{"id":5289,"date":"2022-11-09T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5289"},"modified":"2022-11-07T02:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:37:36","slug":"as-though-i-had-seen-the-body-of-a-saint-displayed-for-the-veneration-of-the-faithful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5289","title":{"rendered":"AS THOUGH I HAD SEEN THE BODY OF A SAINT DISPLAYED FOR THE VENERATION OF THE FAITHFUL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe fear of death follows from the fear of life. A person who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.\u201d (Mark Twain)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Eugene describes the death of the 33 year-old Father Antoine-Marie Gibelli, who had spent over eight years as a gifted mission preacher in Corsica.<\/h3>\n

I saw him again the same evening and I found him in the most holy frame of mind. The illness worsened all the time. One should have been able to record the edifying words he spoke during the last days of his illness. He made me cry every time that I visited him. This was because of the love for God, because of the thankfulness for having called him to the congregation which he had wished to serve well, but for which, he said, he had done nothing\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

After his death, Eugene reflected:<\/h3>\n

There are souls, and his was certainly in their number, who crossed over purgatory to fly directly to heaven into the bosom of God whom they have always loved and served with a faithfulness under every trial.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I wanted to officiate pontifically at his funeral, and during the office this same thought prevailed. I offered the Holy Sacrifice for him, but I did not cease to commend myself to him as though I had seen on the catafalque the body of a saint displayed for the veneration of the faithful.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 18 November 1846, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

How many people have we known whom we can call saints in our eyes?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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