{"id":5468,"date":"2023-05-03T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2023-05-01T03:16:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T01:16:41","slug":"the-evangelical-light-which-springs-from-the-word-of-the-religious-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"THE EVANGELICAL LIGHT WHICH SPRINGS FROM THE WORD OF THE RELIGIOUS SISTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop de Mazenod’s exploration of the charitable works in his diocese now focuses on the women religious. Reflecting the view of two centuries ago, he praises the amazing achievements of the “timid sex”:<\/h3>\n

How, in fact, shall we speak of these vocations that the world would never have thought possible, and which are accomplished at the price of the most sublime sacrifices by the timid sex who have become the helpers of the Catholic priesthood?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

France is covered with invaluable institutions, which are different monuments of the inspirations of the faith in the Christian Virgin.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

These giants of Christian charity do not confine themselves to France.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Nevertheless, France is not enough for zeal and generosity; this courageous virgin goes out, something unheard of, to carry her works of charity across the seas to the most distant beaches. The indigenous and the barbarian, the heretic and the infidel receive her care, and their souls, divided between gratitude and admiration, are opened to the evangelical light which springs from the word of the sacred ministers.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Pastoral letter of Bishop de Mazenod to the Diocese of Marseilles for Lent 1847<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”<\/h3>\n

Mother Teresa<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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