{"id":5269,"date":"2022-10-25T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2022-10-24T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:48:19","slug":"the-lord-to-whom-the-oblate-congregation-belongs-and-his-saintly-mother-to-whom-it-is-consecrated-will-soothe-our-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5269","title":{"rendered":"THE LORD, TO WHOM THE OBLATE CONGREGATION BELONGS, AND HIS SAINTLY MOTHER, TO WHOM IT IS CONSECRATED, WILL SOOTHE OUR GRIEF"},"content":{"rendered":"

” Grief is the price we pay for love.” Queen Elizabeth II<\/span><\/h3>\n

Continuing to reminisce about the death of Father Moreau in Corsica, Eugene expresses the warmth of his affection for him.<\/h3>\n

He was a deacon in 1816, when the Lord called him to us. Faithful, among so many recalcitrants, to the voice of God, he came to find me when we were giving the mission at Grans. I prepared him for ordination during the stopover he made with me in St-Laurent du Verdon where I had withdrawn to work on coordinating our holy rules. I accompanied him to Digne in order to present him to Bishop Miollis,\u00a0 who ordained him priest at the ordination of September 1818. He made several missions with me, notably those of Barjois and of Lorgues.\u00a0 He was, in the fullest sense of the term, my spiritual son and my pupil, always good, always zealous, always a fervent religious and also always very fond of me, whom he regarded as his father…<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

While mourning his loss, and the irreparable vacuum his passing left for the Congregation, Eugene’s faith turns to God and Mary in whom he has absolute trust.<\/h3>\n

He is in heaven; but we, while glorifying God for the glorification of his elect, how are we going to replace him on earth? His loss is heartrending for us. It is truly irreparable in the current state of the congregation. The Lord, to whom it belongs, and his saintly Mother, to whom it is consecrated, will soothe our grief in penetrating us with supernatural thoughts and considerations and will come to our assistance. We must live in this trust, without which there would be something about which to be disheartened.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

\nEugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 2 February 1846, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

May St Eugene inspire us to focus on God and Mary during our moments of darkness and loss.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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