{"id":5566,"date":"2023-09-28T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2023-09-19T22:19:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:19:19","slug":"his-will-is-too-clearly-manifest-for-us-not-to-be-obliged-to-go-forward-with-blind-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5566","title":{"rendered":"HIS WILL IS TOO CLEARLY MANIFEST FOR US NOT TO BE OBLIGED TO GO FORWARD WITH BLIND CONFIDENCE."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oblates were on the crest of a wave of missionary zeal and expansion. They were also receiving recruits at the novitiate.<\/h3>\n

His will is too clearly manifest for us not to be obliged to go forward with blind confidence. It is at this moment that the Lord calls our Congregation to extend its zeal to a great many countries, and who at the same time inspires a great number of men to offer themselves to accomplish his desires, and how could we refuse to accept their devotedness which enables us to obey the will of our Master! I cannot give in to this, no matter what human prudence seems to say. So receive all those that the good Lord sends us. This does not mean to receive them without examining them. On the contrary, be careful to discern well the motives which bring them to us, to weigh their virtue and to judge if their talents are sufficient.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Blind confidence did not mean blindness in the acceptance of candidates who slipped in with the wrong motives:<\/h3>\n

\u00a0… I see that you have allowed yourself to be fooled by the trickery of little Ginies. The information I have received about him tells me that he is a real hypocrite, a thief and a liar, not to say more. He does not lack ability, but what is talent worth when virtue is totally absent. We risk too much in trying to bring him to a good behaviour. Can we rely on a villain who uses all his skill to betray those he depends upon. Do not let yourself be taken in.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Ambroise Vincens, Novice Master, 12 August 1847, EO X n 936<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

“Little Ginies” must have been pretty bad to merit Eugene’s unusual hard words! Normally he went out of his way to bring smoldering wicks to burn brightly again.<\/h3>\n

“Seeing reality for what it is, is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard” (Lewis B. Smedes)<\/h3>\n

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