{"id":4892,"date":"2021-10-11T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4892"},"modified":"2021-10-10T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T13:07:00","slug":"you-cannot-believe-how-much-pleasure-i-derive-from-anything-that-reminds-me-of-the-children-that-god-has-given-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4892","title":{"rendered":"YOU CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH PLEASURE I DERIVE FROM ANYTHING THAT REMINDS ME OF THE CHILDREN THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME."},"content":{"rendered":"

Separated by the Atlantic Ocean from his Missionaries in Canada, Eugene was constantly united to them in thought and in oraison prayer. Father Dandurand had sent him a sketch of the house where the Oblate community was established.<\/h3>\n

I thank you, my dear Father Dandurand, for the sketch that you have sent. It gives me an adequate idea of the place inhabited by so dear a portion of my family. It fills this gap of time while I wait for you to prepare a picture done with care that I can have framed and hung in my study. You cannot believe how much pleasure I derive from anything that reminds me of the children that God has given me.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

The Founder’s love for his children was much more than a human emotion. He loved his oblates because they were living by the charism that God had given the Congregation. He rejoiced because of the way in which they loved Jesus the Savior and made an oblation of theor lives to bring the most abandoned to the same love. He now reminded them of the conditions necessary to maintain this relationship.<\/h3>\n

Let all be intent on making our community very fervent. Fidelity to the Rules, exact discipline, charity, mutual support, goodwill in doing promptly and willingly all that obedience demands, these are the virtues to practice which makes religion a true paradise on earth. I know that you understood this from the moment you entered the Society and I rejoice about this in the Lord while blessing you with all my heart.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Damase Dandurand, 11 August 1843, EO I n 23<\/em><\/h3>\n

Today, through the communion of saints, Eugene continues to pray for “his children” – all the members in all the categories of his Mazenodian family who continue to love Jesus our Savior and to make him known to those who need him most.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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