{"id":4938,"date":"2021-11-08T04:16:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T03:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4938"},"modified":"2021-11-08T04:16:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T03:16:55","slug":"only-god-works-such-marvels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4938","title":{"rendered":"ONLY GOD WORKS SUCH MARVELS."},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop de Mazenod’s care for the poor of his diocese knew no limits and he relentlessly established groups to respond to the many spiritual and material needs of every category of people. Here is one example from his Diary.<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s a year yesterday, day for day, that I had established the Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul in the service of the poor of our parishes. Who would have told me that, one year later, on the very day, they would be installed to render the “service de la Misericorde” [of Mercy] after the great anger of the administrators and the opposition of all these gentlemen?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Yvon Beaudoin explains the background to Eugene’s happiness: “In 1758, seven charitable men of Marseille formed a brotherhood to give a regular association to the distribution of alms. This brotherhood was established first in the church des Accoules (Le Calvaire), under the title of N.-D. de la Mis\u00e9ricorde [Our Lady of Mercy]. This work received numerous donations, acquired several establishments and distributed many alms…\u00a0 In 1843, some administrators wanted to appeal to some recognised religious. One among them, P\u00e9lissier, opposed it. An accord was, nevertheless, concluded on September 13, 1843 with the Filles de la Charit\u00e9 [Daughters of Charity] who set themselves up in two houses on the street Fonderie-Vieille.”<\/h3>\n

The Lord, who is the master of hearts, has turned theirs in such a way that they could become the most powerful promoters of a good to which no one could have dared lay claim. The Sisters were adopted by the administration and soon much good will be done by them, and the enormous abuses which existed will be destroyed. Only God works such marvels.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 21 January 1844, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

The “enormous abuses” refers to the way in which help for the poor provided by the government sometimes never reached the poor but ended up in the wrong pockets. Now that the Sisters were to be in charge of all the almsgiving, the poor would be assured of receiving help.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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