{"id":5507,"date":"2023-07-27T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5507"},"modified":"2023-07-22T02:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T00:49:31","slug":"above-our-feeble-conceptions-there-is-a-wise-providence-who-conducts-all-things-by-ways-unperceived-and-often-incomprehensible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5507","title":{"rendered":"ABOVE OUR FEEBLE CONCEPTIONS THERE IS A WISE PROVIDENCE WHO CONDUCTS ALL THINGS BY WAYS UNPERCEIVED AND OFTEN INCOMPREHENSIBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Father Allard, in Canada, had been very critical of the possible appointment of Fr Guigues to Bytown and had expressed his opposition very strongly. Eugene could not let this pass without comment and advice.<\/h3>\n

It is quite a long time, my dear Father Allard, since I last wrote to you. I wished by my silence to suppress a painful discussion. You were demanding with too much pressure and exigency the impossible. In this lowly world, my dear friend, one must not be too exclusive in one\u2019s opinions when not knowing how to resign oneself to things that are not going in the direction one wishes.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

We must recognize that above our feeble conceptions there is a sovereignly wise Providence who conducts all things by ways unperceived and often incomprehensible to the ends He proposes and when His most holy will is manifested to us by events, it is our duty to submit ourselves without fretting and to abandon entirely our own ideas which then cease to be legitimate and permissible.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr. Jean-Francois Allard in Canada, 8 and 9 July 1847, EO I n 85<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

The decision had been made with a great deal of discussion, discernment and prayer. Eugene’s advice to Father Allard is pertinent to us too when we do not agree with a decision that has been made by rightful authority in the Church after due process.<\/h3>\n

“Our life is governed by the demands of our apostolic mission and by the calls of the Spirit already dwelling in those to whom we are sent. Our work makes us dependent on others in many ways; it requires real detachment from our own will and a deep sense of the Church.” (The Oblate Rule of Life Constitution 25)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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