{"id":5070,"date":"2022-03-21T01:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2022-03-21T00:34:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T23:34:29","slug":"the-good-lord-did-not-give-you-your-talents-for-your-own-use-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5070","title":{"rendered":"THE GOOD LORD DID NOT GIVE YOU YOUR TALENTS FOR YOUR OWN USE ONLY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Father Hippolyte Court\u00e8s was one of the first Oblates and Eugene had much confidence in him and in his preaching abilities. For this reason, he sent some of the young Oblates to live in his community in Aix en Provence so as to benefit from his talents and experience.<\/h3>\n

Father Rey is part of your community. I recommend that you hold him to working at his desk; demand absolutely that he compose, that he write out his instructions, and that you be the one responsible for examining and correcting what he writes.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

The Good Lord did not give you your talents for your own use only; but in calling you to the Congregation, he wished you to use these talents for the good of the whole family, and especially for those whom I place, while they are young, close to you so that they may be formed in your school…<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I do not claim that you will finally make a great orator of Father Rey; others may have been more gifted and might have profited more from your help, but it is always important to have him produce all he can.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, 5 November 1844, EO X n 861<\/em><\/h3>\n

We are reminded of the Gospel parable of the talents and of Paul’s image of the body with its many parts in I Corinthians 12: God gives us talents to be used for the benefit of others. In the case of each member of the Mazenodian Family, it is an invitation to a greater generosity in sharing our knowledge and love of the Savior in our daily lives.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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