{"id":5291,"date":"2022-11-11T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2022-11-07T02:44:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:44:07","slug":"avoid-with-care-all-that-can-hinder-the-interior-life-that-should-inspire-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5291","title":{"rendered":"AVOID WITH CARE ALL THAT CAN HINDER THE INTERIOR LIFE THAT SHOULD INSPIRE YOU"},"content":{"rendered":"

” Lead, kindly Light, amid th\u2019encircling gloom; Lead thou me on!<\/span><\/h3>\n

The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead thou me on!<\/span><\/h3>\n

Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene\u2014one step enough for me.” (Saint John Henry Newman)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Father William Daly was young in years and in experience: he was 31 years old and had been an Oblate priest for only 4 years. Eugene had had no choice but to put him in charge of the first mission in the British Isles. His concern is obvious in this letter:<\/h3>\n

Your position, my dear Fr. Daly, is one of much responsibility and nothing less than the confidence I have in you can set my mind at rest. It is essential, my dear son, that you be well united to God because you constantly need to be guided by the light He will wish to grant you, when you lack time and opportunity to make consultations.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene emphasizes repeated that Fr Daly was doing God’s work and needed to live closely united with God, so as to be guided by God’s will. Then he repeats the maxim that was to be at the heart of all missionary life and work: follow the Oblate Rule of Life. The Rule is not a collection of regulations but is a precious document that captures the spirit of the Founder and his charism – it is the particular focus through which the Mazenodian Family reads the Gospel.<\/h3>\n

Hence, my dear friend, you must follow your Rule in both letter and spirit, letting yourself do nothing other than what you would do under my eyes and immediate direction.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

… Avoid with care, my very dear son, all that can hinder the interior life that should inspire you, otherwise you will risk losing the merit and reward of the fine ministry that you fulfil in the name of the family of which you are one of the cherished sons.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father William Daly in Penzance, England, 6 December 1845, EO III n 12<\/em><\/h3>\n

The questions posed to William Daly are posed to us today: how united to God am I each day so as to be guided by the light that God wishes to grant me?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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