{"id":4992,"date":"2022-02-02T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2022-01-15T03:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T02:56:26","slug":"you-must-now-regain-your-courage-and-make-great-strides-to-get-to-the-point-which-you-should-have-reached-long-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4992","title":{"rendered":"YOU MUST NOW REGAIN YOUR COURAGE AND MAKE GREAT STRIDES TO GET TO THE POINT WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE REACHED LONG AGO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Father Baudrand had repented of his wrong behavior – the most serious being that he had openly gossiped to many about the internal difficulties that the Oblate community was experiencing in Montreal. Eugene realized that one of the major consequences of this disunity was the lack of vocations coming forward to join the community.<\/h3>\n

Is it true that your dioceses of Montreal and Quebec would produce nothing? I know that making known certain miseries which should have been hidden, buried within yourselves, could have turned away some vocations, but now that each will do his duty, it is to be hoped that the good aroma of your virtues will attract some people.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

That is the point. We must inspire so much with our regularity, our modesty, our charity that souls who seek perfection may be able to count on meeting with such practices amongst us. I never was able to understand how anyone could lose sight of that fact. It is nevertheless a question of an essential duty which one could not neglect without gravely sinning.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Father Baudrand must now make a new beginning with a changed attitude:<\/h3>\n

You must now regain your courage and make great strides to get to the point which you should have reached long ago.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene has forgiven him and reminds him of his paternal concern.<\/h3>\n

Adieu, my very dear son. May God bless all your undertakings and keep you in health. I embrace you affectionately and bless you and commend myself to your prayers.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Jean Baudrand (in Canada), 1 October 1844, EO I n 48<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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