{"id":5500,"date":"2023-07-20T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2023-07-16T22:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:39:02","slug":"a-difficult-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5500","title":{"rendered":"A DIFFICULT DECISION"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks later, a troubled Eugene wrote to Bishop Bourget of Montreal, revoking his permission to proceed with the application to the Vatican for Fr Guigues to be appointed bishop. It was the result of a letter from the Oblates in Canada:<\/h3>\n

I have just received from Father Allard a letter which plunges me into the greatest anguish. I fear, in consequence of the forebodings instilled in me by this Father\u2019s letter, which is more strongly worded than the one I had previously received, that we may strike a fatal blow at all our establishments in Canada by the promotion of Father Guigues to the episcopate… I would wish to be still in time to withdraw it since the consequences of this nomination are to be so disastrous – such at least is the judgement of those upon the scene.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene gives the reason for his concern for the good of the mission of the Oblates in North America:<\/h3>\n

You can judge, Monseigneur, what must be my anxiety. If such things are to be the result of the choice of Father Guigues, there is no room for hesitation. We must renounce it for I ought not to hide from you that I am absolutely unable to send from Europe anyone capable of replacing him in the functions with which I have entrusted him. No one is better able than you, Monseigneur, to appreciate the position of the Congregation in Canada. You know too well the trials and tribulations which preceded the arrival of Father Guigues in Canada since it took all your charity, all your paternal kindness to ward off all the difficulties.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Bishop Bourget of Montreal, 23 December 1846, EO I n 72<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u00a0Steve Maraboli<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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