{"id":5545,"date":"2023-09-04T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5545"},"modified":"2023-09-03T00:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:15:04","slug":"the-pope-feels-all-the-anguish-of-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5545","title":{"rendered":"THE POPE FEELS ALL THE ANGUISH OF THE CHURCH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Eugene finished presenting the people of his diocese with Pope Pius IX’s letter to the universal Church asking for help for the famine in Ireland. It gives an interesting glimpse into Eugene’s understanding of the Pope. He begins by paraphrasing St Paul’s text, “I am under daily pressure because of my concern for all the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:28):<\/h3>\n

Finally, our dearest people, in publishing the text of Pius IX, we cannot help adding emphasis to the final words he says to each individual Pastor as the one who has the responsibility for all the churches.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene focuses on the suffering connected with this responsibility:<\/h3>\n

Chosen by Heaven to represent the Supreme Shepherd of souls throughout the world, he sees the Church militant, obliged to endure unceasingly terrible attacks and to withstand harsh struggles.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

He feels all the anguish of the Bride of Jesus Christ, whose heart is stricken by all the blows directed against her and torn by all the wounds she receives.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Bishop Eugene’s Circular Letter to the people of Marseilles, 12 June 1847, EO III Circular n 3<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

Speaking of the sufferings of the Church, who is the Bride of Christ, Eugene’s earlier language of the Preface of 1818 is echoed: “The Church… has in our days been cruelly ravaged. The beloved spouse of God’s only begotten Son is torn with anguish…”<\/h3>\n

As a seminarian in Paris, Eugene had directly experienced Napoleon’s religious oppression, the arrest of the Pope and the suffering of the Church. This experience had turned Eugene into a faithful and loyal supporter of the Pope at all times (“Ultramontaine”). He and Pope Pius IX were to develop a strong personal relationship.<\/h3>\n

The Church continues to be “cruelly ravaged” today and in unity with Pope Francis how do we respond to the suffering of our Church, the Body of Christ, who “endures unceasingly terrible attacks and withstands harsh struggles.”<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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