{"id":5023,"date":"2022-02-14T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T01:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5023"},"modified":"2022-02-08T03:31:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T02:31:44","slug":"a-person-is-always-fearful-of-extinguishing-the-wick-that-still-smokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5023","title":{"rendered":"A PERSON IS ALWAYS FEARFUL OF EXTINGUISHING THE WICK THAT STILL SMOKES"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the saga of the difficult Father Carles, Eugene reached the point where the young man had to be expelled. In the privacy of his personal diary, he described his concern and anguish.<\/h3>\n

Already this malicious rascal has apostatized. The fact is that no one was ever pleased with this subject, who did not need to distinguish himself from his family, dried up and compromised in honor as in tactfulness.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

He is among those subjects who do not deceive you for long, but one finds himself committed, one hopes moreover for a change which he expects by the grace of God, by the good example of others and by remorse of conscience. But one deludes himself. It was not necessary to make this poor subject a priest. It was necessary to stop at the loathing that his bad dress inspired. <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

It would have been more worthwhile to break it off earlier, but a person is always fearful of extinguishing the wick that still smokes and a person prepares himself for late and very bitter regrets. <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

It has not been proven to me that this wretch had not consented to undergo, such as they were, the trials of the novitiate and of the oblation in order to reach the priesthood and then destroy courtesy towards us. His letter is inappropriate and it allows me all kinds of conjecture. I have written to him.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 22 July 1844, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

The Father of the Oblate Family always looked for the possibilities of restoring its members who were in difficulty to the fullness of life. As long as the candle wick still smouldered, there was the possibility of the flame relighting.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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