{"id":4927,"date":"2021-10-28T02:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2021-10-25T08:50:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T06:50:44","slug":"they-filled-me-so-much-that-i-told-myself-that-i-would-consider-myself-fortunate-to-do-nothing-else-on-earth-but-sing-the-praises-of-the-lord-in-the-house-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4927","title":{"rendered":"THEY FILLED ME SO MUCH THAT I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE TO DO NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH BUT SING THE PRAISES OF THE LORD IN THE HOUSE OF GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Christmas in the Cathedral of Marseilles filled Bishop Eugene with awe and gratitude at God&#8217;s closeness to him. He confided in his personal journal.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>Christmas eve occurring on a Sunday, I officiated pontifically at first Vespers. Several hours later, I returned to the church for evening office. Oh! truly wonderful and holy night. With what joy a person spends it amidst this huge company of faithful in singing psalms and in conversing about the grand mystery whose commemoration is being celebrated. What an excellent preparation at this so properly solemn Mass during which we are given to adore on the altar the same Savior who was born at this very hour in the stable of Bethlehem.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>Eugene remembered as well that it was the anniversary of his First Mass thirty-two years earlier.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>For me it was another very precious anniversary, the one wherein I had the fortune of celebrating Mass for the first time. All these thoughts were present to me without being confused, on the contrary; they filled me so much that I told myself that I would consider myself fortunate to do nothing else on earth but sing the praises of the Lord in the house of God, to unceasingly repeat what we are doing during this night; that it would be good finally to die during this exercise so consoling for the soul and so in keeping with our end. I came to take several hours of rest, preoccupied with these thoughts, and since my awakening, so to speak, I have been called to again solemnize the grand feast which was continuing.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 25 December 1843, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas in the Cathedral of Marseilles filled Bishop Eugene with awe and gratitude at God&#8217;s closeness to him. He confided in his personal journal. Christmas eve occurring on a Sunday, I officiated pontifically at first Vespers. Several hours later, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4927\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}