{"id":4985,"date":"2022-01-31T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2022-01-15T03:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T02:55:07","slug":"this-morning-i-went-to-say-my-last-adieux-to-my-old-friend-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4985","title":{"rendered":"THIS MORNING, I WENT TO SAY MY LAST ADIEUX TO MY OLD FRIEND CHARLES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before our Christmas break. we had seen how Eugene’s lifelong friend, Charles Forbin de Janson, had died.<\/h3>\n

Eugene had presided at his funeral and wrote in his diary:<\/h3>\n

This morning, I went to say my last adieux to my old friend Charles, bishop of Nancy…<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I offered the Holy Sacrifice in the presence of the coffin which enclosed his body. The Marquis de Janson and his son, alerted about my arrival, came to join with me in this last religious duty which I came to render to their brother and uncle. Fr. Magnam, who was accompanying me celebrated the Holy Mysteries after me. When his Mass was said, I put on the cape and we changed the concluding funeral prayer. After which I withdrew to no longer see again this friend, this school fellow, this confrere, this colleague, except at last in blessed eternity where I hope his prayers will contribute to making me arrive.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene then reflects on the meaning of the heavy crosses in his life:<\/h3>\n

Before parting, Mr. de Janson implored me to accept the reliquary cross which his brother wore, I accepted it as a souvenir and as a relic, because I did not lack crosses, those of a bishop as others. I already had five of the first. It would not be so easy for me to count the others, they are as numerous as heavy, but the all-good God indeed knows how to lighten their burden. There are only those of the heart whose wounds always remain bloody. They who make me bear them are very cruel.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 16 July 1844, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before our Christmas break. we had seen how Eugene’s lifelong friend, Charles Forbin de Janson, had died. Eugene had presided at his funeral and wrote in his diary: This morning, I went to say my last adieux to my old … Continue reading →<\/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-4985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985","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=4985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}