{"id":5084,"date":"2022-03-31T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2022-03-29T02:29:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T00:29:34","slug":"the-family-is-growing-little-by-little-and-that-is-good-for-the-needs-are-so-great-and-so-pressing-from-all-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5084","title":{"rendered":"THE FAMILY IS GROWING LITTLE BY LITTLE, AND THAT IS GOOD, FOR THE NEEDS ARE SO GREAT AND SO PRESSING FROM ALL SIDES"},"content":{"rendered":"

In France it is customary to exchange greetings at New Year. Eugene wrote to Father Court\u00e8s to express his good wishes.<\/h3>\n

So that things won\u2019t happen to me today as they do every day, my dear Court\u00e8s, that I don\u2019t have the time to take pen in hand, I am writing to you by the lamp light much before dawn. If I had not wished you a happy festive season, I would be even more put out for being late in wishing you a happy New Year; but you know that Mass on New Year\u2019s Day is offered as a prayer – a wish for all those whom the Lord has given me.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene then shares with him the good news of the growth of his Oblate family.<\/h3>\n

This year, I had the consolation of receiving the profession of one of our Irish lads, in the midst of twenty-two confr\u00e8res. During the ceremony, the regimental band was playing beautiful tunes in my courtyard, which contributed to giving the celebration an unusual but very imposing solemnity. I think that at the same time at L\u2019Osier they received the profession of Brother Coste; Brother Fabre\u2019s profession will be held on February 17.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Thus the family is growing little by little, and that is good, for the needs are so great and so pressing from all sides.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr. Hippolyte Court\u00e8s in Aix en Provence, 4 January 1845, EO X n 864<\/em><\/h3>\n

The “Irish lad” was Louis Marie Keating, who would be one of the founders of the Oblate mission in Ceylon, in which he served as a missionary for 35 years.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In France it is customary to exchange greetings at New Year. Eugene wrote to Father Court\u00e8s to express his good wishes. So that things won\u2019t happen to me today as they do every day, my dear Court\u00e8s, that I don\u2019t … 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-5084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084","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=5084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}