{"id":5444,"date":"2023-04-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5444"},"modified":"2023-04-01T21:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T19:59:11","slug":"good-friday-take-him-into-your-heart-and-be-not-troubled-about-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5444","title":{"rendered":"GOOD FRIDAY: take him into your heart and be not troubled about anything"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the days when Christ was in the flesh,\u00a0he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears\u00a0to the one who was able to save him from death,\u00a0and he was heard because of his reverence.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered;<\/span>
\nand when he was made perfect,<\/span>
\nhe became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Hebrews 5:7-9<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0In particular today I recall St. Eugene’s words to Father Jacques Jourdan, aged 25, and the first Oblate to die. He was suffering from deep depression and darkness:<\/h3>\n

Courage, my dear friend. Very great saints have been tried like you, but they became saints in spite of these circumstances because they did not cease to obey; courage, once more, my dear friend, we are all down on the floor praying for you so that you will bear this hard trial like a valiant soldier of Jesus Christ. This so amiable Master, our model, did not yield to despair in the garden of Olives; into what an agony he was plunged nevertheless! Hold on to him and fear nothing, drink the cup of his bitterness since he allows to let you share in his passion, but do not doubt that he will soon fill you with his sweetest joys. Until then you must keep your peace and obey\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

At the moment of communion, tell him lovingly about all your sorrows: \u201cO Lord I am oppressed be my security!\u201d [Is. 38, 14].Embrace his feet in spirit, protest that you will never separate yourself from him, that you wish to love him for ever, then take him into your heart and be not troubled about anything.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Jacques Antoine Jourdan, 30 March 1823<\/em><\/h3>\n

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