{"id":5551,"date":"2023-09-12T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5551"},"modified":"2023-09-05T02:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T00:29:00","slug":"it-is-gods-divine-hand-that-is-driving-us-forward-let-us-allow-ourselves-to-be-led","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5551","title":{"rendered":"IT IS GOD’S DIVINE HAND THAT IS DRIVING US FORWARD; LET US ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE LED"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirty years after the foundation of the Congregation, the missionaries were in Corsica, the British Isles and North America and in the south of France. We have seen, in previous entries, the success of the recruiting tour of Fr Leonard Baveaux which brought in a large number of candidates to the novitiate. The novitiate at ND de l’Osier was overflowing, so it was time to open a second one. Eugene and his council decided to open this in Nancy, in the north of France, in order to have an Oblate community closer to England and Ireland as a “relay point” with the south of France.<\/h3>\n

Eugene was nervous about this establishment. Nevertheless, as he wrote to the Vicar General of Nancy:<\/h3>\n

\u2026Faced with this enormous burden, there would be cause for concern were it not for the boundless confidence that God has placed in my heart toward his adorable Providence.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

So let\u2019s get on with it and make the best of it. I can only pray to the Lord to bless this holy undertaking, which has been conceived with such simple and supernatural aims in mind; it is his divine hand that is driving us forward; let us allow ourselves to be led, and let us make every to cooperate with his admirable designs.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to M. Marguet, Vicar General of Nancy, France, 15 June 1847, EO XIII n 111<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

“God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing God to do the impossible.”\u00a0 (Oswald Chambers)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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