{"id":5501,"date":"2023-07-21T01:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2023-07-21T04:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T02:39:11","slug":"place-then-this-great-affair-at-the-foot-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5501","title":{"rendered":"PLACE THEN THIS GREAT AFFAIR AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his concern for the welfare of his Oblates in North America and their fear of losing the highly effective leadership of Bruno Guigues, Eugene pleads with the Bishop of Montreal to reconsider the situation of requesting the Pope to nominate Guigues as Bishop of Bytown.<\/h3>\n

Place then this great affair at the foot of the Cross, weigh against it the destiny of the Congregation of which you are the second Father. Regard, if so you must, as non-existent the authorization I gave almost under duress. No longer can I be reassured in the face of so much insistence that I envisage the deadly consequences, the irreparable misfortunes which would follow in the wake of the action it is wished should be taken.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Once again, think it over once more before God and do not put your hand to the destruction of a great good which you have only obtained with much trouble and many cares.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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

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

“Place then this great affair at the foot of the Cross” was the immediate go-to reaction of Eugene ever since his conversion at the foot of the Cross some 40 years earlier. Seeing the world through the eyes of the Crucified Christ became his automatic view.<\/h3>\n

As we follow his charism and the spirituality he left us, may we always put our affairs at the foot of the Cross with the same confidence.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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