humiliated in following his advice, he should count himself fortunate to have so close to him in the family a brother who shares his knowledge with him and who helps him to develop.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Jean Baptiste Honorat, 31 May 1843, EO I n 19<\/em><\/h3>\n

The caring approach succeeded, and Father Lagier became an accomplished and successful preacher in Canada and in the United States. He certainly managed to rediscover the “spirit of his vocation.”<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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