{"id":4931,"date":"2021-11-04T02:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2021-11-02T23:31:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T22:31:59","slug":"the-mazenodian-family-she-is-as-much-yours-as-mine-gods-family-too-and-that-of-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4931","title":{"rendered":"THE MAZENODIAN FAMILY: SHE IS AS MUCH YOURS AS MINE; GOD\u2019S FAMILY TOO AND THAT OF THE CHURCH."},"content":{"rendered":"

Eugene’s strong sense of fatherhood regarding his Oblate family is evident in this letter to the Bishop of Montreal. With the Atlantic Ocean separating him from his Oblates, he is happy that Bishop Bourget regards them as his family too. This has wider implications, because Eugene\u2019s religious family belongs primarily to God and to the Church and not to the Founder.<\/h3>\n

Day by day there deepens in me a lively sense of gratitude that comes from learning of your continual kindnesses towards the family which you have taken to your great heart and which, for her part, is entirely devoted to you. You rightfully regard her as belonging to yourself. She is as much yours as mine; God\u2019s family too and that of the Church.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Convinced that the Bishop of Montreal was concerned only for the good of the Missionaries, Eugene accepts the wisdom of his decision to establish the Oblates in Bytown.<\/h3>\n

I can but approve, therefore, whatever you decide as best for her to do for the greater glory of the Master whom we all so happily serve. None is better able than you to judge what is advantageous to undertake, Pontiff that you are in the Church of Jesus Christ and consequently having your share of the solicitude, not only for your own flock, but for all the Churches. So it is in all tranquility that I adopt what you propose for the good of the diocese of Kingston both for the ministry of the lumber camps and the conversion of the Indigenous peoples. I cannot express the consolation that I experienced from your letter. You show me a field that is fertile, ready to cultivate. Could I allow myself to refuse to go and work there?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Right away I wrote to Father Honorat to tell him how much I thanked the Lord for having inspired you with this idea. I designated to him Father Telmon and Father Lagier whom he should accompany with a brother to found this establishment which is so interesting.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Bishop Bourget, Bishop of Montreal, 15 February 1844, EO I n 31<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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