{"id":5575,"date":"2023-10-09T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T23:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2023-10-06T22:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:58:35","slug":"in-regard-to-wealth-i-did-not-have-any-need-of-it-in-regard-to-glory-i-did-not-want-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5575","title":{"rendered":"IN REGARD TO WEALTH, I DID NOT HAVE ANY NEED OF IT, IN REGARD TO GLORY, I DID NOT WANT IT."},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of days before his priestly ordination in 1811, Eugene had written:<\/h3>\n

You, you alone will be the sole object to which will tend all my affections and my every action. To please you, act for your glory, will be my daily task, the task of every moment of my life. I wish to live only for you, I wish to love you alone and all else in you and through you. I despise riches, I trample honours under foot; you are my all, replacing all else. My God, my love and my all: Deus meus et omnia.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Notes made during the retreat in preparation for priestly ordination, December 1-21, E.O. XIV n.95<\/em><\/h3>\n

Now 35 years later, within the context of refuting the accusation of seeking personal honors, he recalls how he lived this resolution after his ordination in 1811:<\/h3>\n

I then returned to the diocese of Aix, where I begged to be given no assignment, wanting to devote myself to the service of the poor, prisoners and young children. The path of wealth or of glory still did not lie there. In regard to wealth, I did not have any need of it, in regard to glory, I did not want it.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 31 August 1847, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

The return of the talented son of a wealthy prominent family would have opened many doors for advancement in Aix en Provence. He could have asked for one of the best city parishes or a lucrative position in the diocesan administration, yet he opted for going against all these expectations and dedicated himself to the poor and most abandoned. I imagine that Madame la President de Mazenod may have experienced some discomfort when in the company of her noble friends and their social standards.<\/h3>\n

“Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others” (Gordon B. Hinckley)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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