{"id":5506,"date":"2023-07-26T01:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T23:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5506"},"modified":"2023-07-22T02:40:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T00:40:28","slug":"they-have-thrust-the-dagger-deeper-into-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5506","title":{"rendered":"THEY HAVE THRUST THE DAGGER DEEPER INTO MY HEART"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was Eugene’s confidence in Divine Providence that made him survive the disapproval of the Canadian Oblates at the nomination of Fr Guigues to the new episcopal see of Bytown. He described each letter that he received from them as a dagger-thrust into his heart.<\/h3>\n

Ah, Monseigneur, who can describe the sorrow and anguish to which my boundless confidence in your views has subjected me. Not a letter have I received from Longueuil which has not thrust the dagger deeper into my heart.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Yet, Eugene understood their concern and sympathised with their fears:<\/h3>\n

… All is lost, they say, in Canada because of this step to which, according to them, I have had the weakness to acquiesce – all is lost, they mean, for our Congregation… Yet I sympathize with their sorrow. It takes its source in the confidence which they have in their superior. They would not have had misgivings if the choice had fallen on anyone else less necessary to the Congregation in Canada.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Despite all this, Eugene’s faith in God’s guidance never faltered<\/h3>\n

For my part, I declare to you that the more I think of it, the more I am reassured, seeing in this disposition of Providence the will of God which will not permit our family to suffer from a measure we have only accepted in order to obey that which we have believed is decreed for her.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Bishop Bourget of Montreal, 4 June 1847, EO I n 83<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

“We are entirely in the care of Divine Providence, and it is very sweet to remain so in peace. The Cross is never lacking; may it be our consolation.”<\/h3>\n

Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (French missionary to the USA and a contemporary of St Eugene)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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